Diversity in the Fortune 500 took a loss recently as Xerox lost the only female African American CEO in the list.
Marge Magner, a member of Accenture’s board of directors, said, “Performance improves with diversity.” She speaks from her experiences of women leaders having the responsibility to make the way, to clear the path, to create opportunity.
Read MoreYes, there is the Pink Power Ranger and also the Yellow Power Ranger. They are the fearless female fighters for good of that iconoclastic fantasy group, The Power Rangers. They are all globally beloved, stemming from the massively popular 1990s TV show still playing in reruns.
Read MoreWe’d like to think that everyone is on board for gender parity in the workplace and across all industries, sectors and cultures. We assume the holdouts and stalls are because some administrators and leaders may not have known just how to solve the gender gap.
Read MoreI once supervised a new employee who insisted that she spend her workday lying on her stomach on the floor in the center of the open office as she typed on her laptop, feet kicking. She also insisted she needed to be barefoot in order to concentrate.
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Read MoreThat diversity and inclusion are key components of success in business is no surprise. That diversity in workplace efforts across all sectors are critical for women to get in the door is also no surprise.
Read MoreNow that summer has officially started, even if we love what we do, many of us are fantasizing perhaps about time off from work.
Read MoreTo count or not to count, that is the question.
Quotas have a checkered history, whether measuring diversity on a number of factors, or concentrating on gender alone and counting the number of working women in an organization or company, compared to the number of working men. There is pushback and there are failures to meet intended goals.
Read MoreWe all know perhaps firsthand about the side effects of working with someone who is a Debbie Downer, but how about the after-effects of working with a person in the office who is always looking for help?
Read MoreIt is in any company’s best interest to make sure there are women on its team. Studies show that companies perform more poorly when there are fewer women in executive positions than when there are a greater number of women in leadership.
Read MoreIn spite of the international accolades for architects such as Jeanne Gang of Chicago, who has changed the face of building design in this decade (and earned a MacArthur Foundation genius grant in the process), architecture and design remain difficult industries for women to prosper and rise to the top. Strong leadership of women in many design arenas is the foundation for progress.
Read MoreMillennial women are hot. Brands are after them, companies are recruiting them, media is trying to understand how best to serve them and leadership programs have their interests at top of mind.
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