Leading Gender Transformation in Manufacturing (ESC)

Leading Gender Transformation in Manufacturing Executive Short Course | 11-13 June | 08:30-16:30 | TWIMS campus, 74 Everton Road, Kloof 2025

Course Overview

Manufacturing battles to attract and retain women in leadership positions. With advanced technology changing the future skills required in the industry, manufacturers need to tap the largest talent pool possible. Research has shown that women in leadership positions can provide greater diversity of perspectives, innovation, and a more balanced approach to management. Yet women leaders still experience significant challenges in influencing their male-dominated organisations. Simply increasing the number of women leaders in organisations is no guarantee for the empowerment of other women or the transformation of organisations. With the increasing drive for gender equity in organisations, women and men need to understand how to effectively navigate gender dynamics, create inclusive spaces and advocate for change.

This course explores the specific gender challenges experienced in the manufacturing context, both from a leadership and blue-collar worker perspective. It explores how men and women can develop their authentic and distinctive leadership qualities, for personal transformation and organisational impact. The course also highlights issues affecting women in blue-collar positions to promote action towards greater inclusivity of women at all levels of manufacturing. The aim of the course is to enable women and men leaders to champion these issues with knowledge, self-awareness and personal effectiveness.