How corporates can make way for more women at work
Abanti Sankaranarayanan, Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer, Diageo India
Women need to find comfort in vulnerability and ask for help when needed, says Abanti Sankaranarayanan
Abanti Sankaranarayanan, Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer, Diageo India, believes there has been a big shift for women in leadership in the last decade. She delivered the Raghu Pillai memorial lecture in a virtual national conclave on the theme ‘Women in Leadership: Future Perspectives,’ presented by Madras Management Association (MMA) in partnership with Coaching Foundation of India (CFI).
Group Captain R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM, Executive Director, MMA delivered the welcome address. Ganesh Chella, Co-founder and Managing Director, CFI gave an overview of the conclave. He said that though the path for leadership is the same for both men and women, the latter face different challenges and therefore, they need separate space.