On November 13th we launch the 2018 report on increasing the number of women on FTSE Boards & in leadership positions, in the lead up to that we look again at the Top 10 excuses often heard in 2011 from board chairs for not appointing more women, thankfully heard less often now..
1. 'I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
2. ‘There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experience to sit on the board - the issues covered are extremely complex’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
3. ‘Most women don’t want the hassle or pressure of sitting on a board’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
4.‘Shareholders just aren’t interested in the make-up of the board, so why should we be?’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
5.‘My other board colleagues wouldn’t want to appoint a woman on our board’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
6.‘All the ‘good’ women have already been snapped up’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
7.‘We have one woman already on the board, so we are done - it is someone else’s turn’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
8.‘There aren’t any vacancies at the moment - if there were I would think about appointing a woman’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
9.‘We need to build the pipeline from the bottom - there just aren’t enough senior women in this sector’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
10.‘I can’t just appoint a woman because I want to’ #WomenOnBoards ftsewomenleaders.com Top 10 Excuses
