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These successful business women and entrepreneurs give career advice and say what they'd have told their younger selves when starting out in the workplace. Jobs and the Future of Work What professional and career advice would you give to your younger self?
Claire Braund, Executive Director of Women on Boards, Australia, said in a statement that there was a view that “women’s sport is not as physical and not as good to watch”. She continued: “Had our culture been used to seeing women, rather than men, play football and rugby for generations, we would find the idea of men playing these ...
Women need employers to rethink their approach to balancing work, life, parenthood and family care, to prevent bias, and to provide organisational solutions that work. Employers must recognize that everyone is making flexibility demands – it’s not a life-stage or gender-only issue – and help and encourage their people to take advantage of ...
Women remain underrepresented compared to men in the industry, but female participation in sectors like Technology, Information, and Media is on the rise. Gender parity in AI is also improving in the Education, Professional Services, Manufacturing and Technology sectors.
Likes attract. The “likes attract” principle is well established in social science research. Our tendency to be more easily drawn to people who are similar to us, combined with male-dominated senior ranks, organizations and industries, means women often have to work harder to build relationships with decision makers and influential stakeholders.
The latter, however, displays one of the more marked improvements of women’s representation in VP roles, with an increase of 1.6 percentage points between 2016-2022, alongside even more notable progress in Technology, Information and Media as well as Professional Services (both registering a rise of 1.9 percentage points).
One is related to personal and professional support. Women with children who have spouses that take on household responsibilities can find greater work-life balance when working from home and are more comfortable with being away for travel.
Remote work has emerged as a game-changer, affording women greater flexibility and control over their professional lives. Women, particularly mothers, continue to face barriers to career progression due to traditional office setups that demand rigid schedules or offer limited opportunities for work-life balance.
The Global Gender Gap Index data measures the share of women and men who occupy professional and technical roles as well as senior official and manager roles. Women's share of senior and leadership roles has seen a steady global increase over the past five years (2017-2022).
Women make up half of the world’s talent pool. In the US, 50.2% of the college-educated labour force is made up of women. They have long eclipsed men in earning college degrees, yet women still only hold 25% of leadership roles. Plain and simple, an all-male succession bench simply won’t cut it.