A Four Factors Focus Group with Dr Amanda Sterling

A Four Factors Focus Group

We know a lot about the problems women face advancing into leadership, but what about solutions that actually work?

Join us for a facilitated conversation of Dr Amanda Sterling's latest research - the Women in Leadership: Insights to Action report. You’re invited to add richness, story-telling, and amplify the impact of the Factors really making a difference for women's careers into leadership.

We’ll explore:

● Your experience, and what has had the most positive impact on your career.

● The specific actions or initiatives that have enabled you.

● What these mean for the organisations that employ you.

● Practical next steps to advance this work.

This isn't about sharing war stories or documenting barriers (although we will clear the air on those). It's about understanding what successful career progression looks like, what's enabling it, and how we can amplify these approaches.

The conversation itself will be confidential, but collective insights will be analysed and shared with the Global Women membership - and beyond - to deepen our understanding of what works for women's advancement into leadership.

Your host: Dr Amanda Sterling

Dr Amanda Sterling is a principal Director and an award-winning consultant who partners with organisations to remove barriers for women into leadership roles.

Amanda’s groundbreaking PhD research (completed in 2023) revealed critical insights into what is still holding women back from leadership roles and the opportunities to address this. Her research has been featured in NewsHub, The Press, The Dominion Post, NewsTalkZB, RNZ's The Panel, and was highlighted by Global Women and the University of Auckland.

Amanda combines her decades of experience working in corporate leadership development and culture change, as well as deep expertise on leadership, gender, and inclusion, to help organisations attract and retain more women in leadership and close their gender pay gaps.

Amanda’s most recent research - The Women in Leadership: Insights to Action Report - was a survey of 212 women in leadership. It identified four impactful factors for women's career advancement into leadership, challenged conventional diversity approaches and revealed critical gaps in current organisational strategies. You can download a copy of this report here.

Amanda is originally from the Kaipara region but has called Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland home for the last 20 years. She is also a proud parent to one son.