Understanding Leadership through Gender-Lens: Insights from Global Women Leaders

On this Women’s Day, GWL spoke to women leaders from across the globe to understand their perspective on how one’s gender specific traits might impact their leadership abilities. From empathy, resilience, communication to EQ, women leaders outline the key traits that women possess which helps them be better leaders.

Due to age-old cultural and systemic biases, the word leadership has been associated with men, shaped by traditional power structures that favours male-counterparts. However, time has changed everything, sparking a paradigm shift with a focus on gender balance in leadership positions. The society and business world has woken up to the need for gender balance which in turn has highlighted unique perspective that women bring to leadership roles.

Additionally, the global rate of changes regarding gender parity in senior leadership positions continues to remain slow. As per Grant Thornton's 2025 Women in Business report, the overall advancement rate is concerning drawing similarities from those who are associated with sluggish economic growth.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, GWL reached out to women leaders from across the globe to understand how gender specific traits impact one’s leadership abilities. From empathy, resilience, communication to EQ, women leaders outline the key traits that women possess which helps them be better leaders.

Hear from leaders such as Patty Patria and Sandra De Zoysa as they share their outlook on Effective Leadership and how women hold the capability to attain excellence in leadership by relying on their gender-specific traits.

Let’s know what these women leaders said!