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How the "Glass Wall" Can Hold Female Freelancers Back
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Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Gender Initiatives Are Culture Change Initiatives
Gender Digital ArticleAt least, the successful ones are. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
Work-life balance Big IdeaMen want to step up. Here are four places to start. -
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBy using a structured analysis, organizations can truly begin to deliver on the promise of pay equity. -
The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Gender Big IdeaNew federal policies for paid leave, quality and affordable childcare, fair work schedules, and living wages are more important than ever. -
Research: Your Firm Probably Isn't an Equal Opportunity Employer
Global Business Digital ArticleOnly 1 in 6 companies hold their managers accountable for the progress of women or minorities. -
The Different Reasons Men and Women Leave Their Successful Startups
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Three Ways to Fish in the Global Talent Pool
Talent management Digital ArticleThe world is your talent pool. We’ve been hearing that message ever since corporations started chattering about globalization. The real issue is, how well do you fish in that pool? The difference between strategically fishing and merely flailing the waters of an increasingly diverse talent pool was the top issue at the recent Hidden Brain […] -
The More Women Earn, the Less Healthy They Feel
Gender Digital ArticleBut a new study’s findings are far from straightforward. -
Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
Research: Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either
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What Men Can Do to Be Better Mentors and Sponsors to Women
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleUnderstand their challenges and help them get ahead. -
Gender, Race, and Heartache in the Race for the Presidency
Global Business Digital ArticleMy colleagues in Canada find the U.S. Presidential campaign process exceedingly odd - months and months of debate. What's the purpose? But I don't mind... -
When the Glass Ceiling Helps
Gender Digital ArticleThe glass ceiling is an infamous barrier, but a team at Duke recently discovered that it actually metamorphoses from a negative to a positive as women move from below it to above it. For middle-management women, it’s a barrier; for top leaders, it’s a mark of courage and ability. In fact, women in the top […] -
Will the Pandemic Reshape Notions of Female Leadership?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCountries led by women have suffered six times fewer Covid-19 deaths than those led by men. -
Academia Isn't a Safe Haven for Conversations About Race and Racism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow so-called progressive spaces silence people of color. -
Male Mentors Shouldn't Hesitate to Challenge Their Female Mentees
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWe all learn to lead through stretch assignments.
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How to Equitably Assign High-Profile Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleWorking with researchers, four companies used a data-driven approach to balance who was doing the office housework and who was getting promotion-making assignments. -
Research: How Remote Work Impacts Women at Different Stages of Their Careers
Gender Digital ArticleData on software engineers at a Fortune 500 company revealed that junior and senior women saw contrasting costs and benefits. -
Research: When Employees Identify with Their Company, They’re Less Likely to Recognize Gender Discrimination
Workplace discrimination Digital ArticleBeware the “not here” bias. -
More Women Work in Nonprofits. So Why Do Men End Up Leading Them?
Gender Digital ArticleData from 1 million nonprofit workers show that men have an easier pathway to leadership — and suggests how to level the playing field. -
Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
Business and society Digital ArticleThree ways policymakers, financiers, and other stakeholders can mitigate gender bias in entrepreneurial funding. -
What Demographics Forms Say About Inclusivity at Your Company
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleTwo low-cost, low-risk suggestions that can boost belonging. -
Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks
Gender Digital ArticleCompanies can help women overcome common obstacles they face when trying to forge powerful professional ties. -
How to Build an Intersectional Approach to Talent Management
Intersectionality Digital ArticleMany organizations now realize that their struggles with workplace culture and recruitment may stem from a monolithic approach to policies, processes, and mindsets. -
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
Business ethics Digital ArticleBy using a structured analysis, organizations can truly begin to deliver on the promise of pay equity. -
How Companies Can Support Employees Experiencing Menopause
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleInaction will be increasingly costly for organizations. -
Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleIn one company, managers were able to reduce gendered descriptions of employee traits and behaviors — but not how they valued and rewarded them. -
3 Ways Men Can Advance Gender Equity at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThe majority of men report that they care about the issue. Here’s what’s holding them back from enacting change. -
Research: How Women Improve Decision-Making on Boards
Gender Digital ArticleEvidence suggests they enable deeper, more nuanced boardroom discussions. -
Overcoming Today’s DEI Leadership Challenges
Diversity and inclusion Big IdeaAn interview with former VICE Media chief people officer Daisy Auger-Domínguez. -
Where Does DEI Go from Here?
Diversity and inclusion Big IdeaFostering four freedoms can benefit employees and companies alike. -
The Next Phase of DEI
Management Digital Article"The Next Phase of DEI" Big Idea features the following three articles. In "Where Does DEI Go from Here?", author Laura Morgan Roberts, a researcher in... -
When Diversity Meets Feedback
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
Business and society Digital ArticleWorking–and living–inauthentically can cause stress, mental illness, or worse. -
How a Remote Australian Mine Became a Gender-Balanced Workplace
Gender Digital ArticleThe transformation sheds light on how sexist and homophobic cultures in male-dominated industries can change. -
What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleEven if the law continues to evolve in a conservative direction, at least three common approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion will endure.
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Margaret Huebner: Building the Human Resources Function at Oman's Port of Salalah
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Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
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Broadway Angels (2022)
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5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2024 Edition (5 Books)
Management Book115.00View Details Five years' worth of management wisdom, all in one place. Get the latest, most significant thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review in "5 Years... -
Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space
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Illustrative Transformations (B)
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Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean
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Be.artsy: A Social Entrepreneur's Dilemma in Scaling Women Empowerment
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Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)
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Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)
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Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
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"No More Uncle": Asian Men's Beauty Care in the Forefront of Gender-Neutral Marketing
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Luna Pen (A)
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Girls Who Code
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State Street-The Development and Growth of SHE
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details State Street Global Advisors was the investment arm of State Street Corporation, one of the largest custodians and asset managers in the world with over... -
Young Lion Brewery: Leveraging Female Leadership?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case features a woman entrepreneur whose early-stage company has achieved some regional success creating craft beer in a highly competitive, male-dominated... -
General Motors: 1991 Equity Financing
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Bob O'Connell, CFO of General Motors, is considering a variety of equity alternatives to fund a large shortfall over the next couple of years. His tasks... -
Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (D)
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British Broadcasting Corporation: Under Fire for Gender Pay Inequality
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details On January 10, 2020, Samira Ahmed, a British Asian woman, won a landmark gender discrimination case against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)....
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How the "Glass Wall" Can Hold Female Freelancers Back
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhile escaping corporate hierarchies may offer women a reprieve from the Glass Ceiling, freelancing comes with its own structural barriers. -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
Margaret Huebner: Building the Human Resources Function at Oman's Port of Salalah
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how consultant Margaret Huebner successfully updated the human resources (HR) function for the emergent Port of Salalah in the Sultanate... -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Gender Initiatives Are Culture Change Initiatives
Gender Digital ArticleAt least, the successful ones are. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
Work-life balance Big IdeaMen want to step up. Here are four places to start. -
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBy using a structured analysis, organizations can truly begin to deliver on the promise of pay equity. -
The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Gender Big IdeaNew federal policies for paid leave, quality and affordable childcare, fair work schedules, and living wages are more important than ever. -
Research: Your Firm Probably Isn't an Equal Opportunity Employer
Global Business Digital ArticleOnly 1 in 6 companies hold their managers accountable for the progress of women or minorities.