If you care about female leadership in business, recent research from a review set up by the UK government may leave you stunned. Researchers probing the relative dearth of women in high echelons of the UK’s largest companies shared some of the reasons FTSE 350 board chairs and CEOs offered for not putting more women on their boards. “Most women don’t want the hassle or pressure of sitting on a board,” was one rationale. Or how about, “We have one woman already on the board”?
