“No country can get ahead if it leaves what amounts to half the population behind.” This quote from the McKinsey report, Economic Benefit of Gender Equality, provided a soft opening to a session focused on the data and facts pointing to the benefits of gender diversity in business. Alison Pyott from Veris Wealth Partnership added […]
What the founder and CEO of Hearsay Social learned while navigating the white, male tech world
It’s been quite a decade for Clara Shih. In that time, the CEO and founder of Hearsay Social, a startup that uses predictive analytics to help salespeople reach clients at the right time with the right message, has worked at Microsoft, Google and Salesforce. She created an app that went viral. She wrote a best-seller, “The […]
Diverse boards in India, UK and US outperform male-only peers by US$655bn
Companies with diverse executive boards outperform peers run by all-male boards according to new research from Grant Thornton. The study, which covers listed companies in India, UK and US, estimates the opportunity cost for companies with male-only executive boards (in terms of lower returns on assets) at a staggering US$655 billion in 2014. “The research […]
Where the World’s Top Companies Stand On Gender Balance
Every year, the 20-first Global Gender Balance Scorecard looks at a single measure of progress: the gender balance of the Executive Committee of the TOP 100 companies in three key regions of the globe. A growing number of studies show the correlation between gender balance in leadership and improved corporate performance. The complementary skills and […]
How a Gender Equality Stamp of Approval Could Impact Businesses
Gender inequality remains pervasive in the workplace. It’s in every industry and on every level, and the uncomfortable conversation it requires to improve it is too often ignored. But there’s a new movement to do something tangible to address the shift that society needs to make on this issue. What if, before interacting with a […]
Sodexo CEO Michel Landel on Diversity in Companies
The CEO of the world leader in quality of life solutions, explains why gender diversity is an important part of their business. They serve 50 million people a day and have appointed a Chief Diversity Officer to ensure that each of their clients around the world is valued and understood.
Why Gender Balanced Leadership is Good for Business
Kevin Maggiacomo is a man on a mission to create gender-balanced leadership in all organizations worldwide by the year 2020. He will be the first to tell you, however, that this is not exclusively his mission or his initiative. He kicked off 50/50 by 2020, a grass roots, web-based movement which sprung out of a recent TEDx […]
New Collaboration To Drive Smarter, More Diverse Corporate Governance
WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), the largest organization of women board members worldwide with more than 3,500 members in 70 global chapters, has announced a new collaboration with Diligent Corporation to drive best practices in corporate governance. Diligent and WCD will work together to shape regional and global WCD events and to develop thought leadership programs that encourage greater diversity among […]
Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct Is To Build Schools
It was one of those moments when you’re in awe of how powerful celebrities can really be. Sharon Stone was in Milan last week as the guest of honor for the Pilosio Building Peace Award, a yearly event hosted by Italian construction company Pilosio, that literally promotes the idea of “building” peace with construction projects in […]
Can Men Embrace Love in Business?
Earlier this summer I co-hosted DreamChange, Inc.’s inaugural Love Summit – an unconventional business conference created to show how using love in the workplace can improve operations, increase sales, and ultimately help solve the underlying cause of the wide range of problems we face in the world today. The Love Summit debuted at Wieden+Kennedy headquarters; […]
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