Title: The New Path to C-Suite Leadership Study: The New Path To The C-Suite (Boris Groysberg, L. Kevin Kelley, and Bryan McDonald, The Harvard Business Review 2011) Finding: Would-be executives in each functional area have different paths to follow to the top. Learn what helps those in your...
Study: The Female Factor (Harvard Business Review, Woolley and McGovern, 2011). A study on women in groups and working in groups. Finding: The IQ of individuals in a group is not as important as how balanced it is in terms of social perceptiveness. Gender-diversity and women's statically...
Study: Women In Leadership (Pfaff , 2009) Finding: Women are outscoring men on management assessments in more than just the "soft" skills. InPower Insight: Women and men both can master a broad range of leadership skills. Don't sell yourself - or your employees - short. Summary: Good news for all...
Have you ever taken Karate? I took two classes, not enough to retain any physical benefit, but I learned one thing I still keep with me 30 years later: when we take advantage of natural forces to create change, change happens more smoothly and comfortably. Research out of Harvard may just hold the...
I recently saw Iron Man III with my family and it was a good time. Bad guys. Good guys. Destruction. Even a humble pie big enough to go around. As I enjoyed the pyrotechnics and good-guy triumph, however, I was reminded of how completely our comic books reinforce the most unhelpful of bad boy...
By Anna Williams Women in today’s economy have more options than ever before, comprising almost 47 percent of the U.S. workforce. Among mothers with children under age 18, over 70 percent are employed. Women are more likely than men to earn a bachelor’s degree before age 30. But what are good...
When Dana first announced The Woman Effect, which recognizes that gender balanced groups produce better results than gender-dominant groups, we noted that this philosophy was informing efforts to improve conditions for even the poorest countries. That was 5 years ago! We asked Jeff to give us an...
Study: Do Women Negotiate Salary? (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012, Liebbrandt & List) Finding: Women become more aggressive in negotiating wages when the advertisement explicitly states that wages are negotiable; this erases and even reverses the gender differences. InPower...
Study:Women in the Workplace (McKinsey & Lean In, 2016) Finding: Women face an uneven playing field in the workplace. Women get less access to the people and opportunities that advance careers and are disadvantaged in many of their daily interactions. (Also see 2011 Report: Unlocking the Full...
Research shows a lack of women in the STEM workforce as well as a lack of women earning STEM degrees. There are many issues facing women in science including lack of recognition and prejudice in science. Why do women make up only 24% of stem related positions? How do stereotypes set at a young age...
October 2024 Leadership Development Carnival
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