Women on Business

JULY 18, 2012

A study from McKinsey & Co reveals some possible reasons why the careers of most business women stall at middle management. Vikram Malhotra, McKinsey’s chairman of the Americas, says, ‘Middle-management women get promoted on performance, while middle-management men get promoted on potential.’

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

She started as a management consultant working for McKinsey & Co. During her time in McKinsey, she had her son and after coming back from maternity leave she was ready to quit due to the hours leaving her very little time to spend with her little boy. Christina Shi is the Chief Operating Officer at Nike, Inc.

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Women on Business

JULY 13, 2012

A McKinsey & Company study, for example, found that the increase in women’s overall share of labor in the United States—women went from holding 37 percent of all jobs to 47 percent over the past 40 years—has accounted for about a quarter of current GDP.” A diverse workforce drives economic growth.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

She writes on The Business of Flex Blog: “A recent McKinsey study shows that large companies are bleeding female talent at an alarming rate. What’s motivating them to make the switch? Allison O’Kelly, founder and CEO of Mom Corps, shares the secret — flexibility.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Statistics have shown companies with more women in management score better on the nine dimensions of company excellence. ( Women Matter , McKinsey 2007). They are saying Steve Jobs was a genius and in order to carry on this legacy for Apple the current all-male executive team is going to need to add some estrogen to even things out.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 16, 2012

McKinsey & Co. Career site Glassdoor.com sifted through more than 80,000 job hunters’ interview ratings and reviews over the past 12 months to come up with this list of the 25 companies where getting hired is hardest. – 3.9 BCG (Boston Consulting Group) – 3.8 Oliver Wyman – 3.7 Kearney – 3.7

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Another study by McKinsey & Co has “proven a positive correlation between a company’s performance and the proportion of women serving on its executive board.

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