Women Leaders in Israel Being Ingenious in all Sectors

Israel Business Culture: Israel has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world after the United States, and the third-largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies after the U.S. and China. American companies, such as Intel, Microsoft, and Apple, built their first overseas research and development facilities in Israel. While Israeli companies are often structured hierarchically, they generally encourage an open, friendly working environment. It is common to refer to your superiors on a first-name basis. Employees are encouraged to speak their minds and voice any new ideas to higher management. Israeli business culture also reflects a straightforward attitude toward taking risks, where failure in business is not considered shameful – an especially important factor for startup culture.

Women Leadership: Female leadership is inclusive, encourages participation and shares information and power with those she leads. She tends to create and strengthen group identities. Emotional prevalence: They are generally capable of considering the “human” side of individuals and generate high levels of empathy. Decades of studies show women leaders help increase productivity, enhance collaboration, inspire organizational dedication, and improve fairness. Despite these benefits, only 10 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by women. Being naturally adept at multitasking, women are able to handle complex situations without getting overwhelmed by the high demands of leading positions.

Significance of Women Leaders in Israel: Women leaders in Israel can provide innovative solutions to existing problems in various industries. They often bring different perspectives, insights, and ideas to their businesses that can help drive growth and innovation. Entrepreneurship offers a vehicle for Israeli women to achieve economic parity. Approximately 5.1percent of Israeli women are self-employed (compared with 15percent of Israeli men) of the 816,800 Israeli working women. The typical area chosen by women leaders in Israel, are retail trade, Restaurants, Hotels, Education, Cultural, Cosmetics, Health, Insurance and Manufacturing. This paper throws light on the role played by the successful Women in Israel contributing to the utmost development of economic growth and social living.

In this issue, the Women Entrepreneur magazine brings a list of ‘Top 10 Women Leaders in Israel – 2023’, who are domineers of change in the corporate realm of the country. This list of ten leading and inspiring women is crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs, and the editorial board, delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of an economically powerful nation.