How to Break Down the Glass Wall: successful strategies for women at work [Audio]

Speaker(s): Kathryn Jacob, Sue Unerman | With more women in work than ever before, there are still too few women occupying positions in the boardroom. What’s holding us back is a glass wall. Men and women can see each other through the divide, but we don’t speak the same language or have the same cultural expectations. What’s missing is a strategy for success to help women capitalise on opportunities at work, overcome challenges, and achieve a good life/work balance. Presenting their own experiences of building successful careers in male-dominated industries, as well interviews with men and women from a variety of organisations, Kathryn Jacob and Sue Unerman provide smart, practical strategies to boost any women’s career, which can be adopted by both the individual and the organisation. Kathryn Jacob (@cinemalover) is Chief Executive of Pearl & Dean. She has worked at Virgin Radio and was one of the first women to work in display advertising at The Daily Telegraph. Kathryn serves as a