It’s time for the ladies room to become the new power suite
While Australia lags behind the rest of the world in terms of gender diversity within leadership positions, Amy Barzdukas, Polycom’s chief marketing officer, states her case for why the ladies room is the new power suite.
When I am asked “is there gender equality in the marketing arena?”, my honest answer would be a resounding “no”. But it’s certainly better than it used to be. Having worked within the marketing industry for many years, I can still remember those days early on in my career, sitting in a meeting and sharing an idea that quite literally fell on deaf ears, only to hear that same idea presented a few minutes later by a male colleague and suddenly it became a great point.
Australia’s leadership diversity is lagging behind the rest of the world
Four (30%) of our C-suite positions at Polycom are held by women, compared to the US average of 19%. The number of women in senior leadership roles of Australia’s ASX200 is even worse at just 10%.
In fact, we like to joke that the ladies room at Polycom is the new power suite.
