October 12, 2020
A major cause of the UK gender pay gap is that there are fewer women at the top. Many people think that this is a historic […]
September 1, 2020
Oooh! I am very excited! See, I did this interview with the Head of Talent Acquisition at a large US software firm. The interview is part […]
February 21, 2020
The numbers are clear, there are fewer women at senior levels. But why is it that women don’t seem to advance at the same rate as […]
February 5, 2020
This is a guest contribution by Chris Stappard, Managing Director of Edward Reed Recruitment. Here, he shares what you can do to help your recruitment company […]
November 18, 2019
Do you really need to de-bias your advancement process? There is a very strong belief that people get promoted on merit. But is that true? Is […]
October 22, 2019
Several contacts of mine have recently shared what worked for them to recruit women in tech and engineering. It turns out there are some key elements […]
June 25, 2019
I have recently come across a great Dutch model for attracting new talent into science and technology. It has been developed by the ‘Platform for Talent […]
June 7, 2019
So, you are keen to create a successful women’s network in your organisation. Sounds easy, and fun, right? Just get a nice bunch of female colleagues […]
August 2, 2018
Blow your own trumpet is something men somehow seem to do all the time. They just subtly drop how brilliantly they contributed to the last design, […]
September 18, 2015
We have all heard it before. We need to be more confident, have more self-belief, speak up, lean in and take our place at the table. […]
June 24, 2015
Interestingly women do get different feed back than men. Somehow it’s okay to give a woman critical feed back on her personal performance, whereas men get more constructive feed back, often more focused on the job. This wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t that many of us take that feed back very personal too.
May 21, 2015
Male and female brains are different. It may well be that some of the career success of women is dependent on those differences. Perhaps your career success is build on your capabilities as a ‘big picture thinker’ or you should use that capability more to build a successful career.
June 11, 2014
If you, like me, have ever sat through a meeting with mainly women you will almost certainly have wondered when they were going to stop talking and get down to action. Whereas men seem to do first, women seem to take time to get into action. Have you ever noticed that?