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FAREWELL TO THE FUTURE LEADERS AWARD

We launched the Future Leaders Award in 2010. At the time the focus was on women getting on Boards.

WiC knew that in order to achieve more women on boards, we would need to identify and support women with the potential to reach senior management and executive board positions – what began to be called the “talent pipeline”.

Between then and 2017 we recognised many outstanding females all of whom have gone on to undertake more stretching and more senior roles.

We’re proud of the success of this and our earlier Woman of Achievement Award which recognised senior women who were actively championing the progress of women in their teams, organisations and sectors.

We are delighted that WiC was at the forefront of a  recognising gender diversity champions and  future female leaders, carving a pathway for other awards and businesswomen to follow.

This website is now “mothballed” but we do hope you’ll explore the section on our Winners.

Future Leaders Award Latest News

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First published in 2017, Green Park and Operation Black Vote, developed the Colour of Power to graphically illustrate the lack of female and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation in the upper echelons of the UK’s most powerful institutions. Out of more than 1,000 of the most senior posts in the UK, only 3.4% of occupants were […]

Pension pots may be rising, but the gender savings gap is widening

The average pension pot of UK employees in large firms is now £120k, a 35% increase on three years ago, according to new Changing Trends of Financial Wellbeing research undertaken by Close Brothers. However, outside of pensions, average savings and investments have fallen 3%, and delving into the detail reveals a widening gender savings gap. […]

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On March 16th 2020 the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson started giving the nation daily updates urging its citizens to work from home as part of the COVID-19 response. Even before that date, over in the City of London, many firms had introduced working from home for a large proportion of their workers, expecting that […]

Engaging with Millennials – the future of retail banking

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More than half of women avoid asking for a pay rise

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9 in 10 women Face Problems Returning to Work After Having Children

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Courage and better processes are keys to senior level roles

[Author:  Gwen Rhys] My 25-yr old godson recently attended a corporate away-day: “Did you know research shows that women only apply for jobs when they met 100% of the qualifications listed, as opposed to men, who apply if they met 60%?” he asked me. I replied that well, yes, I had heard this (yawn!). I […]

Culture matters when it comes to the acquisition and retention of female talent

I was delighted to be asked by Leathwaite to contribute to its 2019 Global HR Leadership Report. This data-rich document is the result of a poll of 1000 Global HR leaders including Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs), Heads of Specialist Functions (including Talent, Reward, Learning and Recruiting) and those at the vanguard of HR Transformation […]

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