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HOW TO GET TO THE TOP

GUARDIAN WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

What is Women in Leadership

? Why did we start

Women in Leadership

?Does running

Women in Leadership make me in

any way qualified to offer career

advice?

THE LACK OF WOMEN AT THE TOP

•17.4% of FTSE100 board members are women

•Just 6.1% of FTSE100 executive board members are women

•Six FTSE100 firms have no women on their board

•Only two FTSE100 companies are run by women

•And finally....

Simon Murray, chairman of Glencore, April 2011

“Women in the boardroom? Terrific,” he says. “Why not? Always welcome. But why make a special case out of it? Why tell everybody

you’ve got to have X number of women in the boardroom? Women are quite as intelligent as men. They have a tendency not to be so

involved quite often and they’re not so ambitious in business as men because they’ve better things to do. Quite often they like bringing up

their children and all sorts of other things.“All these things have unintended consequences. Pregnant ladies have

nine months off. Do you think that means that when I rush out, what I’m absolutely desperate to have is young women who are about to get married in my company, and that I really need them on board because

I know they’re going to get pregnant and they’re going to go off for nine months?”

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?

Where does all

the talent go?

What can we

doWho is to

blame?

FIVE TIPS TO HELP YOU GET TO THE TOP

From women much wiser than me

1. KNOW YOURSELF AND BE AUTHENTIC

Who am I?Where am I

going?

Some other big question

2. HAVE A PERSONAL BRAND

Not this type of Brand

3. INFLUENCE IS EVERYTHING

Censoring this picture for the good of all

4. PRIORITISE YOUR BOSS' PRIORITIES

Unless their priorities are ridiculous

5. SUPPORT EACH OTHER

Thank you!

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