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The Recruiter Paradox: Why Companies Pay 30% to Hire But Won't Pay 5% to Keep
Or: How 15 Years in Recruitment Taught Us That You're All Paying for the Same Problem Twice The Math That Doesn't Add Up You just paid a recruiter €45,000 to hire a €150,000-per-year senior woman. That's 30% of her annual salary, which is a standard agency fee in the industry . The placement was smooth. The candidate started well. Everyone celebrated the new addition to the team. Twelve months later, she leaves for a competitor. Your finance team calculates the cost: recruit
Nov 195 min read


The Meeting After the Meeting: Why Your Best Female Talent Isn't Making It to Leadership
Your succession plan gets decided in hallways, not boardrooms. Why informal networks are costing you your best female leaders-and what to do about it.
Oct 225 min read


The Mirroring Effect: Why Leadership Teams All Look the Same
Look at your leadership team photo. Go ahead, we'll wait. Got it? Now tell us - if you lined up the backgrounds, universities, golf...
Oct 85 min read


Are You Actually Promoting Talent Or Confidence?
Let’s play a game. In this game, you are presented with 2 candidates and need to guess who of these two candidates just got promoted....
Sep 247 min read


The Board Meeting Question That Breaks Executives (And How to Answer It With Confidence)
How top companies respond when boards ask: “Why aren’t more women leading here?” Actionable solutions for advancing female leaders.
Sep 105 min read
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