What are the traits required for women in executive leadership positions and for boardrooms?
The basic traits will be of high integrity and a record of accomplishment — for which there is no substitute. It will also require convening the trust and respect of your peers and contemporaries, capacity to take courageous decisions, innovative thinking, and a reputation for maintaining high benchmarks without compromise — in all areas of work. Specialised skills in areas of finance, HR, and others – and the commitment to work hard – these come only after the above. As you will note, these are traits that also apply to male counterparts for leadership and board positions — which is precisely the argument of women executives, that there is “no special or different” skills required for women, and therefore no real explanation to account for the lack of women in key positions and boardrooms, except a traditional mindset that does not want to go beyond its comfort-zone. That makes mentoring for corporate Indian leaders more important today. The challenges are not on the “supply side”
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