UWA Men in Leadership Workshop

Friday 18th July 2008
9.00am to 1.00pm (followed by lunch)
Blue Room at Currie Hall

The University of Western Australia is committed to developing leadership skills across its staffing body and seeks different and innovative ways to approach capacity building in this area. A conference entitled ‘Engendering Leadership; Through Research and Practice’ is being held at this University from 22-24 July 2008, representing a partnership between the UWA Business School and Gender, Work and Organisation.

The Leadership Development for Women (LDW) programme has sponsored the visit of Professor Jeff Hearn, one of the conference keynote speakers. Jeff has written and lectured widely on gender in leadership, and men in particular. We are fortunate to have secured Professor Hearn to run a seminar on Friday 18th July, specifically for men at UWA, on the theme 'Men in Leadership'.

The workshop will explore how men:

• view the world
• interact with both men and women, lead and exercise power
• engage with social responsibility, equity and diversity; and
• deal with the way the language of masculinity is constructed and the implications of this in a university context, across administration, research and teaching

The main seminar will involve formal presentations from Jeff Hearn along with the opportunity for interaction between participants.

After lunch, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm, there is the option to stay on for a deeper exploration and conversation with Jeff on areas of personal interest related to working at UWA.

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in this important seminar with a view to deepening the ‘conversation’ around men in leadership at UWA. You may register your details below.

Yours sincerely

Professor Dennis Haskell (English and Cultural Studies)
Seminar Patron