The 16 Biggest Challenges for Women...

Women are breaking barriers and making significant strides across various fields in today’s rapidly evolving world. However, the journey to leadership is often fraught with unique challenges that hinder their progress. From gender biases to balancing personal and professional responsibilities, these obstacles can seem insurmountable.

In this article, CEOs, coaches, and other experts share their insights into the most pressing challenges women face in their quest for leadership and the actionable strategies to overcome them, paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable future.

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Be the Obvious Choice

AMP recently held another session of our Women in Leadership Program. We established this program in 2022 as an offshoot of our long running Leadership Development Program which focuses on the issues women more commonly face in their careers. Our goal is to create a broad understanding company-wide of how we can all work to foster equity and opportunity in our organization and beyond.

This session was inspired by Susan Colantuono, CEO and Founder of Be Business Savvy, a career development firm that empowers women to advance in their careers through enhanced business, financial, and strategic acumen. In her renowned Ted Talk, “The Career Advice You Probably Didn’t Get”, Colantuono challenges the traditional career advice that women receive and argues that it is the common denominator in why many capable, qualified women get stuck in middle management positions.

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Lead with Intention

This issue draws significant inspiration from the pioneering insights of Susan Colantuono, whose influential work on women’s leadership has profoundly influenced our perspective and approach at I.Liv. 

Susan Colantuono’s concepts, particularly her discussion of The Missing 33% —the often-overlooked business, strategic, and financial acumen essential for reaching the highest echelons of leadership—serve as a cornerstone for our exploration this month. As we get into these critical areas, we embrace Colantuono’s philosophy that leadership is using one’s inherent greatness to achieve extraordinary outcomes while engaging the greatness in others. 

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Getting to Top Leadership

Susan Colantuono’s insights on how women can receive the right mentoring and guidance to advance into higher leadership positions are profound.

In case you missed her TedTalk – be sure to visit it for great insights about why women – to a lesser degree than men – advance into higher leadership positions.

The Career Advice you Probably didn’t get | Susan Colantuono

In this interview, I ask Susan Colantuono to elaborate on questions about mentorship, business acumen, and how to facilitate women’s path into higher leadership positions. We want to learn – how is it done in practice.

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"Women walk a fine line when seeking to climb to higher positions of power, said Susan Colantuono...

“While women are encouraged to raise their hands, those who voice ambition can face a double standard of being thought of as aggressive,” said Colantuono, founder of Be Business Savvy, a career development firm that empowers women to advance in their careers..."

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