Keynotes / Topic 03
Women don't have an ambition problem. Organisations have a power problem.
Many organisations try to boost women's ambition. The research points somewhere else: to how organisations judge potential, hand out sponsorship and decide who moves up.
The research behind this talk
Why this matters now.
85% vs 66%
Where employees see progress on gender diversity, 85% of women aged 30 to 40 seek promotion, almost as many as men (87%). Where they see little progress, it is 66% of women against 83% of men.
Boston Consulting Group, Dispelling the Myths of the Gender Ambition Gap, 2017
14%
Women received higher performance ratings than men, yet 8.3% lower ratings for potential, and were 14% less likely to be promoted.
31% vs 45%
of entry-level women and men have had a sponsor. When women get the same sponsorship and manager support as men, they are just as eager to be promoted.
In this session
What your audience takes away.
- Why ambition fades in some organisations and stays high in others
- How judgments about potential quietly shape who gets promoted
- The role of sponsorship, and who tends to get it
- What to change in how your organisation promotes and recognises people
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Lisanne van Bunderen
Lisanne is a social and organisational psychologist with a PhD in organisational behaviour from Rotterdam School of Management, where her research focused on leadership and team dynamics. She combines insights from research with recognisable examples and interactive moments, so participants can apply what they hear in their own work.
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