found that women outside of American Express are facing the same challenges that were found in their internal survey: · 32 percent said they were very confident they could actually achieve those ambitions in their careers.
I reached out to Laureen E. Seeger, Chief Legal Officer of American Express, to better understand what has been the major learning of this study and subsequent company initiative, as well as what American Express has learned about how companies can encourage and support women’s ambition.Laureen Seeger:
, our hope is that leaders everywhere will recognize their responsibility to nurture their colleagues’ ambitions, and that future generations of women will have the backing they need to say, “I am ambitious.”These learnings have raised critical questions for us on how we can continue to build a culture where women are empowered to bring their whole selves to work.
Share key learnings beyond the company, publishing our research on the topic and continuing our annual internal survey of our colleagues’ relationships with ambition.