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What actually moves women into leadership? And what just makes work bearable? 

Lisa Mulligan sits down with Dr Amanda Sterling to connect years of PhD research on mothers in leadership with a new survey of 212 women leaders across New Zealand. 

The research asks the question on what makes the biggest different to women successfully navigating their career into leadership roles. 

So what are the results?  Listen in to learn why partner support and manager sponsorship top the list, followed by flexible work and targeted women’s leadership programs. 

And what surprises were at the bottom of the list?

We talk about:

• How embodied experiences like pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and early caregiving, can forge stronger leaders through vulnerability and connection with others. 
• How outdated leadership models that demand assimilation and overwork need to be reviewed, and 
• The cost of traditional male/female norms such as intensive mothering, and male breadwinner scripts that quietly shape who asks for help, how care is shared, and who opts out of senior roles altogether.

Practical takeaways run throughout so listen in now!

Go to https://dramandasterling.com/ to download Amanda's research.

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