An all male board of your company may signify that the likelihood of you or another woman becoming CEO in the near future is unlikely to happen.
TweetShareShare Currently, 24% of C Suite executives are women. Only 6% of fortune 500 CEOs are women. Why are there so few? Follow these tips to enhance your chances of breaking through that stubborn glass ceiling.
3. Guide your mentors. Research by the Korn Ferry institute shows that when male executives mentor younger women, they are more likely to give them advice on leadership, whereas when they mentor younger men, they teach them how to create a profitable business. When meeting with your male mentor, don’t let him plan the agenda, ask him to teach you specific skills and ask tough questions. Try to cut through the general career advice, and ask him for critical training.
6. Use your support system. In a TED Talk by Valerie Alexander, the CEO of tech company Goalkeeper, she recounts how many of the female lawyers at one of her firms were entering their own timesheets- even though they had assistants that were supposed to be doing it. Sometimes it can seem easier to just do something yourself rather than asking or teaching the person under you how to do it.
Also, don’t be afraid to ask for help. If you don’t know how to do something, ask. Or find outside coaching who can help you to get there. As this CEO told Korn Ferry: The way women are raised — empathetic, inclusive, and collaborative — are the top skills necessary for the new generation of leaders, who are dealing with complex global problems. Another study by Korn Ferry detailed how women are 45% more likely than men to be seen as demonstrating empathy and outperform men in inspirational leadership, conflict management, organizational awareness, adaptability, and teamwork. Lean into those qualities, as they will set you apart in the best of ways.
“She said, ‘Look, when you walk in that room, you are not to explain why you deserve to be in that room. No man walks into that room thinking he doesn’t deserve to be in that room … Women are always sitting there explaining why they deserve the seat. You are already in the seat. Get over it. Start talking about what you are going to do.’”
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