More women in consulting – Listen, learn and lead the change
More women in consulting - Listen, learn and lead the change
Podcast Description
This podcast series that amplifies the perspectives of women in the consulting industry. Through honest conversations and personal reflections, we explore what it takes to lead, connect, and thrive in a field still striving for gender balance.Each episode dives into key topics such as parental leave, internal and external networking, and leadership — all through the lens of those navigating the consulting world as women and allies.This series builds on the work of the More Women in Consulting initiative — a cross-company collaboration launched in 2020 under the Confederation of Danish Industry, which over several years has mapped key challenges and gathered concrete, actionable solutions to drive progress across the management consulting industry. Each episode delves into themes such as leadership, networking, parental leave, and equal pay. Through in-depth conversations with industry professionals, we explore what’s working and what still needs to change. The foundation of this podcast is the 2024 inspirational catalogue, which presents 8 key initiatives and concrete recommendations for improving gender equality in management consulting. You can read it here: more-women-in-consulting_part2_web-opslagny.pdf
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Content Themes
The podcast explores key themes such as leadership, networking, parental leave, and equal pay, featuring episodes that discuss practical strategies for supporting women in consulting. For instance, an episode on parental leave examines how firms can better assist employees transitioning back to work, while other episodes focus on the role of internal women’s networks and the benefits of joining external professional networks.
This podcast series that amplifies the perspectives of women in the consulting industry. Through honest conversations and personal reflections, we explore what it takes to lead, connect, and thrive in a field still striving for gender balance.
Each episode dives into key topics such as parental leave, internal and external networking, and leadership — all through the lens of those navigating the consulting world as women and allies.
This series builds on the work of the More Women in Consulting initiative — a cross-company collaboration launched in 2020 under the Confederation of Danish Industry, which over several years has mapped key challenges and gathered concrete, actionable solutions to drive progress across the management consulting industry.
Each episode delves into themes such as leadership, networking, parental leave, and equal pay. Through in-depth conversations with industry professionals, we explore what’s working and what still needs to change.
The foundation of this podcast is the 2024 inspirational catalogue, which presents 8 key initiatives and concrete recommendations for improving gender equality in management consulting.
You can read it here: more-women-in-consulting_part2_web-opslagny.pdf
In this episode, we explore how management consultancy firms can better support employees navigating parenthood and returning from parental leave. What are companies doing to retain returning parents — and what actually works in practice?
We’re joined by two guests with very different experiences: one who transitioned back into consulting after parental leave, and one who chose to resign within a year of returning. Together, they reflect on what support made a real difference and what is missing. We’ll also debate what additional efforts consulting firms could make to ease the transition back to work and everyday life, and what it really takes to support family expansion in a high performance industry.
Presentation of guests:
- Host: Emily Christensen, Nordic Sustainability
- Rebekka R Gunnarsdottir, Senior Manager, EY
- Hildur María Hólmarsdóttir, Environmental Sustainability Business Partner, Falck (Previous Senior Consultant, Rambøll Management Consulting)
- Julie Carøe, Midwife and Founder, Sammen Med Jer
This episode is a must-listen for leaders, HR professionals, and anyone shaping the future of consulting. Let’s reimagine what it means to support parents—not just during leave, but all the way through their return.
Summary
How do we make coming back from parental leave feel less like a cliff edge and more like a soft landing? In this inspiring episode of Voices of Consulting, we dive into the real-life stories of two consultants navigating the return to work after becoming parents.
Hildur María Hólmarsdóttir (Falck) and Rebekka R Gunnarsdottir (EY) open up about the support they needed, what worked—and what didn’t. Together with host Emily Christensen, they explore how consulting firms can create truly family-friendly cultures, with flexibility, empathy, and structure at the core.
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