Wanted: The female household leadership names of tomorrow - Women's Agenda

Wanted: The female household leadership names of tomorrow

Stop working so hard, just for a moment. Get your head up, look around, and think about where you are, who you’re working with, and how 2014 has panned out for your career, so far.

What have you achieved? How have you done it? Who, if anyone, has helped you out this year? Where are you heading next?

Today, we’re opening entries for the 2015 NAB Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards, and we want to hear from as many of you as possible.

That’s because we have a bit of a problem when it comes to the visibility of female leadership talent. There’s certainly not a shortage of talented women around, but if you look at the tiny number of female CEOs on the ASX 200 (now only 2.5%), the lack of female sources quoted in the business media, and the still too few number of women featured in the ‘richest’ and ‘most powerful’ lists, it seems women are not quite getting their talents recognised.

The goal of these awards is to shine a spotlight on emerging female leadership talent, as well as to celebrate those individuals who are lending a hand to help such talent get the attention they deserve.

Our job with these awards is to help increase the visibility of emerging female leadership now, to avoid all ‘where are the women?’ excuses in the future. We want more female leaders to be household names.

So while you may not be a well-known female leader now, you very well could be in the future — or know of a friend or a colleague who should be.

Perhaps you’re an emerging leader, someone who’s currently demonstrating her talent and capacity for driving change within her own team and/or organisation.

Give yourself an hour to reflect on what you’ve done by entering these awards.

Or perhaps you know of an emerging leader who should be recognised. We have plenty of scope to ensure she fits with these awards — covering the public, private and NFP sectors, as well as fresh entrepreneurs who are doing something new.

Tell her to get involved, or even nominate her yourself.

Or maybe you’d really like to see a particular mentor, change champion or agenda setter recognised for their work in helping you — or helping women in general — succeed.

You can also easily and quickly nominate a friend, colleague or supporter. The ‘mentor of the year’ category is a particularly great way to acknowledge the support of a great mentor who is helping your career.

Entry is simple and free.

Check out all the categories and more on the awards here. Tickets for our awards luncheon on the 26th February in Sydney are on sale now. 

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