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Women do better with networking and sponsorship support, but typically 70% of development opportunities are informal – and men are provided with more feedback. Women need to be supported into more development and profit and loss lead roles.

Each business has its own position on the diversity scale. Before leaping into action, benchmark your organisation’s data to understand where you need to make targeted changes.

A culture where people feel they belong, their uniqueness is valued and they can speak up, needs to be led from the top, through empowerment, courage, accountability and humility.

Removing bias, both in identifying and sourcing candidates and throughout your appointment and promotion processes, will help prevent women being recruited on current capability while men are recruited on potential.

Diverse teams lead to better, more innovative business performance, critical in an increasingly complex world, discover how.

Flexible working needs to be available across the organisation, with people creating employment systems that suit their need for work-life effectiveness.

In 2019, our Women in business campaign will focus on the real world and seeking solutions to leadership diversity. What is holding back women in leadership? How can we put in place a blueprint for action?

Louise Willdridge, Asia Pacific network capabilities at Grant Thornton International, on why women need to be invited to the table – and the golf course.

Cathering Dahl, CEO and co-founder of accounting software provider Beanworks, argues the business case for gender diversity – and says those who don’t recognise it will be left behind.

Read the latest from Grant Thornton International's Women in business report. Josh Graff, LinkedIn UK country manager, believes that everyone should be invited to the board table, and given the chance to prove they belong, without bias or hindrance.

Seeing women leading the way, along with proactive mentors – both female and male – will help women step up into leadership roles, says Lorraine Lloyd-Thomas, managing director - Private Equity and M&A Practice, at Marsh.

Matiana Behrends, people management director for Grant Thornton Argentina, outlines the challenges faced by business women in the region.

Roland Dansell, partner assurance at Grant Thornton Sweden tells the story of his firm’s diversity journey.

As we seek solutions to leadership diversity, our champions for action tell their personal stories.

Danica Murphy, CEO of Prism, a boutique business consultancy in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, answers our questions about opening up leadership opportunities to women

Janki Lalani Gandhi, managing director of Lincoln International LLC, on making investment banking a more attractive career for women.