The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (CLW) is now accessible for all.  CLW has been operating since 2000 and has in that time profiled many national and international leaders as well as featured research, information and resources relating to numerous topics on women's leadership. Visit CLW today for leadership resources and news.

The Change Champion website has resources available for download from the November 5-6 conference "Investing in the Health Workforce: Aligning Strategy, Leadership and the Team" held in Sydney, Australia.

Downloads are available from each of the sessions, which included

Investing in the Health Care Workforce. Is Reform and Innovation Enough
Innovation, Leadership and Performance
Practice Development and Clinical Excellence
Rural and Remote Recruitment and Retention
Empowering and Energising the Workforce

Dr. Carol Gallagher’s book Going to the Top details 15 proven strategies for advancement:

1. Display leadership
2. Don’t take everything so personally
3. Find your passion

"Leadership and mentoring programs aim to increase women’s skills and confidence to take on leadership roles, while introducing them to networks which may facilitate greater access to leadership positions in the workplace or on committees and councils.

Mentoring Australia has a series of benchmarks developed for mentoring programs, to set standards for responsible mentoring. A responsible mentoring program requires:

* A well-defined mission statement and established operating principles
* Regular, consistent contact between mentor and mentee
* Establishment under the auspices of a recognised organisation

Our uncertain future requires new leadership - can the origins and theories of this ancient construct illuminate its capacity to change?

Seemingly teetering on the boundaries of stability and familiarity, today’s societies seem in great need of leadership; leadership which is insightful and courageous. But is leadership a construct flexible to change? And what are the contributors to the formation of a leader? For us to appraise and elect leaders who will encourage humanity towards a sustainable and fair global society, we need to understand the relative contributions of personal character and externalities to the development of a leader. Furthermore, achieving a sustainable future may necessitate a change in leadership style. Examining the evolution of leadership may help us elucidate the potential for such a change.

-  a perspective of a final year medical student

According to Wikipedia, the knowledge base of the 21st century, leadership can refer to “those entities that perform one or more acts of leading, the ability to affect human behaviour so as to accomplish a mission, or influencing a group of people to move towards its goal setting or goal achievement”.1 Leadership in medicine is vital in this age of dynamic practice, with new diagnostic and therapeutic developments occurring constantly, and with the increasing emphasis on accountability and transparency in medical practice. Women in leadership roles have become more prominent in society over the years, in areas such as politics and business. However, in medicine as in these other fields, the increasing number of women studying and practising is not equally matched by a corresponding increase in women in leadership positions.