WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM AN INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY STANDPOINT TO ATTRACT MORE WOMEN INTO THE MINING INDUSTRY ?
“ It ’ s important for women to have role models to learn their stories and give us the opportunity to evolve and to continue to refine our narrative . I strongly believe in
‘ you can be what you can see ’”
— Florence Drummond ,
Founder , Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia ( IWIMRA )
61 unsure how to deal with you , then show them how . You take the lead . People tend to quickly get comfortable when you do that . Earlier in my career I did find I had to work quite a bit harder and be more assertive to get my point across . These traits of persistence develop good skills , so meeting a challenge developed a strength . You learn how to read the environment a lot better with a multi-faceted response needed for leadership . As they say , challenges are often the seeding ground for opportunities .”
WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM AN INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY STANDPOINT TO ATTRACT MORE WOMEN INTO THE MINING INDUSTRY ?
“ Opportunity draws people . Saying you are welcome here and we are open for business will attract more women . Communicating clearly what the areas for growth and value add are means people , can understand and internalise the opportunity , and determine if the barriers to entry are low enough for them to participate . To my mind it ’ s no different to Porter ’ s Five Forces Model for getting
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