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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. -
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. -
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. -
Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne study found that "passing" was the only way to get ahead. -
Return-to-Work Programs Come of Age
Organizational Development SpotlightMillions of American women left the workforce during the pandemic, mostly to provide care for families when schools and other support systems closed.... -
The Different Reasons Men and Women Leave Their Successful Startups
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchNot every founder departure is a failure. -
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 […] -
Research: Women Leaders Took on Even More Invisible Work During the Pandemic
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThey bore the brunt of mission-critical tasks like supporting employees and advancing DEI. But they aren't getting recognized or rewarded for it. -
Male Allyship Is About Paying Attention
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAsk, listen, learn. -
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. -
Losing Key Talent? Give Executive Women More Choices
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive of the current crop of Presidential contenders have small children. Brownback, Dodd, Edwards, Obama and Thompson collectively have 10 children under... -
Research: Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either
Leading teams Digital ArticleAnd there are implications for who becomes a leader. -
What Men Can Do to Be Better Mentors and Sponsors to Women
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleUnderstand their challenges and help them get ahead. -
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 […] -
Women Dominate College Majors That Lead to Lower-Paying Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBut even studying STEM may not lead to equality. -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
Gender Digital ArticleChanging demographics will change the demands on your workers. -
Russia: A Huge Female Talent Resource for US Companies
Global Business Digital ArticleI was in Moscow last month to conduct two focus groups. I'm just completing a research project on women in science, engineering and technology and am...
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How to Improve Women’s Advancement Programs
Gender Digital ArticleToo often, traditional initiatives reinforce a narrow definition of power that doesn’t fit with women’s experiences and goals. -
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.
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Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship.... -
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. STFC, which is part of a larger non-profit organization... -
Bumble: Taking on Tinder, One Woman at a Time
Management Case Study11.95View Details After a year filled with the highs of entrepreneurial success and the lows of personal hardships, Whitney Wolfe was considering starting a new venture-a... -
Gender at Work
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Artea (D): Discrimination through Algorithmic Bias in Targeting
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible... -
Dr. Jamie Thompson: Diagnosing an Organizational Issue
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a challenging decision faced by Dr. Elizabeth Clarke, Chair of the Surgery Department, regarding what to do about Dr. Jamie Thompson,... -
Boardroom Change in Norway
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 2003, the Norwegian Parliament amended the Public Limited Companies Act in order to achieve greater representation of women on corporate boards. According... -
Employee Advocate or Company Custodian: Choosing Sides in a Sexual Harassment Case
Management Case Study11.95View Details In October 2019, the director of human resources at SMP India Design Centre had a difficult situation to address. She had received a sexual harassment... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (C): Philanthropy by Foundations
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
Laura Rodriguez at OutSite: Playing the "Game" of Professional Advancement (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case provides an account of Laura Rodriguez's career trajectory and the obstacles she has faced and still faces as a female-identifying professional.... -
From Pilot to Platform in Rural Pakistan: A Uniquely-Owned Company Scales to Change Lives
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the journey that led to the creation of Saaf Sehatmand Services (SSS), a business founded by leaders from five consumer goods companies... -
Artea (B): Including Customer-level Demographic Data
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible... -
Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Essence, the first magazine aimed at African-American women, was created by four, young, Black entrepreneurs in the aftermath of massive racial and political... -
The Latest Research: Women and Gender
59.95View Details In the wake of the #MeToo movement and the "Year of the Woman," organizations should seize the opportunity to make strides toward gender equity--not only... -
Career at a Crossroads? (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one... -
The Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and... -
Katchia Gethers: In the Business of Getting Better
Management Case Study11.95View Details This field-based case uses the challenges an elementary school principal encountered during her first year as a seasoned professional in an underperforming... -
EnFi Textiles
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case is about a manufacturer of textile products in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1991 by Jitka Entlichová and her husband Milan Fiedler, EnFi manufactured... -
Darden Investment Sales
Management Case Study11.95View Details TJ, a manager at an investment company, is alarmed when, during an evening out with Leslie, his female colleague, and five male prospective clients, the... -
Altessa Motors: Ericka Schmidt in China
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The marketing manager at a luxury car company attempts to deal with a range of issues that have surfaced in her first two months in the company's new...
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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. -
Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship.... -
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. -
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. STFC, which is part of a larger non-profit organization... -
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. -
Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne study found that "passing" was the only way to get ahead. -
Return-to-Work Programs Come of Age
Organizational Development SpotlightMillions of American women left the workforce during the pandemic, mostly to provide care for families when schools and other support systems closed.... -
The Different Reasons Men and Women Leave Their Successful Startups
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchNot every founder departure is a failure.