Women at the Top Blog

Women do not lack ambition, but they need to be more assertive in marketing their skills when they have boardroom aspirations - Jun 15

An increasing number of companies are appointing chief operating officers. Liz Bolshaw speaks to two women who have taken on this influential role - Jun 15

Liz Bolshaw talks to the former World Bank managing director who says she is still an activist for democracy - Jun 15

The rise in the proportion of female directors globally is glacial, with only legislation seeming to force the pace of change - Mar 08

The move towards greater gender diversity in the boardroom is happening far too slowly - Mar 07

Liz Bolshaw quizzes India Gary-Martin, managing director, technology and operations, at JPMorgan’s investment bank in London - Mar 07

Business guru Candida Brush on how to succeed as a female entrepreneur - Mar 07

Liz Bolshaw looks at how companies have moved to increase the representation of women on boards, 12 months on from Lord Davies’ review - Jan 26

In boardrooms, compulsory gender quotas are contentious, but it has been used successfully in politics around the globe - Jan 26

Miki Tsusaka on how women can help the global economy achieve its great transformation - Jan 27

Social norms and a lack of childcare hinder government bids to make the most of the country’s well-educated female workforce, writes Lindsay Whipp - Dec 07

Rebecca Knight finds that many female-owned small businesses offer a good work/life balance - Dec 07

Jill Abramson is the executive editor of the New York Times, the first woman in this role in the paper’s 160-year history - Dec 07

Why taking risks has helped women power their way into boardrooms around the world, writes Andrew Hill - Nov 15

Read the full profiles, view photographs and comment on our ranking - Nov 15

Melanne Verveer, US ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, explains why progess is being made in advancing women’s rights - Nov 15

Laurence Parisot holds a master’s degree in public law and was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite in 2003 - Nov 15

Sung-Joo Kim, head of MCM Group, on her career and the business of luxury - Nov 16

Could it be that the dearth of women at the senior level is down to a time lag, or is it deliberate choice?, By Gillian Tett - Nov 15

Dina de Angelo grew up in Connecticut, Greenwich, and has spent her whole career in private banking, working with large, complex, family offices - Nov 15

A senior woman’s departure can create as much of a buzz as her arrival - Nov 15

Political power remains elusive for many women in the EU, especially so in central Europe, but even in the business - Oct 11

Two new initiatives seek to establish common ways to measure progress, writes Andrew Hill - Oct 11

Lori Cohen, a successful female trial attorney with 55 straight trial wins under her belt, is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm. She has a national litigation practice focusing on medical device and pharmaceutical litigation. - Oct 11

The French businesswoman campaigns for more female representation in senior roles across all walks of life, writes Liz Bolshaw - Oct 11