Women in Leadership - Mentoring Women in to Senior Management

Women are unrepresented in senior management roles. The reasons for this vary - societal constraints, family responsibilities, gender stereotypes, lack of support from employers and even lack of ambition from women themselves. Group Mentoring in Business However, when women look for career advancement, and find that there are inadequate career development and progression opportunities, they start looking for a new job. Organisations lose valuable skills and corporate knowledge, and face higher recruitment costs. To improve retention of female staff, companies need to be proactive about promoting women into senior roles, and provide the support required to make this possible. The benefits are not just for women employees, but for the company. Retaining female staff gives the company a bigger pool of talent to draw from, at a time when talent shortages are common. Research in Europe and the US shows companies with more women at senior levels are also compa...