40: 'I Lead' survey, the state of women in communications in India: A conversation with Kavita Lakhani

'I Lead' survey, the state of women in communications in India: A conversation with Kavita Lakhani: The Elephant in the podcast is now 40 episodes old/young, I am not fussed💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 For the 40th episode I had a quick catch up with Kavita Lakhani, about the first edition of the 'I Lead' survey by WICCI PR & Digital Marketing Council & IIM Kozhikode. The survey which had over a 1000 respondents from across India, looks at the barriers women face as they move up the career ladder; progress made so far and also makes recommendations on frameworks for helping women succeed. What the 'I Lead' survey does is capture data that can be used as a foundation to design interventions at the industry level or organisational level to help women progress Kavita and I spoke about the good, the bad and the ugly from the 'I Lead' survey 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 👉🏾 The dismal representation of women at leadership/C-Suite level 👉🏾 Equal Pay 👉🏾 What women want? 👉🏾 The need for a defined career path and mentoring 👉🏾 The challenges at the policy level, skill set level and mindset that are holding women back 👉🏾 Recommendations on upskilling, mentoring and network