Women in Leadership with Kylie McLean - 017 Artwork

The Females in Tech Show with Tamara Johanna

Join Tamara Johanna, founder of FIIT Collective, whose mission is to inspire, support and empower females to live a balanced and purposeful life through a career in information technology. This podcast is relevant for women in tech, or those considering technology as a career. The show covers career advice and personal stories of successful women in tech, designed to help females with their career in IT. Beyond technology, Tamara also shares how to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of women in tech to optimise their thinking, productivity and effectiveness. Plus, she explores the importance of self-care practices, relationships and balancing work and family for a sustainable career. Find out more at fiitcollective.com.au and follow Tamara on Instagram @tamarajohanna

All Episodes

The Females in Tech Show with Tamara Johanna

Women in Leadership with Kylie McLean - 017

March 09, 2020 • Tamara Johanna • Season 1 • Episode 17

On Sunday 8th March 2020 we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). On this day we recognise the progress we have made towards gender equality, as well as being a call to action to accelerate full equality. I also take the opportunity to reflect on the women in leadership who have inspired me over the previous year.

IWD started in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay & voting rights. At that time there were only 8 countries in the world where women were allowed to vote. And equal pay was unheard of, assuming that women were allowed to work at all.

Since then we have come a long way. Today there are women running their own businesses, as well as CEOs of large corporations.

However according to a study by IBM, only 18% of senior leadership positions – including C-suite, vice president, director & senior manager positions are held by women.

In addition, in Australia the Chief Executive Women (CEW) ASX200 Senior Executive Census 2018 reported there are only:

14 female Chief Executives in the Top 200 ASX-listed organisations
24 female Chief Financial Officers

So why are there so few women in leadership?

This is something I discussed with Kylie McLean in the latest episode of The Females in Tech Show. Kylie is the IBM Garage Lead, a division that works with customers to quickly create and scale new and innovative ideas. She is also the Executive Leader for Women at IBM in ANZ.

In this episode Kylie shares her insights on:

Why there is still a big gap of women in leadership (7:53)
The role confidence plays in leadership, and how to overcome your imposter syndrome (11:44)
Kylie shares her advice for women looking to enter a leadership role (18:20)
How to stay your authentic self in leadership (25:30)
And the Do’s and Don’ts to negotiating your next salary increase (31:54)

Episode Resources

IBM Institute for Business Value study, Women, Leadership, and the Priority Paradox
Chief Executive Women (CEW) ASX200 Senior Executive Census 2018
Follow Kylie McLean on LinkedIn
Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

Thank you for listening

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

SUBSCRIBE: to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
REVIEW: write a review telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
SHARE: with anyone who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form to suggest a podcast topic.