{"id":42035,"date":"2023-10-20T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-locomotes-new-ceo-is-working-to-crack-the-tech-glass-ceiling-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:16","slug":"how-locomotes-new-ceo-is-working-to-crack-the-tech-glass-ceiling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-locomotes-new-ceo-is-working-to-crack-the-tech-glass-ceiling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Locomote’s new CEO is working to crack the “tech glass ceiling”"},"content":{"rendered":"
The newly appointed CEO of Melbourne startup Locomote is placing diversity front and centre in the travel management company.<\/p>\n
Sandra McLeod has moved to Melbourne to take on the new role and says that diversity, especially in leadership, is critical for achieving better business outcomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who have a balance at the table of the decision-making in terms of gender tend to be more successful,\u201d McLeod tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cCertainly going forward at Locomote, the management team that sit at my table will be a good balance of gender.\u201d<\/p>\n McLeod has been involved with the technology and travel worlds for the last three decades and previously held an executive role at billion dollar commerce platform Travelport \u2013 which holds a 55% stake in Locomote.<\/p>\n Over her 35 year career, McLeod says there have been two times when a male colleague or boss thought she couldn\u2019t do a job because she\u2019s a woman.<\/p>\n \u201cThe glass ceiling exists across all industries in this world,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n And she believes it starts at school.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a throwback to tradition and the way that children were taught in schools 40 years ago but that\u2019s changing rapidly with every generation,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n