The poll found that 33% of men felt there was too much emphasis placed on achieving gender balance, compared to 13% of women. Almost half (47%) of female managers feel too little effort goes into gender equality.
Two-thirds of managers think that businesses can successfully navigate future challenges without gender-balanced leadership, while only a third of female managers feel this to be the case.
Many female managers felt they had missed out on opportunities because of their identity, according to the CMI. Thirty-seven per cent of female managers with children said they’d missed out on promotion, for example.
