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INSEAD CMO Severine Guilloux sat down with alumnae to explore their stories in a series of inspiring fireside chats. Though they hail from different cultures, countries and generations, each story is both familiar and unique.

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The Challenge of Leadership

Viviana believes we are witnessing a pivotal shift towards gender equality, asserting that women and men are equally capable of achieving excellence. She attributes this potential to a combination of the right mindset and competencies. Her time at INSEAD profoundly contributed to her growth, enriching her personal development and enhancing her leadership capabilities.
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International Directors Programme

In Nathalie’s opinion, women need to be more assertive and confident about the value they bring to the organisation. Don't let others limit your horizons! Her message to young people is that there is ‘an infinite runway’ ahead of them to achieve their dreams.
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Transition to General Management

Daniele believes that the need to demonstrate our worth is a vestige of entrenched gender codes. To create a life we love we must aim to make a difference – by staying curious and interested in learning, and growing, continuously.
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Masters in Business Administration

Have confidence and make the most of the choices you’ve made, says Shivani. She credits her time at INSEAD with giving her the confidence of knowing herself, and the ability to take the risks that accompany all opportunities.
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Global Executive MBA (GEMBA)

Whether it’s her ethnicity, her gender or her ambition, Oyinade has realised that being true to herself is key. Having diversity in a team gives it the unique advantage of multiple different perspectives.
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Master in Management

Ausie feels strongly about what society expects from women, the pressure that exerts, and how she turns it into an opportunity for growth. Her aim is to become an environment and technology consultant.
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Faculty Insights

INSEAD’s faculty influence our understanding of people, organisations, and the role of business as a force for good. They challenge assumptions, spark new conversations, and drive meaningful change through research, teaching, and advocacy. By equipping leaders with essential knowledge and skills, they empower them to transform business and society at every career stage.

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Women Leaders Development - Debunking The Myths | Limitless

Organisations are awash with myths about why fewer women than men reach senior leadership levels. These myths can perpetuate flawed thinking and delay meaningful change. It is, therefore, vital to develop an understanding of the real challenges women face and how these manifest in daily behaviours and norms in organisations.In this webinar, Professor Svenja Weber will share about INSEAD’s ground-breaking research which sheds light on the true nature of these barriers. She believes that understanding and addressing the complex web of systemic, cultural, and structural issues that hold women back is essential to create an organisational environment where employees can thrive, reach the highest levels of leadership, and realise their full potential.
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Leading Between the Lines | Limitless

Contemporary organisations are beginning to recognise the importance of balancing instrumental imperatives – getting stuff done efficiently – with humanistic aspirations – helping people grow and connect across differences. Striking such balance requires leaders who value humanism just as much as instrumentality, freedom as much as efficiency. But that is, unfortunately, not yet the way leaders are raised and trained. So how are we to change that? How can we develop and become leaders who can foster that balance?INSEAD Professor Jennifer Petriglieri will argue that one way to do so is through a deeper engagement with works of art in general, and literature in particular. She provides and elicits examples of how such works can help leaders recognise, honour, demonstrate, and foster humanity at work, and in doing so help all members of organisations thrive.Watch the recording
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Am I good enough? Re-thinking Imposter Syndrome in Women | Thought Leadership

Feelings of insecurity at work and the nagging worry that we are not quite as smart, informed or competent enough as we ought to be or as others might think are familiar to most of us, irrespective of our gender. However, there is a perception that feelings of insecurity are more prevalent in women. In addition, feelings of self-doubt are often seen as a personal failing, leading individuals to turn inward in an attempt to overcome them.However, there’s actually plenty of evidence that insecurity is a social problem - a rational reaction to cues from our environment. When understood this way, in order to overcome our insecurities we need to reach outward, forging more authentic connections with those around us.
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Elizabeth Baily Wolf

Professor Elizabeth Baily Wolf's research seeks to identify and challenge people's limiting beliefs about who and what can be professional. Her research identifies these lingering limiting beliefs, highlights their consequences, and develops interventions to change them.
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Asher Lawson

Professor Asher Lawson's research investigates the biases in how people make decisions, and how we can improve those decisions with targeted interventions. 
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Alexandra Roulet

Professor Alexandra Roulet's research focuses on labour economics and has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics or the Journal of Public Economics.
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Balancing family and work life on the Advanced Management Programme

For Maiza Goulart, being able to balance family life with work life is a top priority. When it comes to her commitment to learning, it is no different. Taken into a programme bubble of 4 weeks on the Advanced Management Programme, Maiza had to balance bringing her daughter to France from Brazil and committing her time and energy to the INSEAD learning.

