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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Workplace diversity & equality
    UK boards’ push to increase diversity has slowed, says headhunter

    Spencer Stuart warns companies against ‘one and done’ mentality after meeting minimum targets

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  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    FT Magazine
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  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Special Report
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    850 companies ranked; Cisco shines despite Big Tech reserve; Rolls-Royce outperforms counterparts on inclusion scale; Erste Bank rises above politics; Diageo takes measure of its market; Ireland notes ‘diversity disparity’; fund management gender lag

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  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Fund managers prove slow to address gender imbalance

    Studies indicate more diverse teams deliver better investor returns

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  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Women fight to have a voice in climate negotiations

    Female leadership coalition was set up after the Azerbaijani COP29 presidency failed to include any women in its initial organising committee

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  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
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    Will women be the big losers from Rachel Reeves’ first Budget?

    National insurance increases will push up the cost of childcare and hit lower-paid part-time jobs

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  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Leadership
    From intern to CEO: does it pay to be a company lifer?

    Executives who spend their career at one place can boost morale and loyalty but risk stifling innovation

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special Report
    Women in Business

    Lessons for public speaking from the frontline of comedy. Plus: take women seriously or they will leave; women who made a mark in AI and in sustainability on career paths; AI tools to help job-hunters beat the bots; next generation boards

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Meet Joelle Pineau: shaping AI as the world grapples with its potential

    Meta’s head of research into the technology explains the career path that led to weighing questions on society’s future

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Anjli Raval
    Too many women excel at their jobs but are ignored for top roles

    The struggle to overcome gender bias and be taken seriously leads many to quit prematurely

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Non-exec roles offer a launch pad to boardroom gender parity

    The role allows women to sharpen their leadership skills amid a lack of senior management opportunities

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Making voices heard: how to start a next generation board

    Platforms for under-represented staff are gaining ground

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    When public speaking goes wrong: lessons from the frontline of comedy

    The world of stand-up offers tried and tested ways to embrace failure — and success — in front of any demanding audience

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    How I got here: developing clean energy in India

    ReNew co-founder Vaishali Nigam Sinha outlines her route from finance to sustainability

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Lorena Goldsmith
    Why AI is the key to unlocking leadership opportunities for women

    Efforts to remove bias will become a strategic advantage for business, and protect its long-term legitimacy

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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    AI tools to help job-hunters get past the recruiters’ bots

    A range of tech-based options are available to help candidates secure an interview

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  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The history of the power lunch, without men

    In the golden age of midday hedonism, some sisters were doing it for themselves

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  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    ReviewBusiness books
    Business books: what to read this month

    The business of femtech, taming artificial intelligence, and personal efficiency for the 2020s

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  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Masters in Management
    Business schools target a fair start for women in start-ups

    Masters in management are readying aspiring female entrepreneurs to overcome barriers and biases

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  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Working It
    Is it getting harder to succeed in HR?

    Turnover of department heads has dropped and additional expertise is prized in a complex corporate world

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  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Business InsightAmy Kazmin
    Italy is tying itself in knots over business gender quotas

    Unthinking patriarchy still dominates great swaths of public life in the country

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  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Saudi wealth bolsters WTA’s ambitions for women’s tennis

    The tour is also tapping private equity as it seeks to attract new audiences worldwide

  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    F1
    Closing the gender gap in F1 driver’s seat and paddock

    Motorsport presenters share close-up views of life for women in the pit lane

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  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Inside the WhatsApp group for top women chefs

    Making tentative drink plans, celebrating each other’s wins, and unpacking misogyny: discover the conversations of top women chefs

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Gender politics
    Is economics a losing game for women?

    Living on the wrong side of the tenure track

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