The Rise of the Female Executive: How Womenℓ́ℓs Leadership Is Accelerating Cultural Change

Provides a timely review of gender equality in the boardroom, and through interviews with mentors and mentees it illustrates how mentoring can play a part in helping women stay engaged in their career. This book includes international comparisons and an examination of the UK and EU political environments. The aim to bring gender equality to the boardroom is part of a broader societal project to ensure that more of our available talent, ability, and experience from every part of society moves to where it can create the most economic and social value. Lack of sufficient diversity of thought has been identified as a contributor to malpractices which ultimately led to the financial collapse in 2009. Redressing this imbalance continues to be an important goal for business and society alike. This book provides a timely review of progress in the gender-balancing of boards and places it in its broader societal context. It includes international comparisons and examines the UK and EU political environments. Ensuring a robust "pipeline" of our most talented women is critical to sustaining progress and the book offers insights into interventions that address this challenge. Featuring interviews with mentors and mentees, it illustrates how mentoring can play a part in helping women stay engaged with their ambition and with their career progression opportunities during times of transition when women traditionally fall away from the work place, and, later on, in increasing the number of women executives in positions of power in our corporations. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Introduction....Pages 1-4 The Big Project....Pages 5-30 The Story so Far....Pages 31-56 The Political Environment....Pages 57-77 Cross-Company Mentoring Works....Pages 78-103 Network Capital....Pages 104-124 When is the Price Too High?....Pages 125-144 The Pipeline Challenge....Pages 145-163 The Pipeliners....Pages 164-177 HR and the Pipeline....Pages 178-202 Beyond the Davies Review....Pages 203-222 Culture, Culture....Pages 223-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-263 Preface -- Observations And Thanks -- Introduction -- The Big Project -- The Story So Far -- The Political Environment -- Cross-company Mentoring Works -- Network Capital -- When Is The Price Too High? -- The Pipeline Challenge -- The Pipeliners -- Hr And The Pipeline -- Beyond The Davies Review -- Culture, Culture. Peninah Thomson And Clare Laurent With Tom Lloyd. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 248-252) And Index. Preface Observations and thanks Introduction The big project The story so far Mentoring works Network capital When is the price too high? The pipeline challenge The pipeliners HR and the pipeline Beyond the davies review Conclusion Appendix - Index.