Category: News
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A Call to Action, and Platform to Enable Female Executive Search
CEO Worldwide & Female Executive Search A message from France Dequilbec, MD Female Executive Search, founded by INSEAD alum Patrick Mataix “The majority of the women I have interviewed over the past 2 years testify how difficult it is for them to access top level management and/or boards. There is no room for error and they…
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The Gap Between
17 April 2020 By: Lisa Gralnek (MBA J’08) ‘The Messy Middle’ — an idea introduced to me by Scott Belsky who wrote a book of the same title “No matter what it is you’re trying to create or transform, the myth of a successful journey is that it starts with an idea, followed by a…
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Gender and COVID-19: Let’s Make Better Decisions
By Katarina Uherova Hasbani & INSEAD IWiB Global Executive Committee 10 April 2020. 1,484,811 recorded cases. 85,538 deaths. 185 countries affected. That is the sobering, current statistics of the COVID-19 outbreak. We need all brains in the business to innovate our way of the current crisis. Addressing the gender dimension of the outbreak will be…
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The power of language: watch your words!
By Anne Dumesges Language can drive diversity. Or not if you’re not careful. As behavioral scientists and practitioners know very well, words matter a lot. Words are the tools we use to describe the world and to communicate with people. They can impact people’s decisions and behaviors, depending on what or how you use them.…
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Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Kim Hruby
November 19, 2019 The interview below is part of a yearlong effort by McGuireWoods to profile up-and-coming women leaders in private equity (PE). This profile series complements our existing Women Leaders in Private Equity profile series, which will continue throughout 2019. To recommend a rising star for a future interview, email Amber Walsh at [email protected]. Hruby joined Council Capital in…
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THE CURRENT STATE OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Women are not a common sight in most executive suites. The number of females in C-level positions is surprisingly low. The problem is compounded by the fact that women rarely hold the roles that lead to the executive suite – even though research has shown that when women participate in leadership, companies tend to have…
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“Invisible Women” wins the 2019 Business Book of the Year Award
December 4, 2019The winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award is an investigation into how a gender gap in data perpetuates disadvantages for women across the world. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by journalist and activist Caroline Criado Perez, delves into the ways data collection systematically ignores…
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Invisible Women – a world designed for men
by Caroline Criado Perez From the ‘one-size-fits-men’ approach to smartphone design to the medical trials that are putting women’s lives at risk … this book uses data like a laser. The problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with…
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Not walking the talk of gender diversity
INSEAD research finds investors are not walking the talk of gender diversity Middle East, Asia, Europe 29 November 2019 In recent years investors have become vocal advocates for gender-diverse boards. But how committed are they? New INSEAD research suggests that despite proclamations of support, investors perceive companies which increase female representation on their board as…
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Why Investors React Negatively to Companies with Women on Boards
Despite persistent efforts to tackle underrepresentation of women on corporate boards, most boardrooms remain mostly male. The slow progress on gender diversity has frustrated policymakers, industry groups, and institutional investors, many of whom have publicly advocated for inclusion of women and minorities among the top ranks of management. But are investors walking the walk on…