Older and better

Governance, Women and Leadership

The estimated time it ought to take to reach any kind of a senior level both with a national non profit and within a sector should be between 10 and 15 years, The game will give points to achieve this next step in 10 years although it will likely take 15 years, given the barriers thrown up as a woman tries to advance her goal to be a corporate director.

1. What opportunities have been realized over the length of the game, so far. Have mentors helped? Did sponsors come through? Did the player find either? Without one or the other, the player will stay stuck in a mid level loop. With both, the player will advance quickly through the 1st 2 levels.  
2. At this level within the sector (not quite C-suite ) the player will have developed a profile as a senior volunteer realized by being elevated to the position of chair of a national non profit. At the same time , she will be at least a senior VP within her sector. If she has advanced within the public service, she will be an ADM or a DM off either a Federal Ministry or within a large province (Quebec, Ontario, BC, Alta.) She may well consider herself mired in a  mid level position if she has a similar position in open of Canada's smaller provinces. 
3. She will have moved on from the ICSA Acc Dir program to being a mentor in that program. She will also have achieved the C.Dir.  designation through the Conference Board of Canada. If she does not get this designation, she may be able to get a position on a junior company within the TSX . Enough to be successful in this game but not successful enough to win the game. 
4. Professional achievement is important and she should be designated a Fellow, if she has a professional designation. If not, she may be awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree. If she has pursued a career in the media, she will have won several awards (Genie etc).
5. She will also be asked to advise a Senate Standing Committee on some topic. 
6. She will be asked at the early part of this stage to be on an evergreen list from one or another of the major executive search firms. 

So, we have moved the 5 levels for the game. The next step is to lay out the rules, then describe each step at each stage, then describe loops within each stage. This is the hard part!