#WECAN Driving Change - Attracting and retaining talent

Female entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and studies on women’s employment journeys have significantly increased in recent years, highlighting their growing importance in the business world and in particular SME’s (small and medium enterprises).

Evidence suggests that women have huge potential to transform organisations and ability to exhibit remarkable resilience in overcoming adversity and successfully advancing their careers.

This phenomenon highlights the necessity of empowering, enabling and equipping women to overcome the barriers that women encounter while also recognising their ability to make a real difference to organisations and our communities.

As part of the #WECAN Project part funded by the European Social Fund (2021 – 2023), academics from Leeds Beckett University and Edge Hill University conducted research into the barriers faced by women and businesses enrolled on the project.

Focusing on attracting and retaining talent we will be asking how can we support SMEs to identify and implement solutions that are fit for their organisation and contribute to its overall long-term sustainability and resilience.