17/4/2018 0 Comments 2018 Year of Women in LeadershipGender Equality is a Real IssueGender Equality seems a fitting topic to write about considering I’m 24 hours away from attending the Australian Schools Women’s Leadership Summit. Later in the year, Women and Leadership Australia will be hosting the Australian Women’s Leadership Symposium across all capital cities in Australia. These events are open to both men and women but it is the men who really need to be attending. Why? Because some men believe this is not a real and relevant issue (despite the research and data) and that by promoting events such as “Women in Leadership” we are in fact, discriminating against males. Women’s rights, are human rights. Unfortunately, there are barriers that exist for women that don’t exist for men;
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SO WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP? Distributed Leadership is not a fancy flowchart of formalised leadership titles. In fact, the flowchart should be the last thing you do when defining your model. Distributed Leadership is strongly embedded in the culture and context of your school. It embodies both formal and informal leadership positions, regardless of years of experience. Anyone can lead! A true model of Distributed Leadership is easily identified by the quality of interactions taking place between the staff in your school. Quality interactions towards a common goal. That’s Distributed Leadership. Alma Harris describes it like this: “… distributed leadership is a dynamic model of leadership emanating from different patterns of interaction among those in formal and informal roles. “ p.48 |