When it comes to creating a genuinely diverse and equal workforce, corporate Britain is still failing women.

You are undoubtedly aware of the statistics. While women and men enter the workforce in equal numbers, women make up less than a third of senior leadership in most corporates. This is despite huge media coverage and concerted efforts by government and business over the past two decades. And recent studies reveal that senior women are leaving their jobs in the highest numbers ever recorded.

Clearly, the current approach isn't working. But why? We decided to find out.

We commissioned new research giving a voice to women at the heart of Britain’s corporate environment. In other words, we did something incredibly simple yet mind-blowingly powerful. We asked the women.

Most of the existing research on women in the workplace is either US-centric or combines data from multiple territories. It is also primarily quantitative. We wanted to hear from UK women, directly and at depth, about their wants, needs and experiences.