When Jo Sellwood and Sharon Mullen co-founded Strategi Search & Selection they were determined to create a business that was not based on a culture of `presenteeism’. They had learned first-hand that long hours in the office do not necessarily lead to increased productivity or job satisfaction. Work...

Amanda Alexander is correct in many of her observations. I founded a consultancy, Silverhawk Partners , to help clients to access flexible talent at a senior level. There are many cultural and economic benefits in offering people flexible working opportunities. My background briefly, is that I ran a...

Strange though it is, we still grapple with the subject of barriers to women reaching the top. Last century’s commentators talked of women facing the “glass ceiling” where their ambitions for the top jobs seemed to be capped by the invisible forces of workplace culture and discrimination. Mummy track...