Gender Balance: Walk the talk - and - A false dawn?
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Since our Technical Brief of 2 April 2013 how to close the gender gap, there have been three significant reports - from Australia, from the USA and from the UK.
Chartered Secretaries Australia launched the Guidelines for gender balance performance and reporting Australia Sydney on 1 May. Graham Bradley AM noted that not enough is being done by Australian businesses to advance women into leadership positions. He urged companies to stop procrastinating and take ownership of gender balancing their businesses by utilising the full range of talent available in the workplace. Developed by CSA, in conjunction with Women on Boards and others, the Guidelines assist companies to capture data on gender balance, make sense of the data and then act on what the data tells them ... READ MORE
For the actual guideline and a great set of tools ... READ MORE
This McKinsey & Company article from April 2013 presents up-close-and-personal insights. The most important priorities for leaders committed to gender diversity progress are: diversity is personal, culture and values are at the core, improvements are systematic and Boards spark movement.
Another great read from McKinsey ... READ MORE
Dr Ruth Sealy and Professor Susan Vinnicombe OBE of Cranfield University International Centre for Women Leaders launched on 10 April, the latest update on progress with diversity on the FTSE. The overall percentage of female-held board directorships in the FTSE 100 is now 17.3%, an uplift of 2.3% on last years figure. The number of FTSE 100 companies with all-male boards has dropped to seven, down from twenty-one two years ago, and two thirds (67%) of the FTSE 100 have more than one woman on their board. Less positively, during the past 6 months, progress, particularly in the number of female NEDs on FTSE 100 boards, has plateaued ... READ MORE
Burberry was the top ranked with three women directors out of eight. CSNZ has four women Board members out of nine.