Engaging Women Seminar

Navigating the Labyrinth of Leadership - Kathy Hirschfeld

In this Engaging Women Seminar Kathy identifies with an HBR article that a woman’s corporate career is more like a labyrinth than a glass ceiling.

“Rather than depicting just one absolute barrier at the penultimate stage of a distinguished career…passage through a labyrinth requires persistence, awareness of one's progress, and a careful analysis of the puzzles that lie ahead. It also needs us as leaders to recognise the obstacles and help others along the way. ”

Kathy will discuss the obstacles facing women today as they contemplate a journey through the labyrinth of leadership and will talk about the challenges she has faced in her progress to CEO of a $5 billion turnover company and now a company director. [”Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership” by Linda L. Carli and Alice H. Eagly, Harvard Business Review Sep 2007].

Date: Wednesday 24 October 2012

Time: 12.30-2pm

Room: Terrace Room, Level 6, Sir Llew Edwards Building, St Lucia Campus

RSVP for catering purposes (light lunch served) e-mail equity@uq.edu.au or call x53052. All staff are invited to attend.

About the Speaker: Kathy Hirschfeld is a non-executive director of Snowy Hydro Limited, ASC Pty Ltd and the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and a Senator of the University of Queensland. She is President of the Qld Regional Council for children’s cancer charity Redkite and recently joined the board of UN Women in Australia.

A chemical engineer, Kathy’s 20 year career with BP included oil refining, logistics and exploration, located in Australia, the UK and Turkey. She left BP in 2010 after almost five years as Managing Director, BP Bulwer Island Refinery in Brisbane where she was responsible for all aspects of the business including major capital projects and risk reduction strategies. During that time she was also an Executive Director of BP Australia, and a non-executive director of New Zealand Refining Company (NZX:NZR).

Kathy is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Engineers Australia and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) and a member of Chief Executive Women. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2007 Kathy was recognised by Engineers Australia as one of 25 of Australia’s most influential female engineers.
 

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