After interviewing 60 senior-level women executives from 20 companies in 19 countries, ICEDR found that successful women executives explore what matters to them, own their decisions, and repay support they received while making it through the ranks. Lauren Ready, the report author and Director of Marketing at ICEDR, provided the following insight that is relevant at all career levels:

Explore Explore your strengths and weaknesses and likes and dislikes. Be self aware, know your personal style, and showcase your personality. Determine your personal definition of success, what you want to achieve, and the legacy you want to leave.

Know that there are various career paths, and there will likely be obstacles along the way, so be flexible. Those twists and turns can make you stronger and actually help you land in a better place, even if it does not seem that way at the time.

Own Take ownership of your personal and professional life, determine what work/life balance means to you, and be prepared to make tradeoffs. Decide what you can take on and what you need to take away. Be known for a few things stop trying to be everything for everyone, focus on key priorities, and learn to say no.

Men put themselves forward and women need to as well. Be an advocate for yourself, speak up about your accomplishments, and go after what you want. In your job, do not just provide a point of view also provide a solution.

Repay Give back to other women and give back to the community. Mentor and sponsor other women, have candid conversations, and give candid feedback, such as how someone presents themselves. Help other women think through situations, understand what is coming ahead, and move forward.

Also make sure you reach across the aisle and help other senior-level women. Stick together and do not contradict each other in meetings talk out differences after.

An Executives Perspective President of Pfizer Latin America and Huffington Post author Adele Gulfo, who was interviewed for the ICEDR report, said Women need to know what they want, gain P&L accountability where they own and show they grew a piece of business, go after general manager and operations roles, and raise their hand for challenging assignments.

Pfizer developed an internal Raise Your Hand program after seeing women were not applying for senior level roles at the rate men were. Raise Your Hand educates women about specific leadership roles and helps them understand what it is really like to be in the role. Gulfo said Some women fear they will completely lose balance in management positions, but you actually have more control in those roles and get work done through and with others.

It is really good to have strength in one discipline when aspiring to be a General Manager, and then look for roles that generate revenue for the business, said Gulfo. For example, Gulfo was a research scientist, then took on a marketing role within her field of expertise (pharmaceuticals), and eventually became a President/General Manager at Pfizer.

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Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens says he hopes his pre-season success in Bangladesh is not the last he enjoys this season.

The 35-year-old is back in Kent after successfully defending the Bangladesh Premier League title with Dhaka Gladiators and a short stint in South Africa,

Revelling in his second straight title in Bangladesh last month, during which he was 12th in the league averages with 35.16, Stevens said: "I was delighted. Six weeks out there is a long time and it was hard graft but we had a good tournament.

"We put 200+ on the board in three straight games and five overall and if you do that you put a ton of pressure on the side youre facing. It was a good way to start this year."

Stevens also revealed he was left "slightly frustrated" to have his pre-season preparations in Cape Town cut short by the call to join Kent training and admitted: "I was a bit disappointed about coming back so early.

"It was over six weeks until the first game and I was hoping for two or three weeks out in the warm in South Africa and maybe getting a T20 chance out there. I had no choice. My job is here."

Stevens revealed hed talked Kent with head coach Jimmy Adams on his return.

He said: "He asked me my thoughts and what I thought we needed.

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