ABOUT THE RESEARCH In August 2015 ManpowerGroup commissioned thought leadership consultancy, Reputation Leaders, to conduct a global study of 222 Established and Emerging Male and Female Leaders, including 72 from ManpowerGroup, to investigate attitudes towards Conscious Inclusion of women in senior leadership roles. Leaders were split between 111 established C-suite executives and 111 next generation leaders aged under 45 reporting into the C-suite or two levels down. There was an equal balance of males and females and regional perspectives from the Americas, Europe and Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Countries included: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, U.A.E, U.K., U.S. In-depth interviews took place 7 August - 30 September 2015 totaling more than 130 hours of audio which were transcribed, translated and analyzed using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods. 18 | 07 STEPS TO CONSCIOUS INCLUSION: