Women offered courses

THE Business Coalition for Women (BCFW) is offering its members a number of career development courses to build the skills of the women in its workforces.
“Today, lack of women at senior levels in companies and on boards is recognised as an impediment to a business achieving its full potential,” BCFW said in a statement.
McKinsey & Company have been tracking company performance against measures such as gender diversity and other inclusive workforce practices since 2014.
Their 2017 data showed that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity at executive level were 21 per cent more likely to outperform those in the lowest quartile in terms of profitability, and 27 per cent more likely to outperform those in the lowest quartile in terms of long-term value creation. (Those figures are an increase from 15 per cent in the 2014 data).
Research by the Boston Consulting Group highlighted that companies in different parts of the world with diverse workforces were the most innovative, and the most innovative companies were the most profitable.
To help women gain the skills to take on senior executive positions in PNG companies, BCFW runs a Senior Executive Women Programme in partnership with the Asian Development Bank.
It also offers a PNG Directors Course with Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), to strengthen business governance in PNG.
BCFW’s Certificate IV Leadership and Management Course is designed to give women the building blocks to become great team leaders, supervisors and managers.
The course has been formally accredited by the Australian education system, meaning it meets the certificate IV requirements of the Australian qualifications framework.
It is the preparatory level for a Diploma, and the course content must meet criteria for functional competencies, knowledge and skills.