...[A Grant Thornton study has revealed that] the proportion of women in the most senior roles has stagnated at 24% the same as the result in 2012, 2009 and 2007...[W]hat are...[women's] roadblocks...to senior management? This report starts by looking at education...The figures...[relating to] the gender of graduates...hired by businesses add a further layer of complexity...just 21% of the typical global graduate intake are women. The IBR surveys...suggest that mid-market businesses are closing themselves off to [women]...[W]hat should be done [?]...Support amongst businesses for quotas is steadily growing...but we certainly do not want...women...simply brought in to make up the numbers...[W]hat [can] businesses...do to facilitate the path of women to the boardroom [?]...[T]his is something business leaders should consider if they want to benefit from the improved decision-making greater gender diversity can bring...