Posts tagged "female CEOs"

From acquiring a T-shaped skillset to ignoring toxic clickbait, here's some useful advice to help women founders and CEOs rise to the top.

Just one of the 25 CEOs appointed to lead ASX200 organisations in the past year has been female, and it’s not a 2020 anomaly.

For the first time in six years, no women of colour chief executives are on Fortune's annual Global 500 list.

If women cannot even achieve parity of appointments in this scenario — the wake of the #MeToo movement — it’s difficult to imagine when they ever will.

Women make up half of all science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine PhD candidates and researchers — but only 20% of senior leaders.

Women are doing better in functional executive roles but are finding it hard to advance outside of areas such as legal, compliance and human resources.  

Ariane Barker believes well-educated women are still struck by a pressure to find a balance between being the primary carer and having a career they want.

It’s almost two decades since the dotcom crash and Julie Wainwright has emerged once more, in her 50s, stronger and smarter than ever before.

By appointing a female director, firms may reduce environmental litigation risk by 1.5% — the equivalent of saving US$3.1 million, a new study shows.

Amid the bleak stats, there are glimmers of hope, as initiatives across the world help female entrepreneurs raise capital and realise their dreams.

A new report on gender diversity at a board level has found listed small-cap companies are significantly lagging behind their bigger counterparts.

You can have the best idea, team and revenue source in the world, but it's almost guaranteed to be a bumpy ride. That is where resilience comes in.