"Key pieces of data from the report showed that currently, a man starting his career in a FTSE 100 organisation is 4.5 times more likely to make it to the Executive Committee (‘ExCo’) than his female counterpart. The blockage is at the top: senior women are two times less likely to be promoted and four times less likely to leave than their male peers"
YSC in partnership with the 30% Club and professional services firm KPMG published a research that undermines ten myths around how women progress to the top.
Myth 1 – Women don’t aspire to senior leadership roles
Myth 2 – Women don’t stick it out to make it to the very top
Myth 3 – Childbearing stops women getting to the top
Myth 4 – Women don’t get to the top because they lack confidence
Myth 5 – Women lack the leadership qualities needed at the top
Myth 6 – Women don’t’ have the networks that open doors to the top
Myth 7 – Senior women leaders pull up the career ladder behind them
Myth 8 – High potential programmes are fast-tracking women
Myth 9 – Formal flexible working arrangements ease women’s route to the top
Myth 10 – The business case for gender diversity is working
The full report can be viewed online here.
or watch the video http://www.ysc.com/news/news-item/cracking-the-code-research-report-launch