Leadership

“According to the latest Women’s Leadership Study from KPMG, seven in ten women (69%) are open to taking small risks to further their career, but far fewer (43%) are open to taking the bigger risks associated with career advancement. These results suggest that women looking to move into leadership
positions in today’s business world may benefit by taking more risks over the course of their careers and by being more self-assertive.”

“This multiyear study published by the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD), provides powerful metrics on the slow change of diversity in the boardroom, and may help encourage corporate boards to continue to embrace the benefits of diverse board composition. Though still a slow pace in relation to the rapidly shifting demographics in the US, the shifts point towards greater diversity in America’s board rooms.”

“The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health and political criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups.”

The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics page is a resource hub for stats regarding gender and D&I within all sectors in Canada. Topics include: Business performance and ownership; Labour; Population & demographics; Science & technology; and Income, pensions, spending and wealth.

Women in the Workplace 2018 draws on data from 279 companies employing more than 13 million people. The report found that the progress of gender representation in corporate America has stalled and that the underrepresentation cannot be explained by attrition. In addition to the delve into the status of women in corporate America, the report presents 6 actionable takeaways for companies.

PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey has gauged the views of public company directors from across the United States on a variety of corporate governance matters for more than a decade. Key findings from this issue: Setting the corporate tone through middle management is key; 64% of directors evaluate company culture using their “gut feeling”; 94% of directors agree that board diversity brings unique perspectives to the boardroom. but more than half (52%) say board diversity efforts are driven by political correctness.

Responsible Investing: Charting a Sustainable Advantage explores the conclusions drawn from RBC GAM’s 2022 survey of institutional asset owners and investment consultants from the US, Canada, Europe and Asia on their attitudes towards responsible investing and ESG integration. Key findings include: Gender diversity on corporate boards continues to be important; and responsible investing is increasingly considered to be a fiduciary responsibility.

Part of McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace research, conducted in partnership with LeanIn.Org, this report examines the gender-parity gap in financial services and looks at what can be done to close it. The research finds that women in the financial sector in North America, currently hold less than 22% of C-Suite roles, and blames this lacklustre representation on lesser rates of promotion than male counterparts.