Where women are absent in leadership positions, some companies, including Lloyd’s of London and Baker Hughes, are instituting programmes that focus on developing women’s careers. The World Economic Forum found in 2023 that 79% of private-sector companies have implemented diversity,…
Burnout has many definitions. At its extreme, it’s a complete mental and physical shutdown. In the earlier stages, it may be irritation and exhaustion that seem to dissipate and return at intervals Read more in Egonzehnder Super Burnt Out By…
Women tend to live longer than men. In 2021, this difference amounted to a 5-year gap in global life expectancy: the average life expectancy was 73.8 years for women versus 68.4 years for men. Read more in Free Think Why…
There are many women to celebrate in the world right now who are facing the hardest challenges of all: securing a safe place to spend the night; finding food, water, and shelter for their children and elders; or getting access…
Women represent roughly one in four C-suite leaders, and women of color just one in 16. Sixty percent of companies have increased their financial and staffing investments in diversity, equity, and inclusion over the past year. And nearly three in…
The researchers then drilled down into the data in terms of the impact on residents’ lives. First, they discovered that higher levels of decentralization led to less government waste and more access to local public services in those municipalities. Read…
As we move forward with STEM industries and leading the way, we must ensure that women and girls are no longer a minority, but instead widely represented at all levels. Eliminating stereotypical prejudices in engineering and supporting young girls who…
An analysis of employee survey data shows that at many companies, women have less autonomy and control than men. Here are five ways to create more equity. Find out more in strategy-business Empowering women in the workplace by Bhushan Sethi,…
Sectors overrepresented by women are worst hit by the pandemic, and 5% of all employed women lost their jobs compared to 3.9% of men. Additionally, care obligations induced by lockdowns and school closures have disproportionately fallen on women. Read more…
Women are starting their own businesses at a faster rate than men, with a marked increase during 2020. Globally, the share of founders grew by 45% in 2020 for women and by 32% for men, compared to the previous year,…
