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Dealing with glass ceilWali Zahid | ceo, Skill City BahrainConference on Framework of Respectful Workplace
Karachi Marriott: 3 July 2013
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Who’s Wali?
Asian businesses have known Wali for 20-year worbusiness leadership and executive coaching
Wali leads the longest-running Train-The-Trainer13th year | 16+ Asian locations | 1,000+ trainers tr
Taught MBA courses at IBA, ZABIST, CBM, UMT
A disruptor and a future-trends watcher
Was called by two ministers-in-waiting to conshow to turn around state-owned enterprises in
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Who’s Wali?...
Our reputation in C-Level leadership aThe Trainer has overshadowed our woleadership work
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Who’s Wali?...
Led ‘Women in Leadership’ and ‘Young Women in (WIL, Y-WIL) workshops (both in mix-gender, and aenvironments) in Pakistan and Afghanistan for BritIRM/NRSP/HRDN, IbnSina Afghanistan, LCWU, JinWomen University and AKDN organisations
Member, BOG @ Pakistan Society for Training & Druns WIBCON (women in business conference) eve
Member, Advisory, Lahore College Women Univers
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Ministry of Women Develop
Conceived, developed and delivered amonth Management Foundation Progwith Gender Dimension for Pakistan’
Ministry of Women Development andsuccessfully several times during 2006on behalf of GIZ, the German foundat
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Leads CEO leadership works
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2050 interview
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Women make better laeade
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CEO Summit with CM Shahb
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Two parts of the talk
1. What is glass ceiling?2. How you can deal with it in an era of
technology
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Two things before that
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What do you think of Pakistan
Think of one word that describes yourof Pakistan in 2050
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What do you think of women in 20
Think of one word that describes yourof women’s role in 2050 world
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In reality
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Pakistan in 2050
Pakistan is one of the top 20 economiworld in 2050*
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World in 2010
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World in 2050
Goldman Sa
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Women will dominate in 205
By 2050, an unprecedented number owill be in positions of power *
*Alvin Toffler of Futu
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These two pieces will…
…take away the sting of glass ceiling fraudience’s mind
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Two key learnings
1. A world full of opportunities for womshine, progress, dominate!
2. A country that is going to be the 20t
economy!
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What is glass ceiling?
Part 1
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What is glass ceiling?
A metaphor for the invisible barrier tprevents women from reaching the upparts of management
Created by invisible (unsaid, unseen) of culture, habit and power that servkeep women ‘in their place.’
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My contention!
These barriers may not be real! Only in the mind of women!
There will always be the determined w
who will refuse to accept glass ceiling
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US data: Life above glass cei
Evidence suggests that life above the glass ceiling different for men and women (Ryan & Haslam, 200
In particular, women are given
different opportunities (riskier, more precariou
different rewards (fewer, less contingent on pe different reception (their arrival is greeted with
and seen as a signal of decline)
These are likely to be a source of stress and diside
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Two factors may decide
1. Locus of control Internal
External
2. Cultural context High-context, e.g. Pakistan, Arab world
Low-context, e.g. Swiss, Germany, Scand
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So…
If you are a person operating from Internal locus of control
In a low-context culture
glass ceiling may not mean much to you
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How to break glass ceiling
Part 2
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5 tips
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Tips to break glass ceiling…1
Work alone is not enough!
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How women are promoted
Ashridge UK Research: What takes you ahea
Learning: What does this tell you?
Performance (work)
Image (reputation)
Exposure (visibility)
10%
30%
60%
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Tips to break glass ceiling…2
Work on your reputation & visibility Volunteer for roles outside your job
Speak at meetings
Propose solutions, not just problems Represent team or company at outside
Seek regular, ongoing 360 feedback
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Tips to break glass ceiling…3
Develop political awareness – become360 degree helper (not just self-centri
Need to be in ‘Wise’ quadrant (next sl
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4 styles of political behaviou
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Tips to break glass ceiling…4
Demonstrate high EQ behaviours
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Your EQ behaviours
High EQ
• Bouncing back
• Listening
• Empathising
• Risking
• Flexing
• Including
Low EQ
• Blaming
• Unforgiving
• Defending
• Stonewalling
• Judging
• Excluding
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Tips to break glass ceiling…5
Watch out career & leadership deraile
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Executive derailments1. Arrogance: you think you’re right and everyone else is wrong
2. Melodrama: you need to be the centre of attention3. Volatility: you’re subject to mood swings4. Excessive caution: you’re afraid to make decisions5. Habitual distrust: you focus on the negatives6. Aloofness: you’re disengaged and disconnected7. Mischievousness: you believe that rules are made to be broken
8. Eccentricity: you try to be different just for the sake of it9. Passive resistance: what you say is not what you really believe10. Perfectionism: you get the little things right & big things wrong11. Eagerness to please: you try to win the popularity contest
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5 tips to break glass ceiling
In summary:1. Work alone is not enough!
2. Work on your reputation & visibility
3. Develop political awareness4. Demonstrate high EQ behaviours
5. Watch out career & leadership derail
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