Study: Calling All White Men: Can Training Help Create Inclusive Workplaces? (Catalyst, 2012) Finding: Diversity programs for white male leaders can build more positive workplace cultures and build awareness around full inclusion. InPower Insight: Awareness matters. Taking the time to help...
Gender Trends
Research Says: Women’s Ambition On the Decline
Study: Women's Ambition: A Surprising Report (Lesley Jane Seymour, MORE and Polling Company/Women Trend 2011) Finding: Women's ambitions towards career advancement is tied to on-the-job flexibility, while women search for balance. InPower Insight: Women's top priority at work is flexibility, which...
Research Wonders: Can Women Fix Capitalism with Centered Leadership?
Study: Profile of a Centered Leader (Joanna Barsh, Johanne Lavoie, McKinsey 2014) Finding: Successful and happy women leaders who love their work at the top have some common "centered leadership" characteristics that resonate with men, too. InPower Insight: Summary: Based on interviews with...
Research Says: Women in Tech Venture Capital
Study: The Plain Numbers of Women in Tech Venture Capital (Hess, 2012) Finding: Women are not well represented in the ranks of tech venture capital firms (VCs). InPower Insight: In one of the fastest growing segments of the economy - high tech - the people driving the funding agenda are primarily...
Research Says: The Case for Workforce Diversity
Study: Business Case for Diversity with Inclusion (Business Case for Inclusion and Engagement, Robinson, Pfeffer, Buccigrossi, 2003) Finding: Even in workplaces where the intentions are genuine, some people find obstacles to their full engagement based not on issues of qualification and...
Research Summary: Best Practices for Women Leaders in Lifesciences
Study: E.D.G.E. Women in Leadership Study (Healthcare Businesswomen's Association [HBA] and Booz, Allen, Hamilton, 2007) Finding: There are six best practices that companies need to adopt to create the environment that will help women make it into leadership, and stay there. Note...
Research Says: Equal Pay is Still a Stretch Goal
We hear a lot about the pay gap and there certainly is one. But what we're learning is that the pay gap isn't all about discrimination. The choices women make matter too. Nothing is all or nothing! - InPower Editors (updated May 13, 2016) Finding: Everyone agrees there is still an equal pay gap...
Research Says: 2nd Generation Gender Bias Can Be Overcome
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...
Research Says: What Women Want in Their Leaders
Study: What Women Want in Their Leaders (Harvard Business Review, 2012, Vongalis-Macrow, Gallant) Finding: The assumption that "what women want" is to work for women, isn't necessarily true. InPower Insight: Leadership is gender neutral. Summary: In a study where mid-career women were surveyed...
Research Summary: Men, Women and Leadership – A Paradox in Public Attitudes
Title: Men, Women and Leadership: A Paradox in Public Attitudes Study: Men or Women, Who's The Better Leader? A Paradox in Public Attitudes (Taylor, Morin, Wang, Cohn, Clark. Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends, 2008) Finding: Even though women are scored equal or higher on all...