by Christine Marlet | Aug 14, 2023 | All, Women in Leadership
Cody Taylor, Vice President Government Relations at Garrett – Advancing Motion; Marion Leslie, Head of Financial Information at SIX, and Member of its Executive Board; Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability Officer and Member of the Executive Committee at LafargeHolcim; and Caroline Knoeri, Head Corporate Human Resources at private bank Vontobel join Professor of Finance at IMD Arturo Bris to discuss the current state of affairs regarding gender equality in the workplace.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 14, 2023 | All, Women in Leadership
Today, we’re taking a look at this essential question: in the workplace, what’s the difference between a man and a woman?
Generally speaking, one of the only answers to this question is the possibility for women to have children.
Women who have chosen to become mothers will benefit from maternity leave. Following childbirth, they need time off to recover from this physical ordeal. However, at the end of that period, the choice of which parent will take the time to care for the child is purely cultural. Women are not born with a gene that tells them how to take care of a child. They don’t innately know how to feed, educate or care for a baby; they learn “on the job”.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 14, 2023 | All, Women in Leadership
Promotion techniques vary from company to company, and even if it’s not intentional, some of them disadvantage women.
We have already established that most women will only apply for a position if they are sure they have all the required skills. So, by definition, a company that advertises open positions will see far fewer women applying than a company that identifies and suggests the position to potential candidates directly.
by Christine Marlet | May 16, 2023 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Women in Leadership
This writing presents a collaboration to the UNESCO GEM report by the ” Iguales y Diferentes ” (Equal and Different) educational think tank. The text presents three ways in which female schools promote women’s leadership: first, by encouraging risk-taking; second, by enhancing analytical skills to facilitate decision-making; and third, by eliminating gender stereotypes. Therefore, girls
become fearless , smart and genuine leaders.
by Christine Marlet | May 2, 2023 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Women in Leadership
Excellent schools encourage and assist pupils to realise their potential and are designed to equip them for success and fulfilment in the world beyond. Girls’ schools are founded on the principle that these aims are best achieved by educating girls separately.
There is strong evidence that girls-only education leads to higher academic achievement, greater diversity of subject choice, stronger self-confidence and resilience, and enhanced career progression.
by Christine Marlet | Nov 13, 2022 | All, Women in Leadership
Inequality in the relationship to speech is at the root of many other inequalities, which is why it is so important to tackle it. Additionally, companies will benefit from promoting (and prevent from losing) great employees who are not sufficiently recognized. They will also gain more from their contributions.
Now that I have come to this conclusion, a question remains: what can be done to solve this problem?
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