On 28th July 2011 the Engineers Australia Women in Engineering Group supported by IPWEAvic will hold an evening meal ($20 cost) at Sailors Rest, Moorabool Street Geelong betwen 6pm and 9pm. Download event brochure here. Two presenters, Dr Mark Toner and Ms Gunilla Burrowes, will address the dinner on Improving Career Prospects in a Male-Dominated Organisation. Mark and Gunilla will discuss the problems female engineers may face in male-dominated organisations, and suggest a set of skills which women can develop to understand the following:
• Male-female differences in decision-making, communication and assertiveness
• The unwritten “rules” of the organisational game they are playing as employees
• Leadership skills to increase their personal power, and
• How to “play” the game to enhance their career prospects.
RSVP by Monday
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