Factors Impacting Female Career Success in Leadership ´´ Insights from female leaders on their journey of professional growth and leadership ``

Abstract: AbstractThe underrepresentation of women in leadership roles has become a global issue. There aremany factors, numerous barriers, and obstacles that prevent women to attain leadership positions and career advancements such as unconscious bias, lack of access to networks and mentors, and a lack of work-life balance support, etc. The thesis aims to investigate the leadership style and communication that contribute to thecareer success of women in leadership positions, identify the reasons for the low representation of women in leadership roles, and explore ways to promote female leadership. The theoretical framework and literature review focus on the various leadership styles, including transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire, effective communication styles whichcan significantly impact one's ability to lead. In addition, the importance of diverse leadershipin the workplace, gender differences in communication approaches, and strategies to empowerwomen to overcome communication barriers.We will provide a comprehensive understanding of the leadership and communication stylesthat influence women's career success in leadership positions and offer recommendations toorganizations on how to foster gender diversity in leadership roles based on real-life experiences from several interviews with women leaders. We will provide in-depth interviews withfemale managers showing their sides of the work life and their experiences and issues leadingto leadership and their struggles to gain a higher position at their organizations. With a mixture of different organizations provided and different countries' points of view. We will provide and show the different leadership styles and communications and how this shows different aspects of female managers’ behaviors and communication. We will show how based onthe information we gather how communication and leadership styles play a massive role inthe workplace environment.