Welkom in The Field

Ons Women in business rapport van 2019 laat zien dat het aantal vrouwen in leidinggevende posities wereldwijd stijgt. Het totaal aandeel vrouwen in managementteams is gestegen van 24 procent naar 29 procent.

Naar jaarlijkse traditie publiceert Grant Thornton International op Internationale Vrouwendag haar rapport over vrouwen in het senior bedrijfsmanagement. Driekwart van de bevraagde mid-marketbedrijven in 35 landen heeft intussen minstens 1 vrouw in het senior management, maar verhoudingsgewijs nemen vrouwen er nog altijd maar een kwart van de posities in! Nochtans gaan (gender-) diversiteit en commercieel succes hand in hand. Het rapport analyseert niet alleen de bevindingen, maar formuleert naar goede gewoonte ook heel waardevolle, praktische aanbevelingen

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Women in business

Companies are increasingly focused on high-quality strategic transactions, with less time spent on investigating peripheral opportunities, according to our International Business Report (IBR), a survey of 5,400+ business leaders in 35 economies.

​The European economy, still continuing its economic recovery after the 2008 financial crisis, faces many potential risks. Though varied, they fall into two broad categories. Firstly, a band of social and political pressures which are driving media headlines: a potential ‘Brexit’, the migrant crisis and the continued rise of nationalist sentiment. Secondly, we have economic issues that have been present for a good few years: high unemployment, low inflation and persistently low economic growth.

The gender diversity issue has been on the business agenda for many years now, yet a third of businesses still have no women at a senior management level. Somewhere there is a disconnect.

New research from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) reveals that going into 2016, EU businesses remain surprisingly resilient in their outlook despite risks posed by the migrant crisis, terrorism etc. Yet 2016 also brings fresh questions as US firms report a dent to their confidence amid concerns over export markets and the strength of the Dollar.

I recently finished an Asian tour to connect with our firms in the region and to meet some of their clients. The trip has been an eye-opening experience and a great opportunity to focus on this high-growth region.

Businesses across Europe have greater concern about the prospect of the UK leaving the EU than Greece leaving the eurozone, according to new research from Grant Thornton. This comes just as the UK is about to go the polls in an election where a potential EU referendum is a major policy battleground, and just ahead of Greece’s deadline to repay almost €1billion to the International Monetary Fund in May.

Francesca Lagerberg explains why we continue to call for greater gender diversity in business and explains how our 2015 report - The path to leadership - adds to the debate.

Our 2015 women in business report looks at how to facilitate the career paths of women into senior management and offers 12 recommendations to society, government, businesses and women themselves about how to better support female advancement.