Some of the brightest researchers in the country are joining forces to tackle gender bias, Avengers-style. Harvard Business School announced a new Gender Initiative last week “to support research, teaching, and knowledge dissemination that promotes gender equity in business and society.”
Read MoreHow much of a difference can two years make? If you’re a young woman just entering the workforce, it turns out the answer is: a lot.
Read MoreSomeone in Congress has been reading the same research we have about the business case for women in leadership, and is doing something about it. Last Tuesday, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced the Gender Diversity Investment Act, which would encourage federal workers to invest in companies with female executives.
Read More(This is the third installment in a series on telling stories about yourself. The first is about key work narratives. The second is about service narratives.)
Read MoreIn her last blog post, Gloria described an exercise that’s become a staple of her in-person Power Tools workshops: she asks participants, “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your relationship with power?” One means “I don’t like or feel comfortable about power at all” and ten is “I love having and using power.”
Read MoreOn May 13th, journalist Jessica Bennett sat down with Take The Lead president Gloria Feldt for a Virtual Happy Hour chat on “manterrupting”—that is, “unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man.” If you’re a woman in the workforce, you’ve probably experienced it at least once, and Jessica shared her insights on how best to deal with it, gained from both her years of writing about gender and business and her own personal experience.
Read More$150 million, to be exact. That’s the size of the initial fund raised by Aspect Ventures, Silicon Valley’s first female-led venture capital firm.
Read MoreThink sexual inequality has been around for all of human history? Think again. A new study in Science suggests that our prehistoric ancestors actually operated an egalitarian society for tens of thousands of years.
Read MoreAustin, Texas recently elected the first majority-female city council in the city’s history, with seven women and four men. City manager Marc Ott thought that meant it was time for some diversity training—which is when things started to resemble a scene out of The Office.
Read MoreSome call it volunteerism. Some say it’s advocacy. Some label it leadership.
It can happen at school, in your neighborhood, at your temple, or at your local rec center.
Read MoreThe Council of Contemporary Families marked Mother’s Day by rounding up some recent studies on the housework gender divide, and the results are a mixed bag.
Read MoreNew research suggests that when it comes to choosing their managers, workers don’t know what’s good for them. One-third of Americans say they’d rather have a male boss, 20% say they’d rather have a female boss, and 46% say it makes no difference—but female managers may be more effective.
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