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The ability to overcome challenges and to turn them into opportunities is the key to keeping your job, and women are slightly more resilient than men, according to new research from Accenture.

The research 'Women leaders and resilience: perspectives from the C-suite', which surveyed more than 500 senior executives, found 71 per cent of corporate leaders cite resilience as extremely important in determining who to retain.

Just three per cent of those surveyed admitting eliminating leadership curricula, mentoring activities or minority leadership programmes during the downturn, while 22 per cent augmented their leadership programmes and 17 per cent enhanced minority leadership programmes.

Almost half of all companies offer support for women's career development, with 48 per cent providing internal mentors and 48 per cent providing work-life balance programmes. Only 24 per cent assigned an advocate to women early in their careers, while 37 per cent provide external coaches.

Adrian Lajtha, chief leadership officer at Accenture, said: 'In the current world of economic uncertainty and intense competitiveness, organisations that instil resilience in their up-and-coming leadership will have a clear advantage.'

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