Cognitive development

• Prior to that, I’d spent three decades rising up the ranks in the media and university leadership.
• It has taken a clean break from the boardroom to clear the mental clutter.
• One bizarre realisation that has bubbled up is that I haven’t seen my natural hair colour in 40 years.

From the glass ceiling to the glass cliff

• And of course, there have been advances in breaking the “glass ceiling” that stops women from rising to leadership positions.
• But research continues to show how women that do reach senior positions are more likely to leave these roles much sooner than men.
• For example, when an organisation in crisis appoints a woman CEO and then dismisses her for failing to achieve a turnaround.
• In other words, authenticity is not measured in the same way for male and female leaders.

Working women’s ‘double bind’

• Hair, clothing choice, tone of voice and non-verbal behaviour are all discussed as ways to achieve this in the accounts I have collected to date.
• Across industries from fashion to railways, women executives feel their appearance is scrutinised as a measure of their competence in ways men’s clothing and demeanour isn’t.
• The world desperately needs authentic, ethical and compassionate leadership – by men and women – right now.

Sarah Niblock does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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