Lessons from beyond the glass ceiling

New research shows what coaches are focusing upon with their senior female clients and what lessons they have learnt through coaching them. As a number of reports have highlighted recently, women are still under-represented at senior levels in many organisations1....

But seriously…

Manfred Kets de Vries’ novel approach to leadership coaching uses animals, jokes and irreverence. And it has won him a wealth of plaudits. Liz Hall Manfred Kets de Vries is passionate about changing organisations into places where people feel alive. “That’s my...

Credit where it’s due

The lack of women at management level makes depressing reading. But a mentoring pilot at Clydesdale Bank is successfully addressing the imbalance between the sexes. Kate Hilpern Only 12 per cent of board directors are female, and one in four FTSE boards has no women...