In this fascinating interview Sylvia Smetana talks about the qualities that enable women to deal with crises so well whether as Prime Minister or as corporate leader. Female leaders seem to do a better job of leading in critical times so what are the values and behaviors they apply to their leadership? Sylvia explains clearly why women often find it so hard to get to the top and the very practical steps that can be taken to get more women on to Boards and into C level roles.

Sylvia Smetana is a Co-Founder of Divershefy and a Partner at Angaros Group.

For more than 25 years Sylvia has held leading roles such as entrepreneur, CFO and board member in organizations in Europe and the US. She has worked with value driven CEOs and business owners to build diverse high performing business cultures and empower women to reach the top.

With an MBA from the University of Vienna (Austria), started her career with KPMG and has many years of experience as a Change Leadership expert.

Sylvia’s passion for helping women to become top leaders and enabling more diversity in leadership lead her to co-found Divershefy in 2018 with the mission of bringing women into Board rooms and C-suites.