Page 6 - Women Entrepreneurs

Powering women entrepreneurs

Gender bias is a key suppressor of their potential, and a complicated one to address

Women to represent 52% entrepreneurs at GES in Hyderabad: Amitabh Kant

The GES in Hyderabad will be co-hosted by India and the US

Bengaluru ranks 40 among top 50 cities for women entrepreneurs: Dell

The only other Indian city in the tally is Delhi, that at the 49th spot, just ahead of Jakarta

Govt to launch exclusive scheme for women entrepreneurs

It might be launched before the end of the financial year

Women ahead in key emotional intelligence competencies

Women score higher than men on nearly all emotional intelligence competencies, except emotional self-control, where no gender differences are observed, according to new research by the Hay Group division of global people and organisational advisory firm Korn Ferry. Data from 55,000 professionals across 90 countries and all levels of management, collected between 2011 and 2015 by using the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory - developed by Richard E Boyatzis, Daniel Goleman and Hay Group - found that women more effectively employ the emotional and social competencies correlated with effective leadership and management than men. The greatest difference between the sexes can be seen in emotional self-awareness, where women are 86 per cent more likely than men to be seen as using the competency consistently (18.4 per cent demonstrate it compared to just 9.9 per cent of men). Also, women are 45 per cent more likely than men to be seen as demonstrating empathy consistently. The smalles

Women's Day with self-defence thrust

A number of start-ups and e-commerce companies plan to mark Women's Day by celebrating success stories of employees