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...
Study: Millennial Women Burn Out Early (Forbes 2011) Finding: Studies show that Millenial women are reaching their corporate career peak at age 30 and burning out due to going non-stop from grade school straight into the corporate world. InPower Insight: Find time to relax in your day or early...
Study: Recession and It's Aftermath Create More Mr. Moms (Wall Street Journal, 2011) Finding: Working Dad's are transitioning into Mr. Moms in the aftermath of recent recessions, and are allowing their working wives to carry the economic burden. InPower Insight: Embrace the shift of women working...
Study: Gender, Motivation, and Coping in the Evaluation of Leadership Effectiveness (Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996) Finding: When women couple non-defensive coping capabilities with high levels of self esteem and confidence, they are seen as more effective leaders....
Study: MT/Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)'s Index of Leadership Trust (FreshMinds Consultants, 2010) Finding: Female CEO's are gaining trust and proving competent, and it isn't because they're more empathetic, but likely because they are more meticulous in their methodologies....
Study: Women of Tomorrow: U.S. Multicultural Insights (Neilson Consultants, 2012) Finding: U.S. women are optimistic, expect to be earning a greater percentage of their household income in the future and feel in control of their household spending. InPower Insight: Regardless of what you believe...
Study: Is There A Payoff From Top-Team Diversity? (McKinsey 2012, Thomas Barta, Makus Kleiner, Tilo Neumann) Finding: Companies with diverse executive boards have notably higher earnings and returns on equity. InPower Insight: Increase the diversity of your executive top-team to increase your...
Study: His Brain, Her Brain (Scientific American Minds 2012) NOTE: Recent research by Daphna Joel at Tel Aviv University throws the "different brains" theory into question by looking at physical brain structure. "between 0 and 8 per cent of people had “all-male” or “all-female” brains, depending...
Study: The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards, 2004–2008 (Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D., and Harvey M. Wagner, Ph.D., Catalyst 2011) Finding: This update of the 2007 study finds that Fortune 500 companies with high representations of women in board leadership...
Study: Women Matter: Gender Diversity, A Corporate Performance Driver (McKinsey & Co, 2007, Deveaux, Devilliard-Hoellinger, Baumgarten) Finding: While the gender diversity gap remains in corporate leadership, women and forward thinking companies are demonstrating that company excellence comes...
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