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

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The Elephant in the Room Podcast is a curated safe space to have uncomfortable conversations about the pervasive inequalities in society and our workplaces. The idea of the podcast was born from my sense of conflict about identity, self and the concept of privilege and fuelled by my own need to understand how my overlapping identities and experiences had impacted and would continue to impact my life chances. Two years ago I decided to ‘opt out’ to find my own purpose and focus on passion projects including learning about the systemic biases that are endemic in business and society. The Podcast is my very own listening project, a step towards being more intentional in my learning. The Elephant in the Room Podcast is for people who want to be a part of the change, for those who want to step up & speak out, for those who want to learn more about biases, barriers and best practice, for business leaders and for individuals, anyone who is interested in a fairer, more inclusive and compassionate society and workplace. Each week I will interview inspiring speakers from across the world on issues that are taboo and deserve to be mainstream including(but not limited to) systemic and institutionalised racism, discrimination based on further eight protected characteristics, poverty, mental health, climate change. The podcast will also talk about cognitive inclusion, culture, purpose, ethics and the importance of empathy, cultural intelligence and how conversations on identity and disadvantage would be incomplete without considering intersectionality. With the podcast I hope to share stories of people with lived experiences, stories that may have never been told, stories that galvanise us to take action for change and keep the conversations alive by raising the decibel on issues of inequity, inequality in our search for a fairer and more inclusive world.