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Skill City: Asian Answers… to Asian Questions

Dealing with glass ceilWali Zahid | ceo, Skill City BahrainConference on Framework of Respectful Workplace

Karachi Marriott: 3 July 2013




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




Who’s Wali?...

Our reputation in C-Level leadership aThe Trainer has overshadowed our woleadership work




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




2050 interview




Women make better laeade




CEO Summit with CM Shahb




Two parts of the talk

1. What is glass ceiling?2. How you can deal with it in an era of

technology




Two things before that




What do you think of Pakistan

Think of one word that describes yourof Pakistan in 2050




What do you think of women in 20

Think of one word that describes yourof women’s role in 2050 world




In reality




Pakistan in 2050

Pakistan is one of the top 20 economiworld in 2050*

*




World in 2010




World in 2050

Goldman Sa




Women will dominate in 205

By 2050, an unprecedented number owill be in positions of power *

*Alvin Toffler of Futu




These two pieces will…

…take away the sting of glass ceiling fraudience’s mind




Two key learnings

1. A world full of opportunities for womshine, progress, dominate!

2. A country that is going to be the 20t

economy!




What is glass ceiling?

Part 1




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.’




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




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




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




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




How to break glass ceiling

Part 2




5 tips




Tips to break glass ceiling…1

Work alone is not enough!




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%





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





Develop political awareness – become360 degree helper (not just self-centri

Need to be in ‘Wise’ quadrant (next sl




4 styles of political behaviou





Demonstrate high EQ behaviours




Your EQ behaviours

High EQ

• Bouncing back

• Listening

• Empathising

• Risking

• Flexing

• Including

Low EQ

• Blaming

• Unforgiving

• Defending

• Stonewalling

• Judging

• Excluding





Watch out career & leadership deraile




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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