Upcoming events
The privilege of power: how women in business can leverage their leadership to create more equitable workplaces
February 18th at 6pm
Panel members: Isabel Berwick, Work & Careers Editor, Financial Times; Luigia Labelle, Founder and CEO, B'Inspired; Rana Salhab, People & Purpose Partner, Deloitte Middle East. The moderator will be Kiara Goodwin, GWLP MBA Scholar.
Overcoming job challenges and achieving professional growth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Marking International Women’s Day, the Global Women’s Leadership Programme is delighted to host an expert panel: Samar Elmnhrawy, VP, HR & General Affairs, Nissan Corporation; Noha Hefny, Founder & CEO of People of Impact; Dr Vassiliki Simoglou, Counselling Psychologist. The moderator will be Maria Banti, GWLP Scholar.
Recent events
Executive Virtual Presence: Communication Practices for Women Leaders
Speaking and developing executive presence are skills that can be developed
said Emma Wainer, Business Tutor at City Academy in a training session for the Global Women's Leadership Programme in November 2020. Read Emma's top tips for aspiring business leaders.
The Value of Diversity and Inclusion webinar
On Monday 5th October we hosted a Zoom webinar with expert business leaders discussing the value of diversity, inclusion, and what businesses need to do to capture it.
Speakers
Alison Maitland - Co-author of “Indivisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results”, Dr Heather Melville OBE - PwC, Chris Parke - Talking Talent, the panel moderator will be GWLP Director, Dr Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer
Fireside chat with Philip Hampton and Denise Wilson
CGWLP director Dr Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer was recently joined by Sir Philip Hampton and Denise Wilson OBE for a fireside chat on women on boards and the Hampton-Alexander review.
Research
- Cass research examines board diversity on the performance of EU-listed banks
New study suggests women do ask for pay rises but don't get them
- New research from Cass Business School, the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin shows that women ask for wage rises just as often as men, but men are 25 per cent more likely to get a raise when they ask.
News
See all of the latest news about the Cass Global Women's Leadership project.
Cass Business School welcome Sir Philip Hampton and Denise Wilson OBE of The Hampton-Alexander Review to Bunhill Row for a discussion on the importance of gender equity on boards.
“We need to have talent equally distributed – it’s good for business to have the best people and that should include women. We have learned the lesson from the financial crisis when boards were stuffed with men. Diversity is important for rich debate and boards need people who will ask difficult questions.”
Read the full story, The importance of gender equality on FTSE/
- The New Negotiation - Negotiation expert Natalie Reynolds delivers online masterclass for Cass Global Women’s Leadership Programme
- Taking radical action on inclusion - a new book on inclusion by the Chair of our Global Women’s Leadership Executive Board, Alison Maitland.
- Cass women appear at Financial Times Women at the Top 2019
- Gender-diverse boardrooms reduce bank misconduct penalties by $7.48m per year, study finds
- Cass women appear at Financial Times Women at the Top 2019
- Alison Maitland appointed Chair of Cass Global Women’s Leadership programme Executive Board
- The Cass Global Women's Leadership Programme recently hosted a successful panel discussion with Priscilla Elora Sharuk and Zara Martirosyan about their entrepreneurial journey in the Middle East
- CGWLP director Dr Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer joins Yahoo Finance Presents: It’s a Jungle Out There for their episode on Queen Bees. #CassWomen
- Cass Global Women’s Leadership Programme hosts a discussion on female entrepreneurship
- Cass alumna Colettee Delaney named CEO of CIBC CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank
- Students, staff and alumni recently took part in The Impact Factor, a news and current affairs style programme.
- Former Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd’s of London, Dame Inga Beale DBE, discussed her wide-ranging career during a talk with Dr Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer
- Scholars, alumnae and staff from the Cass Global Women’s Leadership Programme attended the Financial Times Women at the Top Summit.
- Marty Wikstrom spoke at Cass in June as the keynote to this year's Global Women's Leadership Programme.
- For International Women's Day this year we held 'Respect at work: how to command it and when to demand it'.
- Cass Dean Professor Marianne Lewis appears in the Financial Times, writing about the importance of gender balance on event panels
- Watch Marianne Lewis, Dean at Cass Business School, speak about gender equality at business schools to CNBC.
- Mr Muhtar Kent meets Cass Coca-Cola Global Women’s Leadership Programme scholars
- Artis Kakonge, recipient of the prestigious Coca-Cola Women's Leadership MBA scholarship, aims to improve access to justice through Cass MBA
- Dr Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer appointed Director of Global Women’s Leadership.