iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app More

Boardroom

Consensus in the Boardroom?

Simon Atkinson | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Ftse, Board of Directors, Ceos, Captains-of-Industry, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ipsos Mori, Technology, Business, Boardroom, UK Business, UK Economy, UK Politics News
Simon Atkinson

Britain's latest depressing GDP figures prompted me to go back and take a second look at Ipsos MORI's latest Captains of Industry survey. This is an annual barometer, tracking the mood in Britain's boardooms.

Read Whole Story

Charlie Thomas

Third Time Lucky For The Turnaround King? What Next For Fox And Moore

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Read More: High Street, Hmv, Business News, Comet, Simon Fox, Trevor Moore, UK Business, Retail, Boardroom, Kesa, Management, Chief Executives, UK News

The demise of HMV has thrown the spotlight onto its current chief executive - Trevor Moore - and his predecessor Simon Fox. Moore previously ran Je...

Read Whole Story

Female Middle Managers: The Engine Room of the Economy

Karen Gill | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Women's Issues, Middle Management, Senior Leadership, Personal Development, Work-Life Balance, Hr, UK Business, Women in Business, Women in the Boardroom, Boardroom, UK Lifestyle News
Karen Gill

It's all very well desperately finding women to sit on boards in an effort to head off compulsory quotas, but for there to be real and lasting change in the boardroom there needs to be large numbers of talented women coming up through the ranks. So how do we address the female talent pipeline?

Read Whole Story

All Aboard? The EU Looks Again at Quotas for Women on Boards

Geraldine Gallacher | Posted 13.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK Business, Non-Executive Director, Women, Women's Issues, Executive, Women in Business, Boardroom, Gender, UK Lifestyle News
Geraldine Gallacher

Merely sticking to the status quo will achieve little in progressing gender balance in the boardroom. Regulatory nudges have helped, with FTSE 100 boardrooms having risen to around 17% women, but something more forceful will be required to get anywhere near 40%.

Read Whole Story

Are Men Just Better at Technology?

Belinda Parmar | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Women, Education, Belinda Parmar, Biology, Lady Geek, It, Science, Men, Campaign, Technology, Boardroom, Little Miss Geek, UK Tech News
Belinda Parmar

Many people still don't believe that women are equipped to understand tech. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are all considered natural 'boys'' subjects. Women break computers, men fix them. Women use technology, men create technology.

Read Whole Story