Networking is the single biggest thing women can do to facilitate their rise up the corporate ladder in the property/casualty insurance industry, according to four women who have done just that – and who shared their experience in a podcast ahead of the Women in Insurance Global Conference which started on June 12 in New...Read More

In 2012, women held just over 10 percent of seats on corporate boards around the globe – and  a new survey of the women who do make it onto boards reveals some of the barriers that they still face at the top. Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell of the Harvard Business School worked with Heidrick...Read More

There you are in a leadership role. The role you have dreamt of, but reality is kicking in. You feel lonely, out of the loop, insecurity is creeping in and to be honest, you are just not enjoying it as much as you thought you would. It’s all starting to feel like hard work. You...Read More

Fresh thinking, collaboration rather than competition, a shift towards focus on the good of the company, rather than executive pay. The ability to  consider change, all of which have an effect on male members of the board. Male board members are less likely to swear and use aggressive language. Leadership, integrity and transparency have been...Read More

  WeAreTheCity have teamed up with Ernst & Young in trying to recruit female talent into their organisation. With a great environment to work in and excellent company culture, we believe Ernst & Young are progressing towards their gender balanced workforce. Within Ernst & Young there are a whole host of opportunities and the potential...Read More

Last week’s decision by the European Commission to significantly water down plans for legally-binding quotas in order to boost the number of women on company boards has met with a mixed response. Katja Hall, chief policy director at employer lobby group, the CBI said that employers would be “relieved that the Commission had listened to...Read More

The Chartered Management Institute’s annual Gender Salary Survey for 2012 is once again, uncovering the realities of persistent gender pay gap across the UK. As these issues continue to take center stage in the recent media and rises to the top of the Government agenda, our report provides a deeper look into the current trends...Read More

The decision to postpone the introduction of compulsory gender quotas in boardrooms across the EU has received the backing of many business figures. EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding, who had previously lobbied for mandatory quotas to be introduced, announced on Twitter that the announcement had been postponed until November at the earliest. If the legislation...Read More

For many years I have been working in community development in various countries and realised that although there were networks for women in business, there is not much specifically focused around women who want to impact both on society and the environment. In our network, although women’s issues are very important, we have decided to...Read More

So why are there so few women in IT and Technology? According to according to John Ridge, Executive Director of the Australian Computer Society Foundation Trust Fund (ACSF), ‘Women won’t apply for IT jobs unless they are certain they meet every single criterion for the gig,’  Is this true across the technology sector or has...Read More