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#10 MARCH 2018 AIMWA.COM LEADER WACA CEO CHRISTINA MATTHEWS FAIM LEADERSHIP AND SPORTING CREDENTIALS HIT THE SWEET SPOT INSPIRATIONAL LEADER SENATOR THE HON MATHIAS CORMANN ON PLAYING THE LONG-GAME BROADENING BOARDS INCREASING DIVERSITY AND GENDER EQUITY PULSE SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE IT'S TIME TO THINK INSIDE THE BOX A WORD FROM THE CEO SEXUAL HARASSMENT: SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP EVENT BYSTANDERS – IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO STEP UP The allegations that Hollywood producer Despite strong measures SENIOR Harvey Weinstein sexually abused literally dozens of women sparked a global furore. to outlaw sexual How could it be that there were so many harassment, and a EXECUTIVE victims over such an extended period of time and none of them came forward heightened awareness of until recently? Surely someone must have it, pundits argue it remains FORUM 2018 witnessed these atrocious acts or heard about them from others? rife in our workplaces. Closer to home, we were left reeling by allegations that Don Burke, arguably one Yet another piece of that same puzzle is of our favourite sons and a highly powerful staring us in the face. LEADERSHIP, person in the Australian entertainment industry, was accused of vulgar and There is, after all, a group of people who STRATEGY sinister behaviour over a protracted period. have actually been complicit in sexual harassment incidents by observing it in It’s now over 30 years since the Sex action and who have chosen to turn a blind Discrimination Act (SDA) came into force, AND AGILITY eye. Equally, there is a group of bystanders an Act which many believed would heal who have heard of an incident after it the scourge of sexual harassment and occurred and failed to take action. with exploitation in the Australian community and especially in our workplaces. And here’s the rub: evidence is mounting Professor Herman ‘Dutch’ Leonard to suggest that the majority of bystanders The SDA covers myriad inappropriate and do not take action. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL often repugnant behaviours including leering, unwelcome physical touching, Now, just like authorities rely on all Professor Karim Lakhani suggestive comments or jokes and community members to the be the ‘eyes HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL unwanted requests for sex, along with and ears of the street’ to combat crime, criminal activities such as sexual assault. we need every community member to Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 August 2018 summon up the courage to expose those Fully Residential Program Yet despite strong measures to outlaw sexual harassment, and a heightened who have sexually harassed others. awareness of it, pundits argue it remains Just think about it for a moment. The Professor Gary Martin FAIM rife in our workplaces. many bystanders who have observed sexual harassment and not taken any CEO and Executive Director The 2018 Senior Executive Forum brings the With the deployment of the Australian AIM WA topics of Leadership and Strategy together in the Human Rights Commission’s 2018 National action have given offenders unlimited continuing authority to execute their context of an environment requiring innovation, Workplace Sexual Harassment Survey Email: [email protected] imminent, many in the community abhorrent behaviours. They have, albeit iterative design, flexibility and ultimately,Agility . will be bracing themselves for adverse unwittingly in most instances, contributed Leading an organisation in this context, and even results. While formal complaints of sexual to embedding a culture of depravity in our figuring out which direction constitutes progress harassment waver each year, in 2006/07 workplaces and in our broader community. -- is confusing and uncertain, yet still needs to there were 186 reported complaints and in Of course, many onlookers have be managed. We can’t walk away until it settles 2017 there were 247. their reasons for not reporting sexual harassment. They might be ignorant down because that day will never arrive. And these figures only represent the tip of the iceberg, with some experts predicting to exactly which behaviours constitute only a quarter of those afflicted actually sexual harassment, fear that they will be lodge formal complaints. the subject of reprisal or feel that those in For more information call Nola de Mouncey leadership positions will not act on their Adding grist to the mill, hundreds of on +61 8 9383 8050 or visit aimwa.com complaints. Australian women and men have recently shared their own experiences of sexual It’s time to change that! Our human harassment via social media hashtag resource leaders must increasingly #metoo to demonstrate the prevalence of make it clear what actions or behaviours these types of behaviours in the workplace. constitute sexual harassment. They need to increase awareness that sexual While many are hopeful that the recent harassment is not acceptable, and they high-profile media around cases of sexual must encourage all bystanders to take harassment in both the global and local action if this scourge is to be reduced and arenas is just what the doctor ordered eventually eradicated. in terms of raising awareness to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment, It goes without saying that any leader most experts on the subject argue that rejecting these responsibilities is akin to awareness is only one part of the jigsaw being an architect of a decaying Australian puzzle. community. 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We set out six years ago to become leaders in Australian cricket and we’ve achieved that across every one of our metrics. leadership has evolved quite strongly, and Prompting further from my point of view it requires the same growth, a new era of principles and characteristics whether you WA cricket has already are in an on-field or an off-field role.” begun at the newly built 60,000-capacity Optus On that front, Ms Matthews – who Stadium, though Ms captained a cricket club for the first time at Matthews does not see age 29 – said she had always been a leader, this as a threat. despite not always knowing it. “To quote one of our “It was always natural for me,” she said. “I board members, the was always driving others to be better and I stadium for us is the great By Sandra Argese wanted to be the best I could be. We always disrupter,” she said. strive for a title, but we actually should be striving to demonstrate leadership no “It’s the thing that forced matter what we are doing.” us to have a look at our business and say how can For over a century the Fremantle Doctor Officer was made, former Australian we change and evolve? has drifted across the crease of Western wicketkeeper Christina Matthews’ The evolution of the WACA What are our strengths and weaknesses? new stands and significantly more shade Australia’s home of cricket.