“I would highly recommend similar organisations to work with Milly Sinclair Associates, especially if they are wanting to know the truth about themselves and need help in discerning what the issues are and a way forward.”
Jude Levermore: Head of Human Resources for the Methodist Church
Women have made leaps and bounds in the world of work in the last 50 years. All over the world women leaders have broken through the professional glass ceiling. However, having worked with women in leadership from FTSE companies, charities, churches, universities and hospitals, there are still challenges to be overcome:
What are the challenges?
- Many organisations recruit 50% women at graduation, but often a very small percentage make it to senior positions
- Although organisations often want more women in senior positions, the structures in place often aren’t flexible enough to be attractive to women and work/life balance
- Unconscious bias can be in play when senior positions are recruited
- There are no sponsorship programmes to develop women
- Women are more likely to have a negative view of business politics
- Some women struggle to ‘step forward’ into leadership positions
Our programmes support organisations to:
- Evaluate what impedes women’s development organisation wide
- Create champions for women’s development through steering groups and sponsorship programmes
- Explore whether unconscious bias is in play in recruitment
- Develop processes and structures that support work/life balance
- Develop best-in-class organisational programmes
- Support women by creating peer group coaching processes, like ‘Action Learning’
Our programmes empower women leaders to:
- Reach the most senior executive positions and thrive
- Lead from their deepest values
- Develop the personal presence and confidence of an effective leader
- Have a more positive view of networking and internal politics
- Implement coping and resilience strategies
- Reassess goals with honesty
- Develop a clear purpose, vision and strategy
