Women in Leadership: Research findings from the female talent Leadership Learning PODS

This report is about a research project on balanced leadership, demonstrating the role women
can play in re-imagining and role modelling leadership practices that are meaningful, inclusive and
impactful for both women and men - where women no longer have to ‘bend out of shape’.
The client, the Talent Team in a major bank, believed that the business was missing out on the
full contribution available from its female talent. They commissioned the EB Centre to design and
deliver a learning initiative that would bring about change. At the Centre we believe there is yet
a lot to learn about women in leadership and that the women themselves are best placed to find
that out. In view of this we designed a co-creative, discovery-based learning initiative, and with
the agreement and support of the Bank, commissioned research to take place alongside the
programme