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  • Published June 18, 2024
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Elevate the System to Elevate Women Leaders

The journey to elevate women leaders isnโ€™t just a moral imperative โ€” itโ€™s a strategic organizational necessity.
Published June 18, 2024
Elevate the System, Elevate Women Leaders: Center for Creative Leadership Research Report

Address These 5 Challenges to Elevate Women at Your Organization

Scientific evidence supports the wide-ranging benefits of including women leaders, yet we still find ourselves emphasizing the need to elevate women in the workplace and beyond.

Itโ€™s time to change the systems that hinder progress.

This report analyzes 5 key challenges we must overcome in order to elevate women and support full inclusion and equity for all:

  1. The struggle to get more women into senior roles, despite increased focus and investment on women in leadership
  2. The additional obstacles women face on the path to leadership
  3. How womenโ€™s innate leadership strengths can lead them to burn out at a faster rate
  4. Womenโ€™s reluctance to ask for the challenging job assignments and increased exposure that propel careers forward
  5. The systemic barriers that hold women back

Find out whatโ€™s beneath the surface of these challenges and the actionable steps you can take to elevate women at your organization to drive greater innovation and productivity by downloading our research report.

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Download our report, Elevate the System, to learn about the challenges facing women leaders today and the actions that can elevate women and lead to greater equity. Country-specific addendum available for: Australia, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.



  • Published June 18, 2024
  • 1 Minute Read

Written by

Elisa Mallis
Elisa Mallis, MA, MEd
Global VP, Research, Innovation & New Content Creation

Elisa directs our coordinated global research, innovation, and new content creation efforts and leads our innovation ecosystem. She oversees both our Leadership Research & Analytics Team and our Partnerships & Innovation Team, fostering a culture of mission-focused innovation, experimentation, and dissemination of research. She has 20+ years of experience, focused on transformational change, human capital strategy, and sales and marketing.

Elisa directs our coordinated global research, innovation, and new content creation efforts and leads our innovation ecosystem. She oversees both our Leadership Research & Analytics Team and our Partnerships & Innovation Team, fostering a culture of mission-focused innovation, experimentation, and dissemination of research. She has 20+ years of experience, focused on transformational change, human capital strategy, and sales and marketing.

Anand Chandrasekar
Anand Chandrasekar, PhD
Senior Research Faculty, APAC

Anand leads our Asia-focused leadership development research and evaluation practice, partnering with CCL staff and clients to identify leadership needs, design and deliver leadership development solutions, articulate leadership solution outcomes, and evaluate the solutions for impact and improvement. Heโ€™s passionate about creating access to early leadership development to improve lives and create lasting change.

Anand leads our Asia-focused leadership development research and evaluation practice, partnering with CCL staff and clients to identify leadership needs, design and deliver leadership development solutions, articulate leadership solution outcomes, and evaluate the solutions for impact and improvement. Heโ€™s passionate about creating access to early leadership development to improve lives and create lasting change.

Vandana Vishnu
Vandana Vishnu
Faculty & Director of Coaching, APAC

Vandana leads our coaching talent for the Asia Pacific region, maintaining the quality of coaching engagements for our clients and working closely with 120+ coaches. Sheโ€™s a leadership facilitator and coach with 22 years of experience. She is deeply committed to developing inclusive leadership processes in organizations to positively influence the business outcomes and development of human potential in the workplace.

Vandana leads our coaching talent for the Asia Pacific region, maintaining the quality of coaching engagements for our clients and working closely with 120+ coaches. Sheโ€™s a leadership facilitator and coach with 22 years of experience. She is deeply committed to developing inclusive leadership processes in organizations to positively influence the business outcomes and development of human potential in the workplace.

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At the Center for Creative Leadership, our drive to create a ripple effect of positive change underpins everything we do. For 50+ years, we've pioneered leadership development solutions for leaders at every level, from community leaders to CEOs. Consistently ranked among the top global providers of executive education, our research-based programs and solutions inspire individuals at every level in organizations across the world โ€” including 2/3 of the Fortune 1000 โ€” to ignite remarkable transformations.

At the Center for Creative Leadership, our drive to create a ripple effect of positive change underpins everything we do. For 50+ years, we've pioneered leadership development solutions for leaders at every level, from community leaders to CEOs. Consistently ranked among the top global providers of executive education, our research-based programs and solutions inspire individuals at every level in organizations across the world โ€” including 2/3 of the Fortune 1000 โ€” to ignite remarkable transformations.

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