Accelerating progression of female talent – a success story at Lloyds Banking Group

FRANCIS LAKE – CYBG PLC

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Reducing female pipelineExecutive pipeline

Knowledge of role

Sponsorship/ recommendation

Application

Shortlist

Interview

YSC assessment

Onboarding

Pioneer

Ready for promotion

potential

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Using the nine-box…

Basis for Sponsoring Leadership

We have high potential women who are ready for promotion They are less likely to apply for promotions than less-ready men Our YSC assessments helped identify readiness and development…. …. But were done only for preferred candidates Sponsors are hugely helpful, and we tend to sponsor people like us… … and there were too few women at the top to sponsor

So focus on three things: Own feeling of readiness Develop that readiness Create sponsorship relationships

Programme Flow

Identify candidate pools Call for Sponsors Identify nominees Brief Sponsors

YSC review Sponsor meetings YSC assessments Welcome Event

Personal Boardroom Networking 1-1s Progress

Decent results…

28/34 moved to larger roles Built network – reduced the need to be a pioneer Shifted the make-up of the executive population Repeatable

And…. Significantly helped sponsors