Women In Local Government Forums
Votes: 7
by heatheddy 12:45pm, 6 March 2008
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What would you like to see included in the Women in Local Government Forums in the future?
Is the proposed date of 26 November too close to Christmas?
Where do you think we should hold them?
Have you any other issues you would like us to consider?
moonbear
Mar 08, 2008 04:48pm
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Women need to have more skill in saying NO. We need to find ways to say NO to ourselves and not feel guilty for either working or not working. It is OK to limit you work week to 40-50 hours, and it should not ruin your career. Real priorty setting skills that cover work and home life - to help focus on the things that make a real difference. Liek some kind of risk management matrix
Lisa Simpson
Mar 21, 2008 01:09pm
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It would be good to move away from a culture that the hours you work measure your worth. It should be about what you achieve and your effectiveness, not being there all the time.
26 November is fine. Don't want to lose the concept of 2 Forums a year.
Surfer Chick
May 29, 2008 08:22pm
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The work places need to set an example. Working late should be discouraged for everyone and senior management should set the example. Overtime should be reserved for genuine emergencies and not just expected because of the workload. Taking work home should be banned. Whatever happened to all the talk of work life balance from a few years ago. Has this all been abandoned?
wilma
Mar 21, 2008 12:02pm
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More networking events with successful women. By that I mean less listenig and more interacting. I would also like to see this lead to mentoring programs.
Yes 26 November is a bit close to Christmas
Surfer Chick
May 29, 2008 08:28pm
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I am so bored with talking. A day out of the office to commiserate with one another about how tough we all have it and how the blokes don't understand us and if we just learned more skills on how to cope. Let's get real and stop soft pedalling the issues. Demand equal treatment. Call colleagues out when they criticise a woman for being a tough bit^&. Challenge HR to analyse the gender balance in leadership roles and compare the salaries of women and men in similar roles. And then challenge them to make it public (at least internally).
Lisa Simpson
Mar 31, 2008 08:24am
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The LGMA Women in Local Government Forum on 26 March was good, but it wasn't clear about what the follow up would be. There was no commitment from LGMA to keep up the good work
Can we have an answer to this please?
Lexi K
Jun 26, 2008 11:47am
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I would love to see all Councils develop and deliver an internal Leadership Strategy that supports women in leadership roles - whatever that may be. Crucial to this would be a strong statement of support by your GM and Mayor (both of which are probably male). I think a message must be sent by Executive Management Teams, Councillors and other Senior Management staff that such a Strategy is not just about "tolerating" the women, or giving us tokenistic support, but about recognising that an organisation without balanced leadership is an unhealthy organisation.
This strategy could be developed by involving women from all different levels of Council in a thinktank... and then putting a proposal to Council. The strategy might involve guest speakers at once a month Women's Events (no longer than an hour so people can attend at lunch, or establishing a fund that can financially support women to attend professional development opportunities. Leadership is not just about being GM... as we know. Leadership is about being powerful in a workplace - having the ability to make decisions about your workplace and workload.
Lexi K
Jun 26, 2008 11:59am
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I would also like to see a series of factsheets which illustrates the big issues - difference in pay, numbers of women in leadership compared to numbers of men - that we could put around our workplaces. I think a lot of people are unaware of the basic inequities around these issues. We could galvanize others into action if they knew a couple of simple facts. I am happy to work on such a resource if anyone would like to join me.