This is an anonymous questionnaire for women who have been trying to get into directorships on public and private and non-profit boards and are experiencing barriers. You do not have to give any personal contact details such as name, address/telephone or email address. The information you provide will help the Centre for Leadership for Women understand the difficulties and aspirations of women who wish to get into boards of companies. Your information will also help formulate strategies to help women, as well as lobby political networks to undertake further research and development to address issues in this area. As this survey is openly accessible on the internet, it requires that you enter which sex you are to ensure proper collation of the data. Thank you.
1a. What is your age group:
20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60+
1b. Which Country are you residing in?
1c. Are you:
female? male?
2. What is your occupation?
3. What position do you hold?
4a. Why do you want to become a board member of a public or private organisation?
4aa. Are you currently a member of a public or private organisation?
4b. Have you held any board member positions in the not-for-profit sector or private sector?
4c. If Yes, how did you succeed in becoming a board member in a not-for-profit organisation?
5a. Have you consulted or used any resources to help you in gaining board positions such as
networks, coaches, head hunters etc?
5b. How have you found the avenues of help that you have accessed?
6. What do you see as being the difficulties in attaining board positions?
7. Which forms of support would you like to help you in your objective to be a board member? a) Within a workplace b) Outside workplace
8. How can CLW help you in your leadership development? Consider online/ face to face
programs/ conferences etc.
9. How can CLW help you in your objective to be a board member?
10. How can government bodies help you in your objective to be a board member?
Any other comments?
Below is an optional request for your details which will remain confidential to the Centre and will not be published or released at any time.
Thank you very much for completing this form.
Name