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A Conversation with Wendy Lyons, Judge for the UK Social Mobility Awards
NEWSROOM The UK Social Mobility Awards were created to recognise the organisations and individuals displaying outstanding commitment to the advancement of social mobility. These initiatives, however, do not exist in a vacuum. Over the years there have been myriad...
Are attractive women less likely to be trusted at work? Wendy Lyons comments in The Times
NEWSROOM Are attractive women less likely to be trusted at work? Wendy Lyons comments in The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/too-sexy-for-the-office-the-woman-who-says-attractiveness-is-a-curse-at-work-femme-fatale-effect-5k8w5d83j Share this...
Hollywood’s Gender Imbalance. Wendy Lyons comments in the Metro
NEWSROOM Wendy Lyons comments on Harvey Weinstein and the gender imbalance that still exists in many organisations. http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/13/hollywoods-gender-imbalance-is-to-blame-for-the-silence-of-women-abused-by-harvey-weinstein-6993020/ Share this...
Why guilty people can make good employees
NEWSROOM Wendy Lyons comments on a new study about how guilt-prone individuals are less likely to engage in unethical behaviour at work. http://www.bps.org.uk/news/why-guilty-people-can-make-good-employees Share this post:
Are you a Xennial? Wendy Lyons comments in The Times
NEWSROOM Wendy Lyons comments in The Times on Xennials - a newly defined generational cohort. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/don-t-fit-in-you-must-be-a-xennial-6hm8n2ksb Share this post:
Advancing Women to the Board: Radical Changes Required?
NEWSROOM Two and a half years have passed since The Davies Report urged a greater representation of women on boards. Some progress followed. However, in May this year, the Financial Times reported that the number of women on boards had stalled and that any increase...
Women at the Top – Changing the Givens
NEWSROOM By an interesting coincidence, two articles in December 2013 addressed the same issue - the paucity of women in the Boardroom - in much the same way. Both Maggi Evans, writing in The Psychologist, and Baroness Kingsmill in Management Today note that there are...
The UK Assessment Centre Conference
NEWSROOM Charles Woodruffe delivered a keynote speech to the UK Assessment Centre conference. His theme, entitled "Fair Enough: Suggestions for Ensuring a Valid and Equitable Centre", was the crucial importance of keeping assessment centre exercises as close as...