By Dara Jegede
With Dell in the middle of one of the largest ever technology deals, the company is buttressing its evolution into an IT powerhouse by prioritising talent acquisition and diversity.
By Dara Jegede
Unilever wants to empower five million women in its network by 2020. Advancement opportunities, skills development and expansion routes are some of the tools it is using to accomplish this vision.
In a world where it’s been estimated that it will take 100 years to achieve gender equality, facilities management services provider Sodexo prides itself on having a culture focused on providing a fair and diverse environment where employees can thrive and grow.
By Dara Jegede
Edging closer to its target for gender balance in the upper echelons of management, Sky is committed to developing and supporting its female executive pipeline through its Women in Leadership initiative.
The number of women in employment hit a record 14m at the end of 2015, with 975,000 more women now in work than five years ago. Off the back of that news, research unveils where the hardest-working women in the UK can be found.
If you were to pick up the Yellow Pages, turn to the plumbing, tiling or carpentry sections and begin randomly calling independent trades-people, chances are you’d have ran out of minutes, or possibly patience, before you got through to a woman.
In a recent study, Victoria Brescoll, a social psychologist at Yale School of Management, examined whether female leaders are judged more harshly for small mistakes when in traditionally male occupations.
In an article for Harvard Business Review, Tara Sophia Mohr challenged the assumption that women don’t apply for jobs unless they meet 100 per cent of the requirements. We talked to the Women for the Board alumni to gauge their opinions – and why they believe programmes are the way to go.
In 2010, Sheryl Sandberg delivered a speech that offered three pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite. We took a look at one of her tips.
While the education gap between men and women may be narrowing, a global study highlighted that these advances are failing to bring equal access to quality jobs and government representation.
