Richard Edelman Quotes

In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.

I just think overall there's not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

Many businesses understand the advantages of gender parity.

The culture of tech companies cannot change if women aren't in the room.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.

Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.

The image of the unions is still not in tune with where we actually are, which is fifty-fifty men and women, with an increasing number of women at the top. I think it is changing, but I'm not complacent about this.

The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.

I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.

This is the first generation where, to any extent, men and women are working together as equals.

I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.

The private sector is the innovation engine of our economy, and more private-sector businesses and organizations than ever are recognizing that training, promoting, and retaining women is essential to their continued competitiveness - and their bottom line.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

How hard is it to get female panellists?

I come from gender-balanced workplaces. I started off working in medicine, and when I went through med school, it's 50/50 men and women. And when I started working as a doctor, it's 50/50 men and women. So I've always been very accustomed to women occupying pivotal roles in the professional environment.

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.

My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs.

Four out of five HSN corporate officers are women. I'm a believer that a diversity of mindset enables us to have an engaged conversation.

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

In the Philippines, we don't have that much of a problem. There's not much difference between the men and the women. In our business, we always have a good mixture of the men and the women.

Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.

We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.