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He Called Us Leaders in Frocks To Undermine Us. It Didn't Work, 2023
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Women and Power
With Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO ITV
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February 2024
UK-wide
Women and Power
was created in conversation with 7 women who have experience of holding power in arts, literature, heritage and culture:
Rebecca Salter, President Royal Academy of Arts;
Carolyn McCall, CEO ITV;
Ngozi Fulani, CEO Sistah Space;
Maggi Hambling, painter and sculptor;
Joanne Harris, novelist and Chair, Society of Authors;
Julia Hoggett, CEO London Stock Exchange;
Heather Hancock, Master of St John's College Cambridge.
He Called Us Leaders in Frocks to Undermine Us. It Didn't Work
refers to a comment made early on in Carolyn McCall's career. The comment was intended to belittle a way of holding power perceived as 'feminine' or 'soft'.
Carolyn remembers replying, 'One day you'll realise that a bit of empathy goes a very long way in management.'
Her career as CEO Guardian Media Group (2006-10), CEO EasyJet (2010-17) and CEO ITV (2018-present) tends to support that view.
From L to R: Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO ITV; Rebecca Salter PRA, President Royal Academy of Arts; Martin Firrell.
