Who Inspires Senior Women? Role Models

Abstract

This chapter considers the importance of role models for senior women against a background of calls for organisations to raise the visibility of their senior women, to enable them to become role models to other women (Davies Report, 2011; 2014; ILM, 2011). Just over half of the women interviewed for this book across both sectors identified with male and female role models, drawing predominantly from within their own workplaces, although the reasons why they identified with these role models varied by sector.