In this podcast Professor Valerie Stead invites Ann Francke, OBE, Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute to reflect on the importance of the gender challenges, featured in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, for developing better led and managed organisations. Ann discusses lessons we can learn from successful initiatives, and shares her insights on the opportunities and challenges exposed by the Covid-19 crisis, including the practical steps that managers and leaders can take to stimulate change. 

Professor Valerie Stead invites Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight, Financial Conduct Authority to reflect on the  importance of the gender challenges, featured in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, for the financial services sector. Julia talks about why these challenges are proving so resilient, the deeper cultural issues that organisations need to address to bring about change, and the implications of the Covid-19 crisis and Black Lives Matter protests for moving forward.

What are the key features of the gender pay gap, the leadership pipeline and the challenge of managing the personal and the professional? In this episode Ben Harrison, Director of the Work Foundation talks to Professor Valerie Stead about key aspects of each of the gender challenges explored in the Gender Matters 2020 brochure, including what the challenges look like in the financial services sector, how the challenges combine to reinforce inequalities, and the implications and impact of the Covid-19 crisis.