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How Asian firms cracked the code to attract, retain high-ranking women

More than three-quarters of large organizations globally are looking to add more women to their upper echelons

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Livia yap, Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Melissa Cheok & Bhuma Shrivastava | Bloomberg
Few companies have cracked the code on how to attract, develop and retain high-ranking women.

Women managers and executives are in big demand in Asia, which makes keeping the ones you’ve got even more crucial.

More than three-quarters of large organizations globally are looking to add more women to their upper echelons, with most offering attractive pay and adopting special recruitment programs. Still, as of April 2018 women held only one in four positions at the manager level and higher in Asia, a McKinsey & Co. report shows. That compares with more than one in three at companies in the

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