Kent Business School invites you to a Business Soundbites event titled Leadership: Is the Future Female? on Wednesday 12 September from 17:00 onwards.

Female leadership is on the rise. This is not just great news for all those women still trying to break through the glass ceiling. A recently commissioned study of the Royal Bank of Canada showed that having women in CEO positions improves company financial performance and leads to a more diverse workplace. So what traits in female leaders contribute to this success? And are these traits unique to women or can men adopt them, too? Should men be afraid of women’s great leap forward in business, or embrace the leadership styles they bring with them. Is the future female?

Three lecturers from Kent Business School will each give their view on female leadership, followed by a panel discussion led by Kent’s serial entrepreneur and founder of the Kent Women in Business Awards, Hilary Steel, with Psychology PG researcher Dawn Nicholson as discussant. Expect to be surprised, challenged and inspired!
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Event Programme
17:00 – 17:15 Registration with refreshments
17:15 – 17:20 Welcome
Martin Meyer, Head of School, and Hilary Steel, Kent Women in Business Awards/ Panel Chair
17:20 – 17:45 Is feminine leadership only for women?
Dr Patricia Lewis, Reader in Management (Gender & Identity, Female Entrepreneurs)
17:45 – 18:10 Flawed women and fixable men
Dr Maddy Wyatt, Senior Lecturer in HRM (Organisational & Political Psychology, Politics at Work)
18:10 – 18:35 Think manager, think male?
Dr Carola Leicht, Lecturer in HRM/Organisational Behaviour (Benefits of Diversity to Organisation)
18:35 – 19:00 Panel discussion
Led by Panel Chair Hilary Steel and Discussant Dawn Nicholson, Discussant/ PG Researcher School of Psychology
19:00 – 20:00 Drinks, canapes and music in the Atrium
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Places are limited for this FREE event, so please register early to secure your place.
We look forward to welcoming you to Kent Business School on Wednesday 12 September 2018.