Women: Careers, Role Models and Leadership

In Scandinavia, the statistics remain disappointingly clear: very few women occupy leadership roles. The Swedish Ruter Dam Foundation was set up to encourage the appointment of more women managers to higher posts in major companies. The seminar topics will be

• The barriers to female advancement in organizational life

• Practical strategies on how to work around the invisible promotion barriers

• Promotion of greater gender diversity at the • executive level by identifying, developing and retaining female potential

Program

15.45–16.00 Welcome: Dorte Salskov-Iversen, CBS Vice President, and Mette Reebirk, Director of CBS Career Center

16.00–16.50 ‘Succeeding in your business career – the importance of relying on you own talents and skills’. Experiences from the Ruter Dam Executive Management and Mentor Programme Charlotte Hansson, Managing Director, Jetpak Sverige AB, and Lena Björkvall, Head of IT Controlling, ICA AB

16.50–17.00 Break

17.00–17.20 ‘Getting Streamed in the Gender-Neutral Organization’ by Chris Mathieu (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Organization at CBS.

17.20–17.40 ‘Circumventing the Subtle, Sneaky, and Systemic Forms of Sexism: Learning How to Read Organizational Pathways to Leadership’

Robyn V. Remke (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Communication in the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management at CBS

17.40–18.00 Panel Discussion with the four presenters and the audience.

18.00– Buffet and networking