• Published June 18, 2024
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RESEARCH REPORT

Elevate the System to Elevate Women Leaders

The journey to elevate women leaders isn’t just a moral imperative — it’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 high levels of inclusion and equity for women, yet we still find ourselves emphasizing the need to elevate women in the workplace and beyond.

It’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:

  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 women’s innate leadership strengths can lead them to burn out at a faster rate
  4. Women’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 what’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
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Written by

Elisa Mallis
Elisa Mallis, MA, MEd
Vice President & Managing Director, APAC

Elisa leads our efforts in SE Asia, India, North Asia, and Australia to accelerate the leadership development and results of clients throughout the APAC region, from multi-national corporations and government agencies to domestic organizations, while also contributing significantly to our global research agenda. She has 20+ years of experience, focused on transformational change, human capital strategy, and sales and marketing.

Elisa leads our efforts in SE Asia, India, North Asia, and Australia to accelerate the leadership development and results of clients throughout the APAC region, from multi-national corporations and government agencies to domestic organizations, while also contributing significantly to our global research agenda. 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. He’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. He’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. She’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. She’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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