Did you know that according to this 2011 Linked In survey of 1,000 women professionals, while 80% said having a mentor was important, only 20% actually had a mentor? In my work as an executive coach and speaker, I notice how easy it is for many women to second-guess ourselves. We tend to focus...
Study: Unlocking The Full Potential Of Women (McKinsey 2011, Barsh, Yee) Finding: The talent pipeline for women into senior management starts to diminish at the Director level, generating a shrinking talent pool for the C-Suite ranks. InPower Insight: Companies need to manage their talent...
Study: Taking Gender into Account: Theory & Design for Women's Leadership Development (Ely-Harvard Business School, Ibarra-INSEAD, Kolb-Simmons, 2011) Finding: Subtle, "second generation" forms of gender bias operate in corporate culture, but skill building programs that recognize these biases...
Study: Women in the Labor Force - A Databook (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013) Finding: Women's participation in the workforce is vibrant, substantial and growing. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women. Our Research...
Study: Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives: What Change Agents Need to Know (Catalyst, 2009, Prime, Racusin) Finding: Before men will support gender equality in their organization, they must undertand that it exists. InPower Insight: Want to achieve greater gender equality in your organization?...
Ladies, I write a lot for women, but I talk to many men who want to help us too. I recently wrote this for Smartblogs on Leadership (where lots of men hang out) and thought you might like to pass it on to the men you know that have women (especially younger women) reporting to them. Enjoy! If...
I like working with men, I really do. Of my clients and colleagues, the gender mix is evenly distributed. Over the years, I’ve become accustomed to being the only woman in a room full of businessmen and have never felt excluded or diminished. When I read the vigorous (and occasionally venomous)...
Study: Resolving the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap (Scott Shane, The Bloomberg BusinessWeek 2011) Finding: The entrepreneurial gender gap remains stagnant but encouraging young girls to pursue careers in business could foster growth. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was...
Study: Where the Worlds Top Companies Stand: 20-First's Global Gender Balance Scorecard 2011 (Wittenberg-Cox, 20-First 2011) Finding: Executive committees are a much better indicator of true gender balance in corporate culture than board reports, and women's representation on them tends to lag...
I first posted this on my Reclaiming Leadership blog in June 2012. It still gets positive responses today. I’m a woman and I like to hear about women making it big in business, but I keep running across data that says that we still aren’t up there with the guys – despite “overwhelming evidence”...
