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