The latest Conference Board of Canada report reveals that while women have what it takes to become effective leaders, they don’t advance to the top because they lack the ability to self-promote.
Canada is a late comer in the global party on board diversity but this gives her the opportunity to make a dramatic entrance, Leah Eichler argues. Her unsolicited advice to the advisory council who are due to come up with recommendations in the fall? Be precedent-setting bold.
Getting more women in leadership positions is no secret. McKinsey outlines these four principles for companies committed to gender diversity progress to follow.
Alcoa, Coca-Cola, and Unilever are the recipients of the 2013 Catalyst Award. They embody Catalyst’s vision of “Changing workplaces, Changing lives” through their gender diversity initiatives.
While the number of women sitting on corporate boards in the U.S. and Canada are still stark, there are reasons to believe that 2013 is going to be a turning point on the discussion of boardroom gender diversity.
Despite years of hand ringing over board diversity, we cannot reach a general consensus on how to properly tackle the issue in this country. Our current solution appears to be to talk about it but I worry that the mere conversation about women on boards has become been mistaken for progress.
Catalyst, a nonprofit organization that expands opportunities for women and business, and Women in Capital Markets (WCM), launch their research-based guidebook entitled Women and Men in Canadian Capital Markets.
r/ally, a mobile collaboration app for career-minded women is live in iTunes. Access is by invite only. Click below to get your invite today.
