Digital Females event for October 2013 saw Harriet Minter from the Guardian present on how we can get more females into top business positions. Learn more about the event here http://www.meetup.com/Digital-Industry-Females/events/140883832/

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2. HOW TO GET TO
THE TOP
HARRIET MINTER
harriet.minter@theguardian.com
Twitter: @harrietminter

3. GUARDIAN WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
What is
Women in
Leadership?
Why did we
start Women
in Leadership?
Does running
Women in
Leadership make
me in any way
qualified to offer
career advice?

4. THE LACK OF WOMEN AT THE TOP
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17.4% of FTSE100 board members are women
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Just 6.1% of FTSE100 executive board members are women
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Six FTSE100 firms have no women on their board
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Only two FTSE100 companies are run by women
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And finally....

5. Simon Murray, chairman of Glencore, April 2011
“Women in the boardroom? Terrific,” he says. “Why not? Always welcome. But why
make a special case out of it? Why tell everybody you’ve got to have X number of
women in the boardroom? Women are quite as intelligent as men. They have a
tendency not to be so involved quite often and they’re not so ambitious in business as
men because they’ve better things to do. Quite often they like bringing up their children
and all sorts of other things.
“All these things have unintended consequences. Pregnant ladies have nine months off.
Do you think that means that when I rush out, what I’m absolutely desperate to have is
young women who are about to get married in my company, and that I really need them
on board because I know they’re going to get pregnant and they’re going to go off for
nine months?”

6. WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?
Who is to
blame?
What can
we do
Where
does all the
talent go?

7. FIVE TIPS TO HELP YOU
GET TO THE TOP
From women much wiser than me

8. Who am I?
Some other
big question
Where
am I
going?
1. KNOW YOURSELF AND BE
AUTHENTIC

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this
of B type
rand
2. HAVE A PERSONAL BRAND

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3. INFLUENCE IS EVERYTHING

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4. PRIORITISE YOUR BOSS'
PRIORITIES

12. 5. SUPPORT EACH OTHER

13. Thank you!
http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership
Twitter: @gdnwomenleaders