Jay Rosenzweig has been in executive recruiting for over a decade. But ask him his business, and he hesitates to use that term. He says that he and his team, Rosenzweig & Company, act first and foremost as management consultants.
The number of women executives at the highest levels of corporate Canada increased from one year ago with a year-over-year increase of 24 per cent. This year we determined that 7.2% of the top paid executive positions were held by women compared to 5.8% in our 2008 report.
Add one more gap to the paycheques between men and women in the top management roles: When their companies flourish, male executives see their bonuses soar - but women in equivalent roles get practically no bump-up, a new British study has found.
Take a quick look at the people who rule the most moneyed public companies in Canada. Without fail, each is headed by a man. Indeed, in 2007 women filled an appalling 5.8% of the top five senior positions at the 100 largest Canadian companies…
This is more than a story about numbers. However, the numbers are significant -- impressive, even. And they make a compelling business case for why more women should occupy the executive suite in companies across the land and hold more seats around board-of-director tables.
Women in the boardroom. We've been pondering their slow climb for the last dozen or more years. They're graduating with MBAs in increasing numbers and working diligently to climb that corporate ladder.
That thud you may have heard from Bay St. and other centres of Canadian enterprise is the sound of women hitting their heads on the invisible but ever-thickening glass ceiling.
Management But most of Canada's 100 largest public companies are run by men, study finds Companies that employ women in senior management see higher rates of return on investment and increased market value compared to those that fill executive positions solely with men, studies show.
Kira Vermond dissects the latest workplace and career trends. Exit interviews help organizations understand what's driving colleagues away, pinpoint problem areas and increase retention. But few Canadian companies understand the exit interview's true value.
For all our advances, we still judge women and men differently Ernst & Young's Fiona Macfarlane has thought a lot of why so few woman hold top level positions.
Kira Vermond dissects the latest workplace and career trends. Just say "no." On the face of it, it sounds easy enough to turn down a request. But why - especially when that request is coming from the boss, a colleague or a client - can it seem so difficult? Saying yes feels good.