Charting the Course: Getting Women to the Top
Bain and Company, 2017
How frontline managers can reinforce the necessary mindsets to help women become senior leaders.
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The power of flexibility: A key enabler to boost gender parity and employee engagement
Bain and Company, 2015
How Australian organisations can create positive flexible workplace conditions for both women and men.
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Creating a positive cycle: Critical steps to achieving gender parity in Australia
Bain and Company, 2013
It is time to appoint women to top roles to make a difference in Australian organisations.
Ironically, Australia’s pipeline of professional women has never been stronger. Since 1985, women have been graduating from university at higher rates than men; they have comprised approximately 60% of all graduates since 2000.1 These rates hold true for key disciplines, such as business and law, where females comprised 50% and 60%, respectively in 2011.2 These facts alone should place women among the most qualifi ed candidates for entry-level positions and also create a suffi ciently large pool of female candidates for progression through to the highest roles. An extremely positive and important reality is that these women are ambitious. Research by Bain & Company and Chief Executive Women (CEW) over the last three years has consistently found that women aspire to become senior business leaders at almost the same rate as men.
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Level the playing field: A call for action on gender parity in australia
Bain & Company, 2010
Australian executives still don’t believe there is an equal opportunity for women to be selected for leadership positions. Companies can take three measures to close the gap—and create a stronger talent pipeline.
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The great disappearing act: gender parity up the corporate ladder
Bain & Company, 2010
A Bain & Company survey shows that current gender-parity initiatives are just not working. Organizations need bold, new approaches to bring women back on the leadership track— and double the talent pool.
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