Hong Kong University embraces diversity with leadership and mentoring

client:

the situation

• Female representation has been mandated to ensure the University lifts its proportion of women to men from 9 to 20%.

• The University of Hong Kong was the first university in the world to commit to the United Nation’s #heforshe initiative.

• The University is committed to increasing the proportion of women at faculty level or above.

the solution

Working closely with the Vice President, {embrace} created a comprehensive leadership program specifically designed to support female Associate Professors move towards becoming a full professor.

called HKU10 it includes:

• Leadership workshops:

  • The role of leadership in academia,

  • Emotional Intelligence,

  • Productivity & effectiveness,

  • Risk taking & resilience, and

  • Communications, executive presence and your personal brand.

• One-on-one leadership coaching; and

• Comprehensive mentorship programs - matching proteges with leading scholars from across the 10 faculties of HKU.

the outcome

Following the success of the initial program in 2017, HKU10 has been extended until at least 2020 of HKU.