Women In Leadership Jobs

According to the report, startups have proven to be a magnet for some of the most highly skilled and motivated women.

Interestingly, the leadership teams of 45 per cent startups have women entrepreneurs.

In a screed that rocketed around Silicon Valley this weekend, a software engineer at Google blasted the company's efforts to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks and leadership positions.

In one recent 24-hour span, two women were pushed out of leadership roles at major US corporations, spotlighting how investor pressure can frustrate efforts to broaden diversity in the boardroom.

Silicon Valley companies have been hesitant to set numbers to their broad efforts to diversify their workforces, fearing greater scrutiny.

Union Minister Anupriya Patel today favoured establishing quotas for women to help them compete in mixed-gender environments and advance in leadership roles, while observing that companies and public offices with women at senior positions tend to do better.

A huge study released Monday reveals yet more unsettling statistics about the low numbers of women in leadership jobs. In the report, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the consulting firm EY found that nearly 60 percent of the almost 22,000 companies around the globe examined in its giant sample had no women on the board of dir...

Speaking at a session on 'Women in Economic Decision-Making', Lagarde said that women are doing a wonderful job wherever they have got the leadership positions, be it in banks or other sectors.

According to the report, startups have proven to be a magnet for some of the most highly skilled and motivated women.

Interestingly, the leadership teams of 45 per cent startups have women entrepreneurs.

In a screed that rocketed around Silicon Valley this weekend, a software engineer at Google blasted the company's efforts to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks and leadership positions.

In one recent 24-hour span, two women were pushed out of leadership roles at major US corporations, spotlighting how investor pressure can frustrate efforts to broaden diversity in the boardroom.

Silicon Valley companies have been hesitant to set numbers to their broad efforts to diversify their workforces, fearing greater scrutiny.

Union Minister Anupriya Patel today favoured establishing quotas for women to help them compete in mixed-gender environments and advance in leadership roles, while observing that companies and public offices with women at senior positions tend to do better.

A huge study released Monday reveals yet more unsettling statistics about the low numbers of women in leadership jobs. In the report, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the consulting firm EY found that nearly 60 percent of the almost 22,000 companies around the globe examined in its giant sample had no women on the board of dir...

Speaking at a session on 'Women in Economic Decision-Making', Lagarde said that women are doing a wonderful job wherever they have got the leadership positions, be it in banks or other sectors.