Careers for women

Listen to Carole Fossey talk about careers for women on Radio 4 Women’s Hour  

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Why is it still so hard for women to get to the top?

Despite the fact that there is a big focus on women on boards, despite the fact that open discrimination against women is on the decline, despite the fact that a new generation has a different perspective, it is still a sad fact that things are not improving. However, the IBR 2012 survey shows that just […]

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Keeping positive in tough economic times

I am sure that you, like me, have had days, or weeks or even months or years in your business that have felt tough. Whatever the state of the economy there are always ups and downs in business and some things are more challenging than others. Whether it’s losing a client, or a member of […]

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Women on Boards – Sort it out Guys…..or the EU will do it for you!!

As I have been saying for some time, we need to sort out the issue of the lack of women in senior management posts and on boards.   We need to do this for 2 very good reasons. 1.  There are numerous studies which prove that companies with diverse boards make more profit.  We could stop […]

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LinkedIn – critical mass achieved

Question of the day…. Are you on LinkedIN? Statistically you are way more likely to respond positively to that than you would have been 12 months ago. LinkedIn has seen growth of 65 % increasing from 48 million members to 79 million in the year to March 2011 (now at over 100 million). In roughly […]

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