a generational shift that favours aspiring women leaders
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A generational shift that favours aspiring women leaders?
• The baby boomers - those born in the first two decades after the Second World War - are now retiring. Although it is dangerous to generalise, it is commonly acknowledged that this generation and its values has had a profound impact on the leadership of organisations
• A report produced by Odgers Berndtson and the Cass Business School, After the Baby Boomers, suggests a significant shift in certain values
• What are the characteristics of Generation X, the baby boomers’ successors who were born in the 1960s and 1970s? Generation X attaches far greater importance than the baby boomers to qualities such as emotional intelligence, cultural awareness and flexibility
• Without going so far as to say that these qualities are more characteristic of women than men, they are certainly to be found on the feminine side of the masculine/feminine continuum
• Could this demographic shift result in a more benign environment in the years to come for women aspiring to leadership roles?
• Question: Will more women leaders come to the fore as the baby boomers retire?
