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14/10/2026

When a senior male leader told me he wasn't interested in anything related to women, I realised the challenge wasn't resistance to women themselves. The challenge was helping leaders see that the loss of talented women from leadership pipelines affects everyone.

The Leaking Summit is not about advancing women at the expense of others. It is about addressing a critical leadership and organisational performance challenge. When experienced women leave, organisations lose capability, institutional knowledge, leadership continuity, mentorship capacity, and the return on years of investment in talent development.

The impact can be seen across key performance indicators: higher recruitment and onboarding costs, longer time-to-productivity for replacements, reduced succession-pipeline strength, lower employee engagement, increased turnover risk, and missed opportunities for innovation and growth.

The Leaking Summit seeks to reframe the conversation. This is not a women's issue. It is a talent, leadership, and performance issue. By bringing senior men and women together, we can better understand the hidden causes of leadership attrition and develop solutions that strengthen retention, improve organisational performance, and ensure businesses fully realise the potential of the talent they have worked so hard to attract and develop.

The question is not whether organisations can afford to invest in retaining women leaders. The question is whether they can afford the performance, productivity, innovation, and leadership losses that result when they don't.

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/u/jennifer-francis

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11/10/2026

After more than 25 years working across leadership, consulting, governance and higher education, one question has stayed with me:

Why do some women thrive in senior leadership whilst others, equally capable, disappear from the executive pipeline?

This question is now the focus of my doctoral research, The Leaking Summit.

When organisations lose experienced leaders, they lose talent, knowledge, continuity and the return on years of investment in developing future leaders.

My goal is to develop an evidence-based framework that helps organisations attract, support, retain and sustain women in leadership, improving both organisational performance and leadership sustainability.
If you'd like to support the research or learn more, please visit:

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/u/jennifer-francis

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

What helps women not only reach leadership positions, but thrive and remain there?

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09/10/2026

Every year, talented women reach senior leadership positions.

Many don't stay.

I'm on a mission to find out why.

Through my doctoral research, The Leaking Summit, I'm exploring what helps women thrive, grow and remain in leadership over the long term. [gofundme.com]

This research could help shape better workplaces, stronger leadership cultures, more sustainable careers and improvement of the bottom line.

If this matters to you:

💜 Donate 📲 Share 🤝 Tag someone who believes in better leadership

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-leaking-summit

Hi, my name is Jennifer. For more than 25 years, I have worked with leaders across business, … Jennifer Francis needs your support for The Leaking Summit!

05/10/2026

I'm trying to answer a question that has followed me throughout my career.

Why do some talented women thrive at the highest levels of leadership whilst others leave despite having everything needed to succeed?

If this question resonates with you, please consider supporting the research.

A donation, a share or an introduction to someone who cares about leadership and opportunity could make a real difference.

Most of all, I'd love you to join the conversation.

Because helping women remain once the reach the summit is important.

If you've ever wondered why organisations lose exceptional women leaders, I invite you to help me find the answer.

The organisations that solve this challenge will build stronger leadership pipelines, stronger cultures and stronger futures.

🔗 https://gofund.me/693207b79

Thank you for being part of this journey.

❤️ Jennifer

Hi, my name is Jennifer. For more than 25 years, I have worked with leaders across business, … Jennifer Francis needs your support for The Leaking Summit!

02/10/2026

After 25 years working with leaders across business, education, governance and consulting, one question has stayed with me:

Why do some women thrive in senior leadership positions while others, equally capable, leave much sooner than expected?

This question is now the focus of my DBA research at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.

The Leaking Summit explores what helps women build sustainable, successful leadership careers and what organisations can do to retain talented leaders.

I'm currently fundraising to support the academic residencies and research activities required for this work, while also building a Founding Research Circle of leaders and professionals who would like to contribute insights and experience.

If you'd like to support the research, join the conversation, or learn more about the project, please visit:

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/manage/the-leaking-summit

I'd also love to hear your perspective:

What do you believe helps women not only reach senior leadership, but thrive there over the long term?

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