In the light of the recent accusations of bullying against Gordon Brown, it is refreshing to see a different view when a senior manager faces such allegations, especially when it comes from someone who really knows about equality and diversity.
A study by the Harvard Business Review of the leadership of the world's top performing companies found that only 29 (1.5%) were women and only 1 woman made it to the top 100.
A recent report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘Sex and Power’ showed that women’s progress has slowed to a ‘snail’s pace’ and has gone into reverse in many of the areas surveyed.
There has been quite a bit of publicity recently about the rush to comply with the legal requirement to have 40% of women on the boards of Norwegian companies by 1 January 2008.
Meeting this obligation appears to have been a struggle for many companies, despite a 5 year lead time.