WOMEN IN CORPORATE HIERARCHY

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A Conundrum
Women are seen as successful in employing a broad range of specific leadership skills and achieving positive results.

Yet they are not being promoted into top
leadership positions.

What explains women's lack of advancement?
What is the reason for this strange discrepancy? Male ego/ Chauvinism? Or Certain factors typical of women?

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILINGS
Alone we are strong
Common Barriers to Women's Advancement

The Glass Ceiling

Organizational Barriers
Higher standards of performance and effort
Inhospitable corporate culture
Promotion decisions based on homophile (gender similarity)
Ignorance/inaction by male CEOs and "silent majority" male peers
Imbalance of adequate recognition & support with excessive difficulties
Lack of definitive development opportunities
Common Barriers to Women's Advancement
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Interpersonal Barriers
Male prejudice, stereotyping, preconceptions
Lack of emotional and interpersonal support
Exclusion from informal networks
Lack of male mentors
Personal Barriers
Lack of political savvy
Work-home conflict

"One of the most enduring cliches about India is that it is the country of contradictions. Like all cliches, this one too has a grain of truth in it. At the heart of the contradiction stand Indian women: for it is true to say that they are among the most oppressed in the world, and it is equally true to say that they are among the most liberated, the most articulate and perhaps even the most free. Can these two realities be simultaneously true?"


Urvashi Butalia
Glass Ceilings
They have plenty of Opportunities
The old adage, "The consumer is not a moron; she is your wife" has to be rephrased: "The consumer is not a moron; she is your BOSS."
Final Reflections
Metaphor for 21st Century Organizations

It is not simply a "glass ceiling" that is holding women back, but the whole structure of organizations: the foundations, the beams, the walls and the very air. It is all around us in our assumptions and norms about work, leadership, and how we practice it.

This approach asks leaders to be thoughtful architects not just to dismantle the glass ceiling, but to reconstruct organizations, beam by beam and room by room, with work practices and norms that are more effective for our organizations and more equitable for women as well as men.


They represent the Corporate Forum too….

Success stories
Many women head organizations than ever before. However these numbers need to be improved.
The Women Of Substance currently making the history:
Chanda Kocchar
Lalita Gupte(ICICI Bank)
Naina Lal Kidwai (HSBC)
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (PepsiCo)
Kiran M Shaw (Biocon)



Lalita Gupte

Mrs. Gupte was instrumental in transforming ICICI Bank from a primarily term lending institution into a technology led diversified financial services group with a strong presence in India's retail financial services market.

The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence on "The Women Behind ICICI" for "Business Woman of the Year 2004-2005".
"The Woman of the Year Award" for 2002 presented by the International Women's Association for her achievements in the corporate world,

"The 21st Century for Finance & Banking Award" by the Ladies' Wing of the Indian Merchants' Chamber (1997) and "Women Achievers' Award" from the Women Graduates Union (2001).
Recommendations
Develop policies that create a women-friendly workplace environment.
Establish training programs for women, such as mentorships, career guidance and leadership development.
Promote awareness initiatives that highlight the value of women managers.
Elicit input from women employees regarding policies, promotion and performance review processes.
Make accommodations for women in areas such as need-based postings. That is, as done in civil services, have a policy to post both spouses to the same district or state.
Have a true commitment to hire and promote women and include women in the annual business strategy.

More success stories…..
Women in Indian organisations have been involved in :
Partnering with women suppliers
Donate to natural disasters and ensure it is managed and accounted for.
Monitoring working conditions
Monitoring child labour
Interface with self help groups
Education programmes
Health programmes

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953 in Bangalore) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Ltd. In 2004, she became India's richest woman.

As Chairperson and Mission Leader of CII's National Task Force on Biotechnology she has led several delegations to USA, Canada, UK, etc. to propel India into the global super league of biotech trailblazers.

She chairs Karnataka's Vision Group on Biotechnology and also served on the Board of Science Foundation, Ireland.
Across Cultures and over Centuries it has been
Proven that Woman can change the world around..
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (born October 28, 1955 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

Is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, the world's fourth-largest food and beverage company.

On August 14, 2006, Nooyi was named the successor to Steve Reinemund as chief executive officer of the company.

She was effectively appointed as CEO by PepsiCo's board of directors on October 1, 2006.

According to the polls Forbes magazine conducted, Nooyi ranks fifth on the 2007 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Nooyi has been named the #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business in 2006 and 2007 by Fortune magazine.
Together we are
Unstoppable!!!
Women in corporate hierarchy

Presented By:
Alo Dutt
B.A.LL.B. (V Yr)
Naina Lal Kidwai (born 1957) was the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School. As of 2006, she is the Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation India branches.

Fortune magazine listed Kidwai among the World's Top 50 Corporate Women from 2000 to 2003. According to the Economic Times, she is the first woman to head the operations of a foreign bank in India.

Naina Lal Kidwai is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India. She has been awarded with Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Government of India. The announcement was made by Rashtrapati Bhawan on 26 Jan 2007
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