Talent naar de Top

Het initiatief voor meer vrouwen naar de top

Charter

HR Best Practices

Combine work and care

Artikel

Introduction
Enablers
Tools

Background

  • Following the merger of Pricewaterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, a staff survey showed that 60% of staff were unhappy with work-life balance, even though flexible working had been introducedFurther research by the Diversity Director identified that the problem was partly cultural and partly due to a lack of understanding and application of the PwC diversity values
  • In 1998, formal PwC diversity approach launched
  • In the Netherlands, PwC has a family unfriendly image and main issue is the outflow of women when they have children

Currently

  • Diversity fully incorporated in company culture
  • Diversity policies and values widely communicated and applied

Results

  • Satisfaction in work-life balance from 40% in 1999 to 73% in 2005
  • 51% of client service and practice support staff are female in 2007
  • 22% of new partners in 2007 were women (13% in 2000)
  • 44% of 2006 graduate intake were female (38% in 2004)
  • Currently, 30% of the members of the board of directors are women

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Talent to the Top

TopBrainstorm was set up in May 2007 to stimulate government, corporate business and women themselves to introduce more female talent at the top. On the 30th of October 2007 TopBrainstorm presented, in the presence of the Prime Minister and other members of the government, a number of proposals to engage and nurture this female talent. The Charter Talent to the Top and supplementary plans should to the intended increase of the number of women in (the run-up to) top positions. Considering the sharp rise in the aging population, the shortage in the labor market, and especially the need for us to distinguish ourselves in the area of innovation, TopBrainstorm is convinced that the use of this talent is essential for the future of Netherlands Inc.