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Transferring leadership skills

I’ve got Board roles as well as an executive career, so why do I make extra time available for charity board activities? Perhaps I should re-phrase the question: what is it about charity boards that provides such a great opportunity for testing and developing skills? It seems to fall into Read more…

By Karen Hands, 9 monthsJune 17, 2022 ago
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“One in six of the women who were elected for the Conservative party in 2017 have stood down [in 2019].”*

Today’s Guardian continues: “There is concern at the number of female MPs, including Nicky Morgan and Amber Rudd, who have cited the extent of the abuse they are subjected to as a reason for their departure.”* Women are stepping down at a younger age and after fewer years serving as Read more…

By Karen Hands, 3 years ago
The only woman in the meeting
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Women aren’t a good fit in the boardroom?

…so says an executive of a FTSE 350 company in a report published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills yesterday. The business minister, Andrew Griffiths, describes the excuses offered by firms defending the lack of women on boards as “pitiful and patronising”, but no one said change was Read more…

By ADMIN-SIK1, 5 yearsMay 31, 2018 ago
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Why it matters that women stand up and speak out – and why it’s still so hard to do

Differences of opinion can make the job of managing more difficult, but it’s the way to reach better decisions. For some people, steering a path that takes every opinion into account is the whole point of managing: the challenge that makes the job worthwhile. Life would be boring if we Read more…

By ADMIN-SIK1, 5 yearsMay 16, 2018 ago
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