Slide 1: Women Deserve the Corner Office
WOMEN DESERVE THE CORNER OFFICE The journey to be a successful leader in mining Ofentse Debete, Section Manager: Mining
Slide 2: Contents
Contents 3 Women in the 2 Corner Office • Pulling, supporting and 1 Women in mentoring deserving women My Journey Mining • Attributes that make women successful leaders (Core Production) • Reality on retention • Roles and Experience • My Experience • A Ladder vs a Jungle Gym • Scarcity 2
Slide 3: My Journey: Roles and experience
My Journey Roles and experience • Graduate Mining Engineer (GME) • Miner • Shift boss • Mining Engineer • Mine Overseer • Business Improvement Facilitator • Snr Mining Engineer • Section Manager Mining • Acting Operations Manager 3
Slide 4: My Journey: A ladder vs a jungle gym
My Journey A ladder vs a jungle gym Ladder Jungle gym • Upward movement • Lateral movement • Downward movement • Diagonal/cross functional movement • Easy to fall • Upward movement • Downward movement • Harder to fall 4
Slide 5: Women in Mining (Core Production): My experience
Women in Mining (Core Production) My experience 5
Slide 6: Mining (Core Production): Scarcity
Women in Mining (Core Production) Scarcity External Internal influence influence • Capability to do work is still associated with • Imposter syndrome muscular strength • Disbelieve that male support the success of • The top reasons why women get attracted to females in mining mining seldom transpire
Slide 7: Mining (Core Production): Scarcity
Women in Mining (Core Production) Scarcity 7
Slide 8: Pull, support and mentor deserving women
Women in The Corner Office Pull, support and mentor deserving women • Encouraging women to pursue careers in core production • Being a voice for women in mining • Being instrumental in transforming conditions in mining to create future attraction • Advocating will • Speaking of them in their absence
Slide 9: Attributes that make women successful leaders
Women in The Corner Office Attributes that make women successful leaders • Care and Empathy • Listening skills • Heightened awareness of safety and risk management • Be Assertive • Learn to play the game • Be Decisive • Dress for the Role • Think like a Women • Be Loud and Take Up Space • Capitalise
Slide 10: Reality on retention
Women in The Corner Office Reality on retention • Only 4 of a small group of ladies whom I could influence are still in Mining Production • Out of 4, all 4 including myself have considered exiting the production space • Current status: • 1x Mine Overseer • 2x Shift bosses • 1x Miner 10
Slide 11: Conclusion
Conclusion Success in the mining sector for women, often stems from a combination of family encouragement, hard work and resilience. Women who ascend to leadership roles, such as the corner office, exemplify the triumph of overcoming industrial challenges, through dedication and unwavering support f
Slide 12: Thank you
Thank you 12