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Therefore,more women must also dare to lean forward, she says in the podcast Leadershipwith intention , where she also talks about the biggest decisions in her owncareer. Britt Meelby Jensen has leaned forward to that extent herself, and withan impressive CV she has plenty of experience to share as a mentor. Since theeducation as cand.merc. in International Marketing & Management in 2000,Britt Meelby Jensen was a McKinsey consultant, before management positions atNovo Nordisk and CEO titles at Dako, Zealand Pharma, Atos Medical and today themedical company Ambu. Her own career has just been helped along by doing whatshe encourages others with leadership ambitions to do: Finding the courage toventure into new territory.
Never sayno to making the uncomfortable Latest Mailing Database decisions. Britt Melby stands in front of a bluewall "It is good that we are getting more women on boards, but it must notbe at the expense of many stepping down from the top day-to-day management,where there is a large lack of women," says Britt Meelby Jensen. Photo:Christian Als An example of one of the major challenges in Britt MeelbyJensen's career was when, as the newly appointed CEO of Ambu, she had to carryout a major round of layoffs. As a member of the board for the previous two anda half years, she had insight into the financial situation, so she knew whatshe wanted to do when the chairman of the board asked if she wanted to be onthe list of candidates for the job of CEO.

And typicalof her attitude to working life, she said yes when the offer came to step in astop manager, even if it meant having to be responsible for turning the economyaround. And thus be at the forefront of the savings plan with majorconsequences for many of her new employees. "I knew that I agreed to haveto take some drastic measures. But I took it as a challenge. Very rational. Itwas a task that had to be solved. I tried to take off the board hat, sit on theother side of the table with the management group and look at the situationfrom the inside before making any decisions.
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