Do women in senior leadership help or hinder other women's progress?
I sometimes hear in my talks and in private conversations, both from men and women, that one of the biggest barriers to women's success...
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May 19, 20171 min read
Stories That People Tell Me: Commitment to Make a Difference
“Last year had a female in my team. I remember my thoughts during her first month in the team… she was insecure and I was not sure...
May 19, 20171 min read
Stories That People Tell Me: Women who don't support other women
“I went through the promotion process to a Director as nominated by my manager (woman, managing director). I had four interviews, 2 with...
Mar 8, 20172 min read
It's the Hiring Process, Stupid.
The latest fashion trend with most of my clients is Unconscious Bias Training. While those trainings are interesting and engaging and may...
Mar 6, 20173 min read
Bringing Men into the Conversation About Women in Leadership
From the beginning of this journey, it has been clear to me that if I wanted to affect change in how we perceive women in leadership...
Feb 22, 20173 min read
Men, Women Confidence and Success
Photo credit: David Marcu One day I got an emergency call from a woman, let's call her Julia, who is a director in a pharmaceutical...
Dec 20, 20163 min read
Books About Pioneering Women: Golda Meir, Elizabeth Warren and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Golda by Elinor Burkett The book tells Golda Meir's story from her childhood in the Ukraine and later Milwaukee to her ascent to...
Dec 7, 20162 min read
Golda Meir - A Prime Minister and Pioneer. Her Views on Motherhood.
Golda Meir, 1898-1978, former prime minister of Israel was the first female head of state in the western world.⠀ ⠀ She lived a life...
Dec 7, 20163 min read
The Five Things Career Women Want But Don't Necessarily Get
Some time ago I went for lunch with an entrepreneur friend I greatly admire. We hadn't seen each other for a while, and she had some...
Nov 21, 20163 min read
How We Can Continue Advancing Diversity in the Workplace in the Trump Era
On November 8th, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. It was more of a disappointment than a surprise to me. I...
Nov 16, 20161 min read
Case Study: ThoughtWorks Takes Action on Diverse Hiring
While many companies love talking about diversity and creating diversity programs, ThoughtWorks, a global tech consulting firm...
Oct 26, 20163 min read
The Paradox of Meritocracy
I once went to a diversity event organized by a progressive Austin tech company. The panel represented all case study categories of...
Oct 8, 20163 min read
Role Models Impact Our Leadership Aspirations But Where Can We Find Them?
Some people think that leaders are born, while others think that leaders are made. I think that the truth lies somewhere in between....
Jun 8, 20164 min read
Talking with Men About Women's Leadership
Credit: John Hope Photography From the beginning of this journey, it has been clear to me that if I wanted to affect change in how we...
Apr 18, 20164 min read
How to Disrupt the Gender Balance in Leadership - A Practical Framework for Action
Change starts from the top and must cascade to all other levels of the company. In the same way that profit generation isn’t outsourced...
Mar 20, 20163 min read
When Bias Hits Home
As a third-culture child who switched many zip codes (more about this here), I’ve gotten used to being a misunderstood outsider...
Mar 20, 20161 min read
Women Have Different On-The-Job Experiences Than Men
The Bain study about women's ambitions and confidence I previously wrote about found that women's experience in mid-career was different...
Mar 20, 20163 min read
Women's Ambition Erodes Mid-Career
One of the push-backs I get when I talk about why we don't have more women leaders revolves around the belief that women aren't...
Dec 8, 20152 min read
Book Review - How Remarkable Women Lead by Joanna Barsh
In How Remarkable Women Lead, McKinsey & Co, partner, Joanna Barsh builds on years of interviews with women leaders across different...
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