What can women do better to get onto leadership roles from your experience/observation at work ?

My advice is not specific to women but this is what established me at my company.
If possible never say no to additional work, volunteer for action items, and never say "that is not my job"
This will build your reputation as someone reliable. Eventually people will start coming to you when they need help.
Also you maybe doing task you wouldn't typically do with with current job title and you'll learn more about the company.
One specific item for me was no one wanted to take meeting minutes so I volunteered. Eventually I started scheduling the meetings too and this lead to doing the agenda's. When we started doing project work at my company I was already performing the role so I was an obvious choice to lead new projects at the company.
I am still waiting for my title change though - it's probably taking so long because I'm a woman lol

Thanks Sergio. I completely agree that one has to build career based on their own strengths and development needs. But, I come across situation where one's strength is rated as development need by a male manager. It may not be fair generalize this but trying to understand

Thanks Sergio. I completely agree that one has to build career based on their own strengths and development needs. But, I come across situation where one's strength is rated as development need by a male manager. It may not be fair generalize this but trying to understand

Completely agree with Radhika, remove the thought that gender is a key factor to your success in a company. Try to do your best.

I have a concern regarding Jennys comment ¨never said no¨ or ¨this is not my job¨, phew never?, really. sorry, maybe my own experience made me think about this, and in this moment I'm only thinking in the first project that I worked as a Project Coordinator, I was in a meeting with all C management of a big company (all men) , the project manager also man, in the middle of the meeting the project manager said ¨Maria, bring more coffee, my face was like a mix between upset and shocked...he observed me, look around him and said ¨you are the only woman, it's your job¨

Lessons learned: He wasn't a professional project manager, always in a team you can find bad apples or toxic people, as woman in a situation where a boss don't follow the company or PMI ethics, always you have to said no, this is not my job.

Note: this situation happen to me seven years ago in Spain, Europe, while working for a big IT company, in a meeting in an international client. As far as I know, in the client C management they have a few women, who was my project manager he has grown in the IT company with a big management role, regarding his behavior same, people are afraid to him.