Maximizing your Leadership Potential ‘Women In Leadership’ Advancing women, Building businesses
Maximizing your Leadership Potential
‘Women In Leadership’Advancing women,
Building businesses
Only 26 of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women Only 21% of Executives are women Representation of women drops from parity at
entry level by 10% points at every successive level of leadership
THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
16% return on investment for companies withfemale board members, as opposed to 12% forthose who have none
47% higher ROE in Companies with the mostwomen
THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
THE OPPORTUNITY
Advancing Women’s Equality can add $12
trillion to Global Growth
Advancing Women’s Equality can add $12
trillion to Global Growth
Women are half the world’s working- age population but generate only 37% GDP
Women are half the world’s working- age population but generate only 37% GDP
75% of global unpaid work done by women
75% of global unpaid work done by women
Women are becoming the
worlds biggest
consumer group
Women are 60% of graduates Many women end up in “Support Functions”“Gender diversity” is an oxymoronCompanies have traditionally been designed and run
by menWe need to learn female language and cultureThis is not a problem, but an opportunity
EMBRACE WOMEN’S STRENGTHS
Bossiness and aggression in the workplaceThe command-and-control leadership style
associated with men is not the only way to succeed
Good Leadership today means:1. Solving problems effectively2. Operating with a strong results orientation3. Seeking different perspectives4. Supporting others
WHAT IS GOOD LEADERSHIP?
Women have different social and work experiences than men
Women have learned to lead without formal authority
Successful women leaders:Encourage participationEnergize othersEnhance the self worth of others
HOW WOMEN LEAD
“ NO-ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSION ”ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
HOW TO GROW FEMALE LEADERS
Step 1: Address micro-challenges throughout the career lifecycle
Step 2: Create visibility into leadership opportunities for women
Step 3: Make flexible work schedules the default across all levels
Step 4: Accelerate the ability to return to work for women who take a break
This is a business issue, not a female issueRemaining authentic to our female leadership
style one way to successNo one should need to choose between a
career, a life, a family, well-beingWe are all responsible for supporting women
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A FEMALE LEADER