Leadership Development for Women (LDW)

Lucienne Tessens & Claire Webb, UWA Organisational & Staff Development Services

LDW is known to many. This award-winning program has been operating at the University for 16 years and has achieved national and international acclaim. Recently it received the Diversity @ Work award for best women in leadership program (large employer). The 2011 LDW program is designed for women who are not necessarily in leadership roles, but who would like to develop their leadership potential. Participants will be keen to extend their self-management and leadership skills within their current roles as well as explore future career paths and possibilities. The program will focus on leadership that can be exercised at any level and is not dependent on holding a senior position. LDW 2011 will run from April to November and applications close on Tuesday 15 March 2011. For further information on this or the 2012 program, please visit www.osds.uwa.edu.au/page/36454.

Leading Managers: Excellence in University Supervision and Management

Kenn Martin, UWA Organisational & Staff Development Services

This programme is designed to support UWA staff who are responsible for the wellbeing of other UWA staff, projects and /or financial processes. It will emphasise the management skills required to successfully support UWA’s strategic priorities and is designed to complement the Pathways to Leadership programme and the Introduction to Management programme. Participants will be encouraged to build stronger capabilities relating to the hands-on processes of managing people, projects and finances. This programme will draw on recent reviews of information technology skills, financial practices and the human resource process. It will link to current policies and processes and will support technological skill development as well as conceptual understanding of the critical management processes.

On Track

The On Track Academic Development programme has been offered to early – mid career academic and research staff within the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics and is currently in progress for Life and Physical Sciences staff. It has been agreed that the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry will host the next programme.

On Track encourages participants to explore their own capabilities and career preferences, build effective mentoring, teaching and research strategies, develop stronger networks with industry and senior researchers, and enhance their academic work-role management. It includes opportunities to discuss academic / research issues with senior staff in the faculty and to explore research opportunities and strategies with university experts and industry representatives. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry programme will explore teaching-research issues as well as the changing nature of academic work; building an academic profile; career management strategies; time, priority and project management; research strategies and industry partnerships. The programme includes a mentorship component which has been rated very highly by past participants.

For further information, please contact Shelda Debowski on 64883845 or by email.