Date:27/08/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/08/27/stories/2007082754880500.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Kiran Bedi on success of women in management

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: What attributes bring success to women in management? Leaders in their respective field have different answers but their goal is the same – an empowered India, it is imperative for both men and women to be empowered, earn respect and understand each other.

Kiran Bedi, the highly decorated woman police officer, said women and men should learn from each other about the positive qualities. If men have the three Ms – money, mobility and muscle, then women have three Hs – humanity, healing touch and heart.

At the day-long programme titled, ‘Successful Women in Management’, organised in Tidel Park by Great Lakes Institute of Management in the city on Saturday, Ms. Bedi said her experiences as a child and as a police officer had shaped her into a successful professional.

“Corporate houses are talking about soft skills and social responsibility” but they are qualities always present in women. Now educated women are “climbing the corporate ladder”.