Study: The real reason women get fewer patents and trademarks than men do (The Washington Post: Business, 2012, Khazan) Finding: While the number of women receiving patents and trademarks has increased, the number actually commercialized is still low because women hold fewer design jobs. Note...
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Research Says: The Man’s Way May Not Be the Best Way (at least not for professional women)
Study: The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All The Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? (Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva, Catalyst 2011) Finding: Closing the career advancement gap may require women to play by a different set of rules InPower Insight: Speaking up and owning your...
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...
Women CEO’s – Myths and Messages From The Top, an Infographic
As life at the corporate top goes, women have come a long way — but has it been far enough? That’s a question that intrigued Motif Investing, which created an infographic titled “Women CEOs — Myths and Messages From the Top” to illustrate the current state of female executives. For example, while...
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: Women in Leadership As Good As Men
Study: Women Leaders Perceived as Effective as Male Counterparts (American Psychological Association, 2014) Finding: When it comes to being perceived as effective leaders, women are rated as highly as men, and sometimes higher. InPower Insight: Regardless of what you think "is true" about how...
Research Says: Women More Likely To Lead the Social Enterprise
Study: The State of Social Enterprise Survey 2013 (Social Enterprise UK, 2013) Finding: Social enterprises are attracting more female leaders and more leaders from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities than mainstream businesses. InPower Insight: Women are drawn to organizations that...
Women Advancing The Workforce [nfographic]
Although we've made great strides over the last hundred years in defining equality and in blurring the line between genders and their roles in society, there aren't that many women in leadership positions. Well the trend is finally upon us and more and more women are entering into authoritative...
Research Says: Women on Boards Percentages Still Low in the Fortune 500
Title: Women on Boards - 2013 Catalyst Census Study: 2013 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (Rachel Soares, Mark Bartkiewicz, Liz Mulligan-Ferry, Catalyst, 2013) Finding: The number of women on boards in the Fortune 500 has not changed in the last 12 months. Note about The Woman...