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On the occasion of the International Day of Women\u2019s Rights<\/strong>, we\u2019ve released a bonus episode in which Dame Inga Beale shared with us her experience growing as a woman leader, the role model that made a difference, and how she accepted the mission to be this role model for other women and beyond. For starters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I got into the job, I got messages from quite a lot of women saying how I was becoming a role model for them. And then I had this sort of additional pressure thinking, oh, I mustn’t let all the women down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n A couple of years before she got the job at Lloyd\u2019s, Dame Inga Beale was working with a personal coach who asked her what her personal life purpose was, and it surprised her to realise that she had never considered this before. So she paused to look back on her career thus far and found that the common thread throughout all of her experiences – the commitment she took with her wherever she went – was to promote women<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dame Inga Beale considers herself to be naturally spontaneous, attributing this and sometimes impulsive tendencies to helping her to push past what may have been her natural comfort zone in certain situations. Particularly for women, she calls this \u201csmashing through your own glass ceiling\u201d. In her experience, breaking this barrier is helped by both courage and being proactive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be proactive about what you want because far too often people will make assumptions. . . . They make their own reasons for why you might not want something. And therefore it’s up to you to tell people very openly what you want and what you’re willing to do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Being courageous is also an important element in overcoming imposter syndrome, which is something, despite her decades of experience, Inga Beale is still challenged with on occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDiscovering her personal purpose in life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Learning to smash through her own glass ceiling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n