Women in Leadership

Update: Newest Research on Women in Leadership (March ’23)

We like to keep up with the newest data on women in leadership, updating our primary catalog, Guide to Women’s Leadership, about twice a year. Thanks for my colleague, Jennifer V. Miller we keep this extensive documentation pretty current. The guide now includes 109 citations in four categories...

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What Meryl Streep Can Teach Us About Mean Girl Bosses

Between Maggie Thatcher in The Iron Lady and Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep has played some pretty tough bosses in her movies. So when I got the umpteenth request from professional women - readers, clients and friends - to explain the phenomenon of lady bully bosses (i.e.,...

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5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Company – Leadership Right Now

In recognition of the fact that a company with women in roughly 30% of its leadership tend to produce healthier and stronger performing companies, there are lots of good programs out there trying to help women. But should we really wait for HR to come up with a great program?

Seriously – it’s not about the special programs. It’s about you and me and what we do every day to create the culture we live in – and to create a culture that welcomes the gifts women bring into the leadership ranks. Culture is created by the behaviors we tolerate and those we don’t. This doesn’t just apply to women.

Men and women both bear responsibility for helping lead their companies and create a strong culture – no matter what their title is.

Personally what can we do?

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Newest Research on Women in Leadership (Sept. ’22)

I’ve been tracking research on women in leadership for over a decade now. It started when I first began coaching and wanted to get smart on leadership in general. I kept coming across intriguing articles on the good impacts women had on organizations when they were in leadership positions. The...

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Women’s History Month: Do We Need Power to Make A Difference?

I’m posting this in celebration of Women’s History Month, 2022, but I’ve been thinking about it for decades. History months always make me ponder what it takes to “make history” and it seems that historical figures need to check two boxes to make it into this rarefied, if sometimes stuffy, air: Do...

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