Women in Economics Network Webinar:
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critically important role and responsibility of leaders in guiding society towards a collective goal. Much attention has been placed on heads of government worldwide, and comparing the relative effectiveness of their leadership styles and handling of the crisis situation.

Against this backdrop of unfolding world events, this webinar explored what can we learn about leadership from this current health and economic crisis, in conversation with Professor Dana Born (Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and retired Brigadier General of the US Air Force) and Sue Morphet (President of Chief Executive Women).

What is meant by leadership? How should we think about leadership during a crisis and what personal characteristics of leaders matter? What might be learnt from the leadership styles and values that are often demonstrated by women leaders? Are the people who make it to positions of power in society necessarily the best leaders?

This webinar was hosted by the Women in Economics Network (WEN) as part of the national seminar program with the Economics Society of Australia (ESA). The discussion will be moderated by WEN Chair Dr Leonora Risse (RMIT University and Harvard Kennedy School).
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To accompany the webinar discussion, we recommend the following resources which have been suggested by the guest panellists:

The Truth About Authentic Leaders
By Bill George, Harvard Business School
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-truth-about-authentic-leaders

Leading your team past the peak of a crisis
By Rosabeth Moss Kanter, HBR
https://hbr.org/2020/04/leading-your-team-past-the-peak-of-a-crisis

We Need Great Leadership Now, and Here’s What It Looks Like
By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/opinion/covid-dov-seidman.html

Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19?
By Amanda Taub, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/world/coronavirus-women-leaders.html

What do countries with the best coronavirus responses have in common? Women leaders
By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2020/04/13/what-do-countries-with-the-best-coronavirus-reponses-have-in-common-women-leaders/#5019e0493dec

Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, HBR
https://hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men

How humble leadership really works
By Dan Cable, HBR
https://hbr.org/2018/04/how-humble-leadership-really-works

From Purpose to Impact
By Nick Craig and Scott A. Snook, HBR
https://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact

Discovering your authentic leadership
By Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean and Diana Mayer, HBR
https://hbr.org/2007/02/discovering-your-authentic-leadership

What Works: Gender Equality By Design
By Iris Bohnet, Harvard Kennedy School
https://www.amazon.com/What-Works-Gender-Equality-Design/dp/0674089030

You can also watch Professor Bohnet's keynote address 'Behavioural Insights and Gender Equality' presented at WEN's Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5EqL69xNyw