How can businesses speed up progress on gender equality?

by Christine Marlet | Aug 14, 2023 | All, Women in Leadership

Progress towards gender equality in business leadership roles is much too slow, so what measures are needed to get more women into senior roles and achieve a better gender balance in companies’ boards and management teams? Sylvie Durrer, Director of the Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality, Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Holcim, Jos Dijsselhof, CEO of SIX Group and David Bach, IMD Dean of Innovation and Programs, explore ways of overcoming some of the obstacles to faster progress in this IMD/SIX webinar.

How can customers and shareholders influence gender equality?

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.

[How To Diversify Your Team] – Tip#7 Managing Maternity Leave

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”.

[How To Diversify Your Team] – Tip #6 Promote Them

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.