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“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
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Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
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Women's Career Trajectories Can Be a Model for an Aging Workforce
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Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
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Management Women and the New Facts of Life
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Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
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Missing Women, Empty Talent Pipelines, and CEO Compensation
Gender Digital ArticleWhat do the career prospects of female scientists, the general chaos of the mid-career managers’ life, the failure to adequately develop new cadres of leaders internally, and escalating CEO compensation have in common? Let me suggest that these are interrelated phenomena whose connections with one another may be poorly understood. Let’s start with female scientists. […] -
Confidence is a Numbers Game
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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top
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Why Banning Questions About Salary History May Not Improve Pay Equity
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If You Want to Lead, Read These 10 Books
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Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
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Will Working Mothers Take Your Company to Court?
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After Your “Daddy Days” End
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Research: When Men Have Lower Status at Work, They're Less Likely to Negotiate
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Male Mentors Shouldn't Hesitate to Challenge Their Female Mentees
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Why Are India’s Women So Stressed Out?
Stress management Digital ArticleTapping its rich mine of educated female talent has been an important factor in allowing India to become one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. But recently this particular dynamo has been showing signs of strain. According to “Women of Tomorrow,” a recent Nielsen survey of 6,500 women across 21 different nations, Indian women are the […] -
Being Pregnant Is the Least of Marissa Mayer's Challenges
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe news had barely broken of Marissa Mayer's appointment to be Yahoo's next CEO before another happy announcement issued from the ex-Google executive:...
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Research: How Remote Work Impacts Women at Different Stages of Their Careers
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Research: When Employees Identify with Their Company, They’re Less Likely to Recognize Gender Discrimination
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More Women Work in Nonprofits. So Why Do Men End Up Leading Them?
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Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
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What Demographics Forms Say About Inclusivity at Your Company
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleTwo low-cost, low-risk suggestions that can boost belonging. -
Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks
Gender Digital ArticleCompanies can help women overcome common obstacles they face when trying to forge powerful professional ties. -
How to Build an Intersectional Approach to Talent Management
Intersectionality Digital ArticleMany organizations now realize that their struggles with workplace culture and recruitment may stem from a monolithic approach to policies, processes, and mindsets. -
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
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How Companies Can Support Employees Experiencing Menopause
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Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
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3 Ways Men Can Advance Gender Equity at Work
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Research: How Women Improve Decision-Making on Boards
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Overcoming Today’s DEI Leadership Challenges
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Where Does DEI Go from Here?
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
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How a Remote Australian Mine Became a Gender-Balanced Workplace
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What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleEven if the law continues to evolve in a conservative direction, at least three common approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion will endure. -
How Managers Can Dismantle “Benevolent Marginalization”
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleWhat some managers see as help actually prevents marginalized people from advocating for themselves.
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Double Career Negotiation (B): Confidential Instructions for the Medical Doctor
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NEW FRDM: Business Beyond the Binary (A)
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Employee Advocate or Company Custodian: Choosing Sides in a Sexual Harassment Case
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Reviving the One Woman Campaign - Addressing a Clogged Leadership Pipeline
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Acting and Speaking with Power: Donald Kennedy and Stanford Accounting-Indirectly Accused?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details How leaders behave in difficult situations are an important part of controlling their narrative. This public-sourced case provides students an opportunity... -
Does Mattel's Iconic Barbie Doll Need a Makeover?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 2015, almost 60 years after being introduced to the market, the Barbie doll was one of the world's most iconic toys. However, both the industry landscape... -
The Quest forGender Pay Equity at Elemental Systems
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Anti-LGBT2Q+ University Values: Should an Innovative Experiential Exercise be Cancelled?
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Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned investment firm in the U.S., was considering how best to divide her... -
Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
30.00View Details Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change. Ginni... -
Gender Differences in Managerial Behavior: The Ongoing Debate
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Do men and women have distinct leadership styles? Do they approach management differently? This note summarizes the two perspectives that have dominated... -
Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series)
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Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)
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Standing on Principle: The Resignation of Jane Philpott
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jane Philpott, a federal member of Parliament and minister in the Canadian government's cabinet, had told voters during her election campaign in 2015,... -
Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap: Gap Inc. Leads the Way
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Gap Inc. as a trailblazer in gender pay equality with a focus on investing in gender equity in leadership. Since Gap Inc. made history... -
EnFi Textiles
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Activision Blizzard Inc.: Facing the Call of Duty with a Laser Focus on Women
Management Case Study11.95View Details Honorable Mention; 2022 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. In November 2021, Activision Blizzard, Inc., the California-based maker of popular videogames...
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“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
Double Career Negotiation (B): Confidential Instructions for the Medical Doctor
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Supplement to case IN1225. A scored 1-on-1 multi-issue negotiation between two romantic partners (an MBA student and medical doctor). After being away... -
Women's Career Trajectories Can Be a Model for an Aging Workforce
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe two-phase career is taking on a new shape. -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
Gender Digital ArticleChanging demographics will change the demands on your workers. -
Management Women and the New Facts of Life
Managing people Magazine ArticleTwo facts matter to business: only women have babies and only men make rules. -
From Hands-Off to Helicopters
Work-life balance Big IdeaA brief history of working parenthood in the United States. -
Asia’s Key New Segment: Powerful, Professional Women
International business Digital ArticleCareer-oriented women are increasingly flexing their spending muscle. Here’s how companies can reach these “Golden Misses.” -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Gender Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details On June 13, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman to fly in space on Vostok 6. Soviet leaders publicly espoused gender equity,...