What gives this CEO special insight into gender equality?
Caroline Farberger knows how men talk to each other, knows that it’s men who head up business units with women put in HR and communication, and she knows this is unlikely to change soon
01 November 2020 - 07:30
Stockholm — Caroline Farberger, the CEO of a Swedish insurance company, remembers how she conducted meetings when she was a man.
“I would unthinkingly turn to my favourites in the room, the ones I knew shared my views, and suddenly we were three people in agreement,” she said. “Then I’d glance at the others and ask if there were any other opinions, and of course there weren’t. I could just say ‘great we have a decision’ and move on.”..
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