
Welcome!
The Global Women’s Career Lab is an international research and training initiative with the target of supporting more women leaders rise into top management positions around the globe.
Women in top management positions from nations around the globe (including China, France, Japan and Germany) participate in this unique systematic research. They are sharing their career experiences to support other women.
What is unique about the Global Women Career Lab?
- It is based on systematic PhD research (supported by the University of Burgundy, France) focused only on women in top management positions globally
- Offers strategies for global careers of women executives interested in following female role models and learning from their career experiences
- Gives practical support which women professionals can use for self-development and for their approach to day-to-day work
“My mission is to support women around the globe to grow and advance their leadership.
In my many years as executive coach, I have worked with numerous women in management positions, drawing on the findings and learnings of my ongoing global research into careers of women in top management.
I feel rewarded when observing women advancing in their leadership and doing this happily and balanced.”

Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski is a trusted expert in women leadership research. Founder of Global Women Career Lab. International Executive Coach (MCC, ECCP) and team facilitator. Author of the book “How Chinese Women Rise”.

Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski is a trusted expert in women leadership research. Founder of Global Women Career Lab. International Executive Coach (PCC, ECCP) and team facilitator. Author of the book “How Chinese Women Rise”.
“My mission is to support women around the globe to grow and advance their leadership.
In my many years as executive coach, I have worked with numerous women in management positions, drawing on the findings and learnings of my ongoing global research into careers of women in top management.
I feel rewarded when observing women advancing in their leadership and doing this happily and balanced.”
Women In The Workshops Will See Benefits To Their Leadership Skills By :
- Re-thinking their life paths and planning their careers more strategically
- Gaining clarity on their own career orientation
- Overcoming obstacles and challenges in leadership that arise specifically for women
- Creating awareness of own strengths, uniqueness and presence
Using their female strengths as leaders
- Further developing skills and characteristics needed to advance in management
- Finding more efficient ways of using mentoring & networking
- Achieving a work-life balance, while being a mother, partner or single woman
- Using opportunities more efficiently and making the right choices for their professional and private lives
Methodology
The Global Women Career Lab workshops are designed for companies and conference initiatives. The target is to support female executives to further develop their leadership and rise to higher levels.
Workshops are built on a unique concept which combines four elements:

1. Unique international scientific research with women in top management and women leadership theory.

2. The power of shared leadership experiences of women from all over the globe who participated in Global Women’s Career Labs since 2014.


4. Experimental learning approach supported by executive coaching style.
The Global Women Career Workshop and Presentation Formats

Key note presentation on the major findings of the Global Women´s Career Lab followed by Q&A
Half–day program with group exercises (Global Women Career Lab Certificate)
Full–day or 2–day program with group and individual exercises followed by webinars and one-to-one coaching
(Global Women Career Lab advanced Certificate)
Recent Conferences

Her Voice – Her Power Conference, Munich
“Thank you to be invited as the only foreigner. A group of fantastic Chinese women in Germany.”

LeanIn Luxury, Paris
“Thank you to Bettina Froehlich, luxury networking expert in France, for having me – exclusively for women from the luxury industry in France.”

Press Conference Shanghai
Launching “How chinese Women Rise” in Chinese in Shanghai

German & American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai
Keynote speech at Panel “How Chinese Women Rise”

“Light Space” Xinhua Bookstore
Reading Event

Jiangsu Normal University
Cooperation with Saint-Gobain PAM LAN APAC Diversity Inititiative
More Conferences & Workshops
- ChinForum, Paris
- BPW, Business Professional Women, Düsseldorf
- Women-in-Business Workshops, German Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai
- Leading Women-Network, Web-Session, from Paris to Germany
- Women leadership for MBA students, University of Burgundy, France
- Mindspan ECCP-Alumni-Event for female executives, Shanghai
- American Chamber, opening workshop for Women-in-Business, Japan
- BAS-Women-Leadership Series, open workshops for women executives in Kansai, Japan
Coming Soon
HR-Conference in Shanghai + Book-Launch Meetings + Global Women Post-Research meetings in Shanghai, Frankfurt and Paris
About Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski (MCC)
About Dr. Bettina
Al-Sadik-Lowinski
Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski is the founder of the Global Women’s Career Lab, a unique international research and training program for women in management.
Female top managers worldwide trust Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski by participating in her unique scientific research on women leadership. She holds a PhD in Management sciences (University of Burgundy, France) on the basis of her research on the career development of women in top management. She is author of the book “How Chinese Women Rise”, visiting professor and regular speaker at conferences.
Dr. Al-Sadik-Lowinski is an experienced international executive coach, mentor coach and management trainer who draws on her extensive corporate background to deliver high impact outcomes for her clients. She has coached and trained many female leaders all around the globe on reaching their targets for a fulfilled professional and private life.
Originally from Germany, her international background includes living and working experience in Japan, France and China. She comes from a multicultural family background and has two children.


Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski is the founder of the Global Women’s Career Lab, a unique international research and training program for women in management.
Female top managers worldwide trust Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski by participating in her unique scientific research on women leadership. She holds a PhD in Management sciences (University of Burgundy, France) on the basis of her research on the career development of women in top management. She is author of the book “How Chinese Women Rise”, visiting professor and regular speaker at conferences.
Dr. Al-Sadik-Lowinski is an experienced international executive coach, mentor coach and management trainer who draws on her extensive corporate background to deliver high impact outcomes for her clients. She has coached and trained many female leaders all around the globe on reaching their targets for a fulfilled professional and private life.
Originally from Germany, her international background includes living and working experience in Japan, France and China. She comes from a multicultural family background and has two children.
What clients say about Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski
Pod-cast
China log podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpwyaGYAC4Y
China log Podcast German: https://chinalogue.podigee.io/10-frauen-in-china
What readers say about Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski´s books

“With her research for ‘How Chinese women rise’ Bettina makes a gift to us Chinese women in management because she provides great learning and at the same time shares our strengths to the world.”
Shelley Shen, Senior HRD, Saint-Gobain PAM Business APAC, Chairman of Saint-Gobain PAM China Women ́s LAN Club

“Female executives need to be global leaders with global mindsets and extremely strong personalities in order to rise to top management positions – and that will remain just as true for future generations of women. This book summarises the experiences of some of the most talented women in China and provides examples that women from all over the world can follow.”
Ming Ming Liu, former President and Executive Board Member Voith Asia, Executive board of the German Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

“The research of Bettina is very interesting. The FemCareer Model looks at women careers from a systemical perspective. The typology of Chinese women leaders is unique in research. The findings will also support younger women generations to follow the many role model in the book.”
Angela Luo, Vice GM, Translator of “How Chinese Women rise“, Board of Charity School

“Women need to shift from thinking ‘I am not ready’ to thinking ‘this opportunity fits me’. The work of Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski can support women leaders to further develop the master skills at higher level.”
Veronica Xia, VP, Country head of Covance Clinical Development Service, China

Yue-Sai Kan / 靳羽西
Emmy-Winning Television Host and Producer, Successful Entrepreneur, Fashion Icon, Bestselling Author, Humanitarian, Supporter of women
Publications and Articles
Books

Women in Top management- Role Models from around the Globe share their Paths to success, 2020 de Gruyter
The book offers the reader a remarkable insight into the experiences of women in top business positions in Russia, China, Japan, France and Germany. It is based on the authentic experiences and original words of the 110 interviewees – all of whom are senior female executives – and on the author’s analytical insights, all set within a qualitative, scientific framework. In this international research project, the Global Women Career Lab, the author analyzes what motivates these fascinating role models, how they plan their career trajectories, what mechanisms they use to overcome obstacles and what leadership strategies have enabled these women to reach senior management positions.
Read more: https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/590828?language=en
Link to the German book version: Der Aufstieg der Topmanagerinnen – Weibliche Rollenvorbilder aus fünf Wirtschaftsnationen über Erfolgswege zu Spitzenpositionen, 2020 de Gruyter: https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/584841?language=de

Buchbeitrag: Female Career Coaching for a multinational Company in China, Management Practices in Asia, Springer, 2019
Combining a Chinese career with a global perspective, this fictive case—based on real client cases—shows how female careers are affected by cultural contexts. New information from the Global Women’s Career Lab—a study among female top executives in China—produced valuable insights for Jenny’s coaching practice.
Read more: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-19662-2_18

How Chinese Women Rise: What we can learn from Chinese women in top management English 2018 (Cuvillier), Chinese 2019 (Qingdao)

Dissertation: “More than half the sky?” –Descriptions and determinants of the career development of female Chinese senior executives working at multinational companies in China 2017 (Cuvillier)

New in 2019.For the first time in Chinese language. The research on Chinese women in top management functions. Awarded at the Beijing International Book Fair, BIBF “Excellent topic award” by the “Silk Road Writing Project” for foreigners.

Read articles in leading journals about the Global Women Career Lab research
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 01.09.2020
https://www.shine.cn/opinion/1908230670/
Contact Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski
EMAIL – alsadik@bas-coaching.com
WEBSITE LINK – www.bas-coaching.com

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