摘要: |
There have been many studies into the importance of women in Leadership and how it can lead to better planning and decisionmaking. More diversity within teams can deliver higher performance, which in a local authority context brings multiple benefits to places and our communities, so we were really pleased to see women Leading half of our Live Labs projects. We wanted to understand more about why they had chosen a career in transport, what challenges they had faced and what advice they would give others. Transport is still an overwhelmingly male sector, so we began by discussing challenges in the workplace and whether misogyny and bias were the elephants in the room. I asked if they had experienced any strong reactions to being a female Leader. The replies were varied, but all agreed they had experienced some challenging behaviour: some had faced suspicion, but had built trust and allies over time. Being the only female in a meeting was not uncommon. |