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      Global Female Leaders Outlook 2023

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      How do global top female leaders assess the growth opportunities in the polycrisis? What trends do they see in digital transformation and ESG? What personal leadership style is currently important - and what about gender equality and their own career opportunities?

       

      We asked female executives these and many other questions in the Global Female Leaders Outlook 2023. We believe it is essential to separately highlight their perspectives, experiences, and forecasts in times of profound macroeconomic and geopolitical upheaval and to present their valuable contribution to increasing corporate resilience. The participants are shaping the economic and social future. They show confidence and provide surprising new impulses, as the remarkable results of the study show. 

      Global Female Leaders Outlook 2023 continues our series of studies identifying the perspectives of female leaders. It is our fourth edition. Since 2018, 4,195 women from more than 50 countries have participated in our surveys. In 2023, there were 839 top female executives from more than 55 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Brazil with the highest number of respondents. Participants were asked a total of 73 questions.

      Key Insights

      • 87 percent consider adaptability to be the most important success factor for increasing corporate resilience.
      • With 55 percent, most consider strategic thinking to be particularly crucial to their own professional success.
      • 77 percent, most consider strategic thinking to be particularly crucial to their own professional success.
      • The extraordinary challenges of the polycrisis are viewed positively by 72 percent.
      • 80 percent have already changed companies at least once in order to take the next career step.
      • 51 percent say their company still has the "old boys club": a male network.
      • 74 percent say that employee retention and training will be a priority in the future.
      • 59 percent plan not to be a "first mover" or "fast follower" in the area of digitization and technology.
      • The complexity of tasks has increased in the polycrisis, 90 percent.
      • 84 percent expect growth for their company in the next three years.
      • More than 50 hours per week are worked by 56 percent of top female managers - the majority.
      • For only 4 percent, a partner has primary responsibility for the household.

      Chapter Overview

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      Who are our Global Female Leaders?

      Female leadership profiles


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      What is particularly important in digital transformation today?

      Digitalization & technology


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      How relevant is resilience in a polycrisis?

      Economic outlook & strategy

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      Gender Equality: When will real equality come?

      Diversity and gender inclusion


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      What drives and what holds back sustainable change?

      ESG


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      What does it mean to provide leadership in a polycrisis?

      Leadership in polycrisis

      Archive

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      The digital age - The women's era

      2018 


      global-female-leaders-outlook-2020-covid-edition

      COVID-19 Special Edition

      2020 

      global-female-leaders-outlook-2019

      New markets, new powers

      2019 


      global-female-leaders-outlook-2023

      Female Leaders Shaping Resilience in a Polycrisis

      2023 

      Peggy Velliotou

      Partner & Head of People, People Services, Advisory

      KPMG in Greece