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Research Summary: Do Women in Management Improve Firm Performance?

  Study: Does Female Representation in Top Management Improve Firm Performance? (Social Science Research Network, 2011, Deszo, Ross) Finding: Female representation in top management brings informational and social diversity benefits to the top management team,...

How to Be a Good Mentor (Coach Leader)

We talk so much about how important it is to have a mentor, but Dana thinks (and we agree) that we should also talk about important it is to BE a mentor – at any stage in your career. Who can you mentor to help you develop the important “coaching” leadership skills...

Managing People – Do We Really Do That?

My first management experience was a disaster. I had a poor manager myself and was told to “be in charge” of a group of my peers, who did not report to me and had no particular reason to do what I told them to do. It turned into a backstabbing circus within hours....

Calm Your Inner Voice for Work-Life Success

Too often work-life life seems overwhelming, but how much of that is under our control? Emily reminds us that most of it is ours to command. - InPower Editors When you write a book about women dominating in business, a funny thing happens. People call your bluff. And...

Research Says: Women on Boards – How Investors React

Study: How Investors React when women join boards (Harvard Business Review, July 2012, Macrow, Gallant) Finding: When women join boards of directors, the market does not reward the company, as measured by stock price. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This...

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Women in Leadership

We Need Many More Women in Leadership Roles

Recently, I have written several articles about our need for more women in key leadership roles. I assert that our companies and organizational cultures could benefit from women’s great strengths, e.g., their willingness to ask questions, to listen to understand and...

My Surprise Secret to Work-Life Balance

I’ve been on a conscious, 15 year quest for work-life balance and have actually achieved a great deal of it (throws confetti). Recently I’ve been documenting a lot of my learning’s about what’s worked and what hasn’t during this time, and integrating it into my...

7 Ways to Retain and Promote Top-Performing Women

After spending over a decade in the legal profession, much of it as a practicing attorney, I spent a great deal of time observing the career paths of talented women.  Frustrated by the lack of inclusion of women in the partnership ranks, I often felt that those who...

Diversity & Inclusion

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