Women & Work

One in seven female managers say their gender has made it harder to succeed

20 Mar 2025 | Management-Issues

Female employees in the UK, particularly at management level, are twice as likely to see their gender as a barrier to success than their male counterparts.

Six female femtech leaders transforming women's health

07 Mar 2025 | Alix Hobbs

To mark International Women's Day, here's a look at the innovation, passion and drive of six female Femtech leaders whose work is transforming women’s health.

Half of women lack inspirational female role models at work

07 Mar 2025 | Management-Issues

Half of female professionals in the UK say that their company lacks inspirational female leaders.

Hybrid work key to female career progression and parity

06 Mar 2025 | Management-Issues

Two thirds of women say that hybrid working has had a positive impact on their career trajectory, a new report has found.

FTSE 350 increases number of women on boards

27 Feb 2025 | Management-Issues

Almost half of board roles and more than a third of leadership roles in FTSE350 companies are now held by women, according to the FTSE Women Leaders Review 2025.

Gender diversity stalls on AIM company boards

11 Feb 2025 | Management-Issues

Gender diversity on AIM company boards has stalled, a new report has found, with women holding just 16% of AIM directorships.

Male employees reluctant to engage with gender equality initiatives

13 Nov 2024 | Management-Issues

A new study conducted among male employees of a multinational manufacturing company reveals a stark disengagement with gender equality issues in the workplace.

Keeping your seat at the table: an interview with Nori Jabba

18 Oct 2023 | Management-Issues

If you are a woman over 40 and feel that you can't land a job despite your experience and qualifications, this interview with author Nori Jabba, author of "Keeping your seat at the table", is for you.

Employees demand more support for staff undergoing fertility treatment

14 Sep 2023 | Management-Issues

One in five UK workers undergoing fertility treatment have quit their job due to the way they were treated, new research has found.

Slow progress in reducing the UK's gender pay gap

13 Sep 2023 | Management-Issues

While the UK's gender pay gap has reduced by little more than two percent over the past six years, figures also show a rise in the proportion of women in higher paid roles.

Keeping your seat at the table

11 Sep 2023 | Management-Issues

If you are a woman over 40 and feel that you can't land a job despite your experience and qualifications, this interview with author Nori Jabba is for you.

The invisible woman

21 Mar 2018 | Myra White

Visibility is key to building the type of power that leads to top jobs. Men are masters of this visibility, but women are not. So we won't get more women in leadership positions until they start to step out of the shadows and give themselves and their talents a higher profile.

Your wardrobe and your work

04 Aug 2017 | Management-Issues

How far can employers in the UK go when it comes to telling women what they can and can’t - or should - wear at work?

Confidence boosters for women in business

08 Mar 2017 | Abi Eniola

Studies show the majority of women believe confidence is key to effective leadership, but it’s something they struggle with throughout their careers. So what can they do to enhance their presence at senior levels?

Essential attributes of successful women leaders

14 Feb 2017 | Cindy Wahler

Almost all the successful career women who have achieved a seat at the top table have applied their business savvy in two strategic ways that help to position them as leaders who truly makes a mark.

Are women's leadership assumptions holding them back?

24 Mar 2016 | Xiaowei Rose Luo

There has been a lot of discussion about the stereotypes contributing to the lack of women in the c-suite. But one of the biggest obstacles could be their own assumptions about the path they’re supposed to take.

Gender diversity, culture & performance

11 Jan 2016 | Margaret Kett

Encouraging companies to appointment more women to their boards isn't about quotas, it's a strategic imperative that is changing methods of decision-making and positively influencing management cultures.

Token women?

25 Nov 2015 | Swarnodeep Homroy

Unless female directors are embedded into a company’s decision-making process and can demonstrate their ongoing value, targets designed to increase the proportion of women on boards will remain nothing more than token symbolism.

Cultural challenges for female expats

01 Jun 2015 | Cynthia Stuckey

Nobody finds it easy being thrown into a new culture. But for women, international assignments can be particularly challenging as a result of cultural and gender barriers that their male colleagues simply don’t face.

Letting go of control

05 Jan 2015 | Dawna Jones

Hear about leadership based on credibility and trust rather than 'yell and tell'.