The World Economic Forum estimated that it’ll be 80 years before women achieve gender parity. As a firm that prides itself on progress, EY is looking to challenge that prediction with its ‘fast forward’ strategy to develop women in the workplace.
British retail giant John Lewis is regularly praised by customers, jobseekers and fellow businesses for the “best corporate reputation”. As the saying goes, there is no I in team, so could the key to John Lewis’ success be a workforce that’s dominated by women
With a mother and father better placed than most to advise on why and where their children should ultimately find work, movements giving youngsters early exposure to the workplace are to be commended.
Real Business speaks with some of the country’s most successful women in business to discover what their grievances, motivations and biggest influences are.
