CEO Factory, «Courage, freedom and perseverance»: the new generation of leading women

Like a compass that points the right course, to find your way around and find your way. Your own way. GirlsRestartone of the most active communities in the enhancement and enhancement of female contribution in the world of work, officially presented CEO Factory, the new big project in which over 100 CEOs of important companies on the Italian scene – belonging to different industries – will be the mentors of talented women who aspire to be the leaders of the future.

«The password must be courage“, he claims Valeria Casani, Head of Marketing of GirlsRestart on the sidelines of the press conference of Milan. “Courage to take a step forward, di do not exclude yourself and to believe in one’s dreams “. «Courage as well ask for helpHe urges her Martina Bianchi, Global Senior CRM Manager GirlsRestart. “We women aren’t good at raising our hand when we don’t know a thing either we feel insecure. The surrounding network, on the other hand, can give us support ».

On the same line Clio Zammatteofor everyone ClioMakeUpgodmother of CEO Factory after the success of the initiative Dream out of the drawer, always signed by GirlsRestart. “In my case, the perseverance made a difference, then do not give up in the face of failures that surely there will be », underlines the entrepreneur from Belluno, who thanks to her beauty tutorials launched her brand, which later became a company. “So my advice is throw yourself, and get help to grow”.

“I left alone, driven by my passionwithout having in mind a specific project about the future, ”he reveals. «Once the professional path I asked people with other skills to join me and give me a hand and this allowed me to achieve the results I achieved, thus transforming my passion into a business project “.

People like Elena Dominque Midolo, CEO of ClioMakeUp: «I believe that nowadays, to be able to express to the fullest – both professionally and personally – one must be truly and intimately free. From fears, from restrictionsfrom paranoia“, points out. «Freedom is a requirement and it can be amplified, making others free. We must think we can go beyond our limits: ambition is the fuelthe important thing is to respect your own compass of values“.

But where are we with today the female representation in top positions? «Gender equality is moving from the word to the practice. Women must come forward, but companies must begin to foresee executive plans to introduce them, meritocratically, to certain roles », says Valeria Casani. “It is a beginning of awareness that we did not have before,” replies Martina Bianchi. “We have gods role model who hold important positions and give us the courage to try ».

Models to follow, in fact, like the others 100 CEO that between September 2022 and February 2023 will carry out sessions of mentorship to women with managerial experience, who have the ambition to fill senior positions and the courage to question yourself: from June 14, the mentees can apply filling out the form and a commission composed of human resources experts will then select the candidates to create precisely the right match between mentor And mentee for the best growth plan.

“My mentors have been my husband and my sister-in-law, who are Co-Founders with me ”, concludes Clio. «They helped me understand that in addition to the initial passion there was talent and that I could create something just with empathy in communicating. And as my community grew, many had afraid that I would distort myself and this thing I have not lived well. I have overcome this situation with the awareness that for us women it is important not to set unnecessary limits on the achievement of our objectives, remaining true to ourselves and the values ​​that animate us “.

A awareness which, thanks to CEO Factory, can be the starting point towards important milestones.

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