Thankfully, she found at INSEAD a very inclusive environment which allowed her to divide her time between developing my career and participating in her daughter's growth.

This podcast is part of Ambition Has No Gender - Stories of Vulnerability And Courage.

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Featured Stories from the INSEAD community

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Nikolina Mezulic

Head of Strategy & Business Development, Global Parametric Weather at Munich Re

Attended: Aspiring Women Leaders Programme

It’s more than just employing or putting a female person in a leadership position; it’s about ensuring the diversity of thought.

Chigusa Hara, Managing Director, Internal Audit in the Finance Industry, attended and left a testimonial for INSEAD Women Leaders Programme.

Chigusa Hara

Managing Director, Internal Audit - Finance Industry

Attended: Women Leaders Programme

In audit, we talk a lot about controls. At the end of the day, to be limitless is to not be bound by others or by the limit you create for yourself - only you can take control of your own agenda.

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Lidya Salim

Corporate Sales Account Manager, Google Cloud

Attended: INSEAD Certificate in Global Management

Limitless to me is a mindset. You can only be as far, as high, or as whatever your mind tells you to be. The state of your mind determines the limit you allow yourself to go.

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Katarzyna Moritz

Rider Operations Lead (EMEA), Uber

Attended: Aspiring Women Leaders Programme

We have so many choices in life, to move abroad, to stay, to choose a certain career. For me, when I made specific and intentional choices for myself are moments when I feel limitless and authentic.

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Pascale E. Nakhlé

Founder & CEO at PEN Consultancy

Attended: Entrepreneurship: New Business Ventures

It starts with recognising one’s inherent strength and acknowledging that it is already present within oneself.

Patricia Zhao, Deputy Director of GovTech Singapore, attended and left a testimonial for the INSEAD Leading for Results Programme.

Patricia Zhao

Deputy Director, GovTech Singapore

Attended: Leading for Results

I now look inwardly to ask myself what I want, and remind myself of the reason I am striving for certain things. This has helped me reshape my narrative and how I present myself to others.

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Anar Andani

Global Medical Affairs Director, GSK

Attended: INSEAD Certificate in Global Management

Be open to getting out of your comfort zone. Embrace challenges as they can promote growth and clarity. Finally, never compare yourself with others – focus on your own journey and celebrate every step of the way.

Claire Johnsen, Head of ESG and Innovation in the care industry, attended and left a testimonial for INSEAD Women Leaders Programme.

Claire Johnsen

Head of ESG and Innovation in the care industry

Attended: Women Leaders Programme

Education is a useful tool because it introduces you to a new network, it gives you confidence, it gives you insights—everything you need to reinvent yourself comes with education.

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Geraldine Conti

People Engagement Accelerator at BNL BNP Paribas

Attended: INSEAD Coaching Certificate

This brings to mind a song that has always resonated deeply with me: ‘It's the end of the world as we know it.’ This song has always filled me with a sense of positivity and optimism, because it speaks of the power of embracing change, leveraging our past experiences and legacies to build something new and exciting – something I'm deeply passionate about.

Annette Saller, Director Programme Management, attended and left a review for the course Transforming Your Business with AI.

Annette Saller

Director Program Management – Business Transformation

Attended: Transforming Your Business with AI

The opportunity to get coached by a professional alumni enhanced the experience because it sparked so many inspiring ideas. This, along with the opportunity to connect with peers from around the world and different businesses, is what makes an INSEAD programme so valuable.

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Varushka Singh

Senior Finance Markets Specialist

Attended: Executive Master in Finance

We have a responsibility to ourselves and the future generations of women to live in a way that aligns with what we define as values and on our own terms.

Rena Chai, Executive Director of Family Business Network Asia, attended and left a testimonial for INSEAD International Directors Programme.

Rena Chai

Executive Director, Family Business Network Asia

Attended: International Directors Programme

It starts with having a purpose and knowing your values.

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Huey Tyng Ooi

Independent Director, AIG Asia Pacific; Independent Director, Maxis Berhad; Board member, Food from the Heart; Board of governors, Raffles Institution.

Attended: International Directors Programme

I’m able to more effectively bring across my views… Understanding the difference between the board and management role has helped me ask the right questions at the strategic level, and not go into execution. I know when to stop and not to meddle with management. I believe all of this has given me a lot more competency in the boardroom.