There are more women in leadership roles now, but challenges & biases still remainDespite progress, gender diversity challenges persist in corporate India. Initiatives like gender-neutral job descriptions and mixed-gender...
India Inc is on the hunt for more and more women executives as it pushes for better ESG standardsLarge Indian companies and multinationals are actively seeking senior women professionals for top management roles, driven by a focus on ES...
Career growth, increased compensation more important to women employees than flexible work options: SurveyWomen most value career growth (82% of respondents) and increased compensation (78%) at work along with a supportive ecosystem to achieve t...
Myntra gets master distribution rights for American fashion brand 'bebe' in IndiaThe San Francisco-based fashion marquee brand will cater to the mass premium segment and is set to offer an extensive range of apparel acro...
Shop floors hosting more women than board roomsHUL, the market leader, has two women directors on its board of 10 members. In 2021, the company had set a target of hiring 2,000 women on ...
How to bring more women into the fold of leadership rolesWomen must develop traits like conflict management, risk taking, overcoming the ‘imposter syndrome,’ making difficult decisions and a multi...
Navigating old boys' club culture at workplace with a new narrativeWomen face a myriad of societal, systemic, and structural challenges in their career journeys - gender gap, unconscious biases, stereotypes...
Vedanta building pipeline of women CXOs across groupVedanta has linked gender diversity goals to the top management’s KPI (key performance indicator) with an aim to catapult women to the grou...
Ground reality of India Inc shows big gender gap at topOnly six of the top 250 company CEOs are women, of which three are founders or hailing from promoter families, according to a diversity stu...
India Inc's C-suite movements shot up in Covid-hit first quarter of FY 2021: StudyOverall, there were 960 CXO movements across sectors in Q1 FY21, a 27% jump over the 754 in April-June 2019, said the study which captures ...
Bennett University launches CXO Series with Nestle India's MD Suresh NarayananNarayanan touched upon various facets of Nestle as a company in India, including its corporate campaigns and values such as diversity and i...
Viacom18 sets benchmark with 9 months paid maternity leaveIn addition to this, the media firm is offering flexible work options for three months for returning mothers and a phased approach to get b...
Here's why firms across sectors are hiring women in key finance leadership rolesSearch firm executives said the trend is escalating outside of banks and financial institutions, several of which have women in succession ...
India Inc hiring more top level women executives to bring down gender disparityIndia Inc is aggressively trying to bridge the gender gap with four headhunting firms together reporting nearly 100 live search mandates fo...
CEOs have affairs but cos love to hide them; more women in senior roles may change mattersCos are worried about their reputation. So even in extreme cases, the boss is allowed to quietly quit and no song and dance is made about i...
- Gender diversity scores high for firms like Microsoft, Accenture et al
A growing tribe of India Inc leaders and CXOs is now being evaluated and rewarded on how well they attract, nurture and groom women manager...
Women CEOs missing in Indian ITMost Indian women still value their roles at home. Many times, a woman self-imposes career blocks to prioritize home over work.