THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER BALANCED LEADERSHIPA Step by Step Guide to profitinG from Gender bAlAnced buSineSS

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THE GROWTH FACULTY proudly presents a world authority on leadership, gender and diversity Avivah Wittenberg-Cox LIVE in Sydney and Melbourne

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— Understand the emergence of our next Economic Revolution

— Discover why better gender balance makes good business and economic sense

— Gain insights into best practices and lessons learned from global companies

— Learn how to implement constructive, non-divisive gender balancing strategies

— Generate concrete, actionable ideas that can help you drive change in your company and avoid costly mistakes

— Develop a gender balance program that delivers results

“Forget India and China and the internet: Economic Growth is generated by Women.”

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MELBOURNE 17 may 2011

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SYDNEY 19 may 2011

TWO SEMINARS ONLY.

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THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER BALANCED LEADERSHIPGender balance and diversity within Australian organisations is high on the agenda with the federal government’s new proposal to introduce a gender reporting regime for companies with more than 100 employees. A discussion around WHY and HOW women mean business is essential for any company that wants to attract, retain and promote the best talent, or to drive business growth by better connecting with the huge purchasing power and economic clout of women worldwide. Are you ready?

PART I: WHY WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS— A strategic understanding of the economic and business imperatives of gender— An overview of what different companies and countries are doing— Interactive exercise: SWOT Analysis on Creating Better Gender Balance

PART II: HOW WOMEN MEAN BUSINESSPragmatic suggestions, structured around four simple steps: — AUDIT – Measure what you have done until now and where has it gotten you— AWARENESS – Get managers to buy-in and understand why their business would

benefit and what they have to do— ALIGN – Adapt the policies, processes and culture that make up the corporate DNA — SUSTAIN – Track improvements, maintain momentum, celebrate success

even as companies have begun to understand the WHy of better gender balance and its role in creating more innovation and better business performance, they are still struggling with HoW to make it happen.

HALF-DAY SEMINAR 09:00 – 12:30

ABOUT AVIVAH WITTENBERG-COXAvivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the leading gender consultancy – 20-first, and a world authority on leadership, gender and business.

Avivah has had articles and interviews published in publications such as the International Herald Tribune, Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times. In 2007, ELLE Magazine recognised her as one of the Top 40 Women Leading Change.

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox will share her extensive experience in working with CEOs, executive committees and managers across the globe to build gender ‘bilingual’ organisations. She will also explain why so many current approaches to gender balance have not worked and why we need new solutions.

OUTLINE Guidance and suggestion on three real case studies drawn from participants.Topics for discussion may include:

— What is going on? Gender differences and their consequences > What are the key differences between genders that affect business? > How to manage these differences ‘bilingually’? > How to encourage / coach managers to become more “gender bilingual”?

— Planning gender balance initiatives – Where do we go? How do we get there? > Understanding the current situation – Where are we starting from? Where have we been? > Accountability and leadership – Who will get us there? How will we measure progress? > Communication and buy-in – How do we get everyone to join the journey?

— In addition, coaching on key launch issues, such as: > How to get the subject on the senior team’s agenda > Identifying and managing the sceptics > Formulating key messages > Pacing implementation and roll-out across geographies, levels and functions

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Avivah is the author of: HoW Women mean business, A Step by Step Guide to profiting from Gender balanced business and WHy Women mean business: understanding the emergence of our next economic revolution.

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HALF-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP 13:30 – 17:00(pre-requiSite: you muSt Attend tHe morninG SeminAr)

DEVELOPING A GENDER BALANCE PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS RESULTSThe session agenda will be set by participants’ interactive co-creation, and adapted real time to the experiences and issues they are facing. Participants will be invited to submit a short summary of their own situations, questions and challenges in advance of the session. Three situations will be selected that reflect the key issues we routinely see in companies and serve as a basis for review and discussion. This hands-on consulting session will give all participants a clear idea of the major implementation phases, the errors to avoid, and the key factors of success.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?HALF DAY SEMINAR: Targeted to business leaders and executives, this dynamic session will focus on the economic opportunities better gender balance can offer companies today.

INTENSIVE WORKSHOP: Targeted to senior managers who are (or should be) accountable for their company’s gender balance program. Taking advantage of a small group format, the session will be highly interactive, and tailored to the participants experiences, issues and questions. Limited to 25 participants.

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“Avivah is the global authority on gender balance. If you want to understand the benefits women will bring to your business today and how you can create a workplace that women thrive in for the future, then you must hear firsthand what Avivah has managed to achieve in multinational organisations around the world. You will walk away with an entirely new perspective on the role we all play in finding and keeping the best women on our teams.”

JEN DALITz, the Sheeo, sphinxx and Australia’s thought leader on gender balance

“Right now in Australia we need new thinking around the how-to do genuine, sustainable, broad gender diversity in workplaces and businesses. It seems to us that Avivah is possibly the world’s leading ‘do-er’ right now – she seems to be able to articulate what we all think around the community and societal barriers to change, and come up with strategies to effect the change.”

NAREEN YOUNG, ceo, diversity council Australia

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WORKSHOP FACTSDATE: MELBOURNE: 17 may 2011 melbourne convention centre SYDNEY: 19 may 2011 Sydney convention centre

TIME: 09:00 – 12:30 the economics of Gender balanced leadership (Half day Seminar) 13:30 – 17:00 developing a Gender balance program that delivers results (Half day intensive Workshop limited to 25 people) includes morning seminar, networking lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments.................................................................................................................... reGiSter before reGiSter After 08 April 2011 08 April 2011

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