Women in tech want real change not box ticking Save Share Women helping to lead some of the countryâs biggest tech companies donât want cupcakes and leadership training: they want paternity leave to be the norm, transparent salaries, and for diversity to extend beyond being a box ticking exercise. Speaking to The Australian Financial Review in the lead up to this yearâs International Womenâs Day, women in executive roles at companies such as Xero, Whispir and Salesforce shared common experiences of feeling like they couldnât be themselves if they wanted to succeed early in their careers, and immense frustration at women still being treated like they needed coaching, or mentorship, in order to take on leadership qualities more commonly associated with men.