The Times | Beyond the school run

Why men need to leave the debate

The glass ceiling is being attacked from the top at two big firms…

Louise Webster, founder of Beyond the School Run website is not surprised. “A lot of male-dominated organisations, such as banks and law firms, are contacting me because they are exploring different ways to work,” she says. “They are seeing what I’m seeing, which is that a lack of diversity is stifling women in bog corporates, and often when they go on maternity leave they won’t go back. There is talent drain.”