Why do we invest more in charismatic but useless men instead of able female leaders? And how can we fix this? Organisational psychologist and author @drtcp argued for ‘competence over confidence’ when he joined the 2021 Gender Balance summit https://t.co/RdNrtvc7s4
.@LizDimmock: "I will continue to strive hard to partner with organisations, campaigns and individuals to take positive action... so one day soon our workplaces will be truly representative and inclusive."
.@LizDimmock says now is not the time to take our foot off the gas. Urges audience to to take what's inspired them and says you can count on us at Moving Ahead to challenge ourselves and drive change at scale.
Ann: I'm #ChoosingToChallenge all global biz to publish gender pay gap.
Lucy: Im #ChoosingToChallenge the army's gender diversity targets. Need to be more ambitious.
Ann: At Mastercard we publish gender pay gap around the world, rolled out maternity and paternity everywhere we operate (market leading), pledged to reach 50% of women SMEs. Committed to bringing billion people into financial system.
Karen says it spurred her on to win that brand's biggest competitor to show them what they'd missed out on - "and we did." Those two individuals from competitors? Left within months.
Karen: I wanted to get into that world which was tough because not many looked like me at the time. I have two exec roles. My industry contributes to cultural norms for society.