{"id":2176,"date":"2016-07-01T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.54.60\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2176"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:41:06","slug":"40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/insights\/news\/40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"40% of senior positions now filled by high performing women, accelerated by Female Leadership Development Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-article-6a038b0a58206\" class=\"hero-article page-block page-block--pdtop-reg page-block--pdbot-reg\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__date\">1 Jul 2016<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-article__title\">40% of senior positions now filled by high performing women, accelerated by Female Leadership Development Programme<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/talking-talent\/library\/images\/branding\/logo-icon.svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__author-name\">Dru Patel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/vitaly-gariev-Sc2iIlwScic-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"sticky-content-sidebar-6a038b0a59946\" class=\"sticky-content-sidebar page-block page-block--pdtop-none page-block--pdbot-xl\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container sticky-content-sidebar__wrap\">\n\t\t<aside class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__sidebar-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"social-share\">\n            <h4 class=\"highlight\">Share<\/h4>\n            <a href=\"mailto:?subject=40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme&amp;body=Check out this post by US Site: https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/insights\/news\/40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme\/\" title=\"Share by Email\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Finsights%2Fnews%2F40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme%2F&amp;title=40%25+of+senior+positions+now+filled+by+high+performing+women%2C+accelerated+by+Female+Leadership+Development+Programme\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Finsights%2Fnews%2F40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme%2F&amp;summary=\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=800,width=900');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=40%25+of+senior+positions+now+filled+by+high+performing+women%2C+accelerated+by+Female+Leadership+Development+Programme https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Finsights%2Fnews%2F40-of-senior-positions-now-filled-by-high-performing-women-accelerated-by-female-leadership-development-programme%2F\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/insights\/news\/\" class=\"ui-btn ui-btn--outline-b sticky-content-sidebar__back\"><span>Back to articles<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content\"><p>The challenge of female representation at Board level and the progression of women is a well-documented topic. Many businesses are recognising that encouraging and enabling women to thrive is not just good for individuals themselves, but makes sound business sense. M&amp;S is one of those pioneering organisations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a company, M&amp;S prioritizes creating connected, engaged workforces. They strive to maintain at least 30% female directors on the Board and have exceeded this: 36% of their Board is female. In their senior management team, female representation also accounts for 40% globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>M&amp;S is committed to strengthening the pipeline of senior female executives within the business. Working with Talking Talent, they are making progress towards ensuring that there are no barriers to women succeeding in the business, at every level including the highest levels within M&amp;S.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme began in 2014. M&amp;S chose Talking Talent as their partner for several reasons: their grounded and systemic business outcome approach; their high quality coaching teams; their roots in psychology; and their successful track record in this area.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Programme<\/h4>\n<p>The programme at M&amp;S is a true coaching programme, not a formulaic \u2018one \u2013 size -fits-all\u2019 training course. It isn\u2019t about \u2018fixing\u2019 women or telling them \u00a0how to adapt, but rather helping individuals to unlock their strengths and act authentically.<\/p>\n<p>It began with a pilot to assess the value in offering development support specifically targeted at women and the merit of supporting specific female needs. As a result of outstanding feedback, a second cohort was run between July 2015 \u2013 Jan 2016 and has continued since.<\/p>\n<p>The business objectives of the programme are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support women to reach their potential<\/li>\n<li>Enable women to develop skills that weren\u2019t touched by the current development offer<\/li>\n<li>In the long term, support a move towards gender balance in senior roles<\/li>\n<li>Encourage\u00a0 managers to think differently<\/li>\n<li>Feel different to existing M&amp;S programmes<\/li>\n<li>Create change ambassadors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The programme is one strand of activity which supports M&amp;S\u2019s strategic objective to create a High Performance culture, defined as \u201cdriving business results through a high performance culture where everyone is inspired to be the best they can be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is made up of four one hour one-to-one and six group coaching sessions over a six month period, and topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication &amp; Coaching Skills<\/li>\n<li>Beliefs and Confidence<\/li>\n<li>Political Savvy<\/li>\n<li>Networking<\/li>\n<li>Authentic Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Presence &amp; Gravitas<\/li>\n<li>Career Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Individual goals arising out of the programme are tied to career development plans. Additionally, each individual is also tasked with coaching each other in between modules to hone their coaching skills and support the coaching and inclusive culture they wish to maintain. Engagement and integration of line managers as key stakeholders in the process has ensured that development is robust and sustainable, and has been key to the programme\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<h4>Latest Results<\/h4>\n<p>The programme has helped M&amp;S deliver their strategy of having 40% of senior positions filled by high performing women. This is a significant shift in their data; through focussing on the female talent pipeline their senior leadership population in the UK has moved from 29% female to 43% female over the last 2 years. Additionally all non-executive director long lists in 2014\/15 included 50% female candidates. M&amp;S have also been listed in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2016 for the 6th consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>The programme has also had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the individuals. It has unlocked a passion, ambition and drive in them that some didn\u2019t even know they had. The programme learnings have genuinely stuck and been actively used by participants \u2013 many said that the programme has driven them to make genuine changes at work; more so than any other learning intervention they have experienced. Individuals are more confident and focussed on achieving their ambitions, have new tools to give onward support to their own teams and are fired up to get involved and drive organisational change.<\/p>\n<p>Line managers have actively commented on a change in their team members. They have also felt a personal impact; particularly male line managers have remarked that they had no idea of the barriers women face and had no concept of how differently women feel and behave in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>By raising the debate M&amp;S have increased the focus on female talent and have influenced increased emphasis on reviewing the gender data and active plans for developing senior women.<\/p>\n<h4>Quotes<\/h4>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTwo of my team have been delegates on this programme; I\u2019ve been amazed at how their confidence has grown and this has translated into a tangible improvement in their delivery and how they work with others. The programme has been integral to our goal to drive a high performance culture where everyone is supported to reach their potential. It has also contributed to increased collaboration across our office population \u2013 I\u2019m delighted that <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is positively reflected in the numbers of women at the most senior levels of our business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><strong>Sarah Findlater<\/strong>, Head of Organisational Development<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe programme and coaching facilitated by Sallyann Weston-Scales is aimed at unlocking potential.\u00a0 The experience has been incredibly empowering and has given me a stronger peer network and raised awareness of my personal strengths and drivers.\u00a0 It has honed my career visioning for the future and has provided me with a toolkit of skills and techniques to support me in navigating my journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The combination of group learning and discussion combined with 1:1 coaching has accelerated my learning process and the involvement of Line Managers and key 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