Impact Stage
Blind Spots At The Top – Why Homogenous Leadership Fails
11 Sep (Fri) Day 2 : 14:50 – 15:40
How diversity in senior leadership is a business imperative, and how broader perspectives inform boardroom conversations and improve business outcomes.
The panel will include senior female leaders, male allies and diversity champions across business to facilitate a full and holistic discussion of the topic including case studies that illustrate the benefits of diverse leadership.
Session Learnings:
- The current business landscape and leadership demographics
- Why homogenous leadership results in failure
- Where businesses have purposefully diversified their leadership team and the benefits realised.
- Personal stories, advice and inspiration from the panellists
Post-Event Actions:
- Take a look at your team and the succession strategy – does your planning allow for more diverse backgrounds, experience and thinking from gender to ethnicity to neurodiversity?
- Look at the organisations and sources that can enable you on the journey e.g. The Women’s Foundation, Chambers of Commerce.
- Be informed, and be aware of what is happening in your sector and beyond.
Supported by
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
The Chamber is one of Hong Kong’s biggest and most active independent international business organisations representing a broad span of British, Hong Kong and international companies doing business in, with, or through Hong Kong.
The Chamber encourages diversity in its membership and activities and has a 1,000 members from the biggest multinationals through to a broad range of medium and smaller companies and start-ups. The Chamber’s aim is to help our members grow their business, and promote and represent their business interests by providing representation and advocacy; networking and brand exposure; as well as information and insight.