Each board member must ultimately become the driving force for change
First Women Exclusives · December 10, 2015
According to a recent E-Skills Survey, only 17 per cent of women work in the technology sector – a worrying statistic in anyone’s books and enough to make it harder to collectively increase the percentage of women at the top. Technology companies are thus constantly encouraged to be more creative, more innovative, and more exciting.
Kate Cox, CMO of HEG, explains why the approach to gender diversity needs to encompass every part of corporate life. It’s not enough to have one woman advocating for change in the boardroom and leave it there – teams then need to put this into practice throughout their day-to-day activities.
Each member of the board must ultimately become the driving force which inspires their team to act on these ideas and plans, Cox suggested. Until we see better female representation at every level of the technology industry, we must keep working hard to ensure that the same opportunities are offered regardless of gender.
To find out more about encouraging further diversity in the boardrooms of tech companies, read the full article on Real Business.
