Why are even women biased against women?
Women are sexist too: even avowed feminists are found to be unconsciously biased against women. Where do these attitudes come from and what can we do about them? Mary Ann Sieghart investigates. Read more
Mary Ann Sieghart
The Authority Gap selected as Fortune’s Top CEO’s book of the year
Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, said, "The Authority Gap is a very important book...a MUST read!" Read more
Speak Up radio programme
Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public, women speak a lot less. Be it in conferences or committee meetings, television or parliamentary debates, women do not get a proportionate amount of air space as men. Read more
The struggle to be taken seriously leads many women to quit
Imagine a scenario where two executives make the same point: one receives nods of agreement, but the other is met with scepticism. For many female managers, the latter reaction is all too real. Read more
How women are taken less seriously than men, and what boards can do about it
Mary Ann Sieghart in conversation with Nurole CEO, Oliver Cummings... Read more
Could the Authority Gap have led to war in Gaza?
Female Israeli soldiers had warned for months that Hamas was planning something. They weren’t taken seriously. Read more
Fireside chat at Eden McCallum
A study of proceedings at the US Supreme Court found that female justices were interrupted three times as often as the men were, and 96% of the time the interruptions were made by men. Read more
Why are women less confident than men?
Mary Ann Sieghart in conversation with Anna Manning Read more
Doubling down on double standards
Russell Reynolds podcast
"A thought-provoking conversation well worth the listen for leaders of any gender." Read more
Lloyd’s of London fireside chat
Mary Ann Sieghart in conversation with Patrick Tiernan, Chief of Markets
In this session, we discussed ideas on how organisations can tackle gender bias and help more women reach their potential. Read more
Recalculating Art radio programme
Art by women is literally undervalued. The highest price achieved by a contemporary female artist is $12.4m, while it is $91m for a man. If a painting is signed by a man it goes up in value, if signed by a woman it goes down. Read more
Why are there so few women in asset management?
The proportion is half that of the Metropolitan Police
‘I think the asset management sector has to be among the worst in the world for gender parity.’ Read more
Women in Power documentary
What does it take to be a powerful woman? As women such as Angela Merkel, Jacinda Ardern and Kamala Harris held power and campaigned to… Read more
