Home secretary on track to recruit 15,000 mentors by September, to help women hoping to succeed in business

Thousands of successful women have joined the drive to kick-start growth by stepping forward to mentor other women wanting to succeed in business.

Can working mums revolutionise business?

Often, when I sing the praises of working mums I get the same response: how can working mums revolutionise my business?

Northern Trust’s senior management leads on diversity and inclusion

Northern Trust’s client needs and expectations are as diverse as the clients themselves and it is critical that we employ people who understand those needs.

‘Toxic culture’, not glass ceiling, is the reason for senior women leaving corporate roles, finds Corporate Crossovers

A survey of 300 female entrepreneurs shows the main reason they leave corporate jobs is that they are fed up with the toxic culture, and not with the glass ceiling.

Dismantling the glass ceiling is slow, but organisations can speed things up

At the end of the 1990s, the first woman chief executive was appointed at a FTSE 100 firm and it seemed reasonable to expect this breakthrough would create a good deal of change for other women. It...

Smashing the glass ceiling: identified power use should be a key part of female development in organisations large and small

Are killer heels really your most powerful ally or should you be looking at your inner strengths to succeed in the workplace?

One year on: Lord Davies reports largest ever annual increase of women on boards

Lord Davies of Abersoch will today publish the first annual progress report on his review of Women on Boards.

Equality in the banking sector: ILM report highlights the hurdles to women reaching senior roles

Nearly half of women working in the banking industry believe they face career barriers because of their gender, and a third (36%) of men agree, according to a report published this morning by the...

Olympics Special 5/7: diversity-focused recruitment and a vision to inspire social change

A vision to inspire lasting social change was central to London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

European Equal Pay Day: employers urged to tackle gender gap

Today is European Equal Pay Day, which aims to raise awareness of the gender pay gap and comes ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March.

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Glass ceiling: compulsory quotas are the way forward, finds a poll of female leaders

Compulsory quotas for women in the boardroom are a key way forward, according to a poll of women’s business networks, carried out by leadership consultancy, White Water Group.

Female-to-male management ratio across Europe is 29:71, according to Mercer

With International Woman’s Day on 8 March 2012, and the EU committed to improving the number of women on executive boards, Mercer has revealed the ratio of senior executives and managers that were...