HR must champion and support older women

By Elva Ainsworth

The menopause often leads boards to lose experienced female talent, but it doesn’t have to be this way, says Elva Ainsworth

In the hairdressers the other day, I was having my usual dye and trim treatment when I remembered the phrase we used to use when I worked in a consultancy 20-plus years ago: “This one needs some grey hair.” This meant the client was tricky to impress and needed a more mature consultant to front the job than the keen bright young things we were (in our 20s and 30s – and usually female). The ‘grey hair’ consultants were always older… and they were also always male.

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