Success often originates from breaking barriers, and achieving professional goals. Yet the global pandemic and its aftermath have made many women deeply torn between caregiving responsibilities and work. The pandemic has also pushed women’s participation in the labor force down to its lowest level in three decades and rebounding won’t be easy. While the larger culture in which a woman operates has an inevitable and direct effect on her ability to succeed, those who have broken the glass ceiling also have shown their resilience and grit.

What are the unique qualities that allow these leaders to succeed and how can these lessons be extended and co-opted by women everywhere to help them succeed in their work and their broader lives?

In this panel, speakers who are leading some of the largest corporations and impactful institutions will discuss leadership qualities, how to harness them, and apply them to make the world a better place.

Are there any values that lead and define the success of a woman? And if yes, are they different from the past? Is the concept of “lean in” or “having it all” still what a woman really wants now? How can a woman build her own value set that helps her to achieve her full potentials? Should women be “all in” to meet the expectations of society, and if not, what else? Women in different stages of life may value or prioritize different values, but what could be shared values?

This panel features pioneers from diverse backgrounds to share their perspectives of women’s values, the North Stars that they uphold to that have been contributing greatly in their journey to be high achievers.

Over the past five years Prime Minister Ardern has illuminated the world stage with her authentic and transparent brand of leadership. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic her compassionate and empathetic leadership style as New Zealand’s head of the state won her the respect and admiration of countries across the globe.

Prime Minister Adern will reflect on her journey as a woman in leadership and consider what the world can do to secure gender-inclusive leadership in the future.

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