The Hidden Pay Gap
Women and men are not paid equally for the same job. However, while that gap has been slowly shrinking, the gap at the upper echelons of management is not. An [...]
Working Out Gender Bias
One of the key obstacles in workplace equality is inherent bias. Moreover, it is the most difficult type of bias to overcome. Leanin.org and McKinsey & Company co-authored a “Women [...]
Paving the Way for More Female Portfolio Managers
freedigitalphotos.net by PinkBlue It is clear that there are far fewer female than male portfolio managers. Morningstar recently analyzed US mutual fund companies and found that about 10% [...]
The Freelance Workforce
Image courtesy of punsayaporn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The 2008 financial crisis resulted in 7.9 million job losses and the recovery was slow. With companies hesitant to hire full-time employees, [...]
Achieving Executive Presence
Think of the most successful executives you know or have read about. They possess “executive presence,” a term hard to pin down with a concise definition, yet something you recognize [...]
Women on Boards: Quotas Don’t Work
Ambro by freedigitalphotos.net New research indicates that putting gender-based quotas in place do not result in more female representation on corporate boards. A study by BNY Mellon, and [...]
The Expectation Gap
A recent study of Harvard Business School alumni revealed interesting insight into the workplace gender gap. Divergent expectations among men and women may be partly to blame for the dearth [...]
Women Executives in the News
Gender equality in the workplace is one of our hot button issues. We’ve talked about the “glass cliff,” the Paycheck Fairness Act, and work-life balance, among other topics. How have [...]
Sponsors, Not Mentors for Women in Business
freedigitalphotos.net by stockimages We’ve talked before in the blog about ways women can advance in their careers. Some traditional advice has suggested finding a mentor. In recent years, [...]
Closing the Gender Gap May Lie With Fathers
freedigitalphotos.net by David Castillo Dominici During gender gap conversations, we tend to focus on the “what’s wrong” aspect of the conversation. We provide statistics for the lack of [...]