From The Atlantic authored by Jennifer Petriglieri: “I have spent the past five years studying more than 100 working couples around the world to learn how they combine two careers and a relationship. Most of the couples I interviewed aspired to split their responsibilities at home and at work equally, but few managed to really […]
Category Archives: Strategy
Why are workers more resentful of criticism when the boss is a woman?
From Quartz authored by Sarah Todd: “It’s one thing to believe that women should support one another. Definitions of what constitutes supportive behavior, however, may vary. In some cases, it’s not such a far leap to the decidedly sexist belief that women should act as bottomless wells of altruism and kindness, supporting their male and […]
Imposter Syndrome Hits Harder When You’re Black
From The Huffington Post authored by Jolie A. Doggett: “It doesn’t matter how qualified you are, how much experience you have or how much reassurance and positive feedback you may receive. With imposter syndrome, you can’t shake the notion that you’re just not as capable as others may believe you are and therefore you’re doomed […]
WHAT’S MISSING ON THE CORPORATE LADDER FOR WOMEN? THE FIRST RUNG.
From Associations Now authored by Ernie Smith: “Meanwhile, most HR teams aren’t focusing on improving lower-level management opportunities for women, the study found. ‘When asked what the biggest challenges are to getting to equal numbers of women and men in leadership, awareness of the promotion gap at the first step up to manager is low,’ […]
Sexual Harassment Training Now Required for 20% of U.S. Workers
From Bloomberg authored by Jeff Green: “Most companies already offer sexual harassment training of some sort. But it often exists to protect employers from lawsuits and focuses on teaching people to spot, rather than eliminate, bad behavior. ‘Much of the training done over the last 30 years has not worked as a prevention tool,’ a […]
Enough Leaning In. Let’s Tell Men to Lean Out.
From The New York Times authored by Ruth Whippman: “If parents were giving their children virtue names today, as the Puritans used to do, nobody would choose Charity or Grace or Patience. Instead, half of all baby girls born in America would be named Empowerment or Assertiveness. For women in this cultural moment, assertiveness is […]
Paid Child Care for Working Mothers? All It Took Was a World War
From The New York Times authored by Lydia Keisling: “I am typing this from inside an indoor playground in Portland. We are new to town, it’s the tail end of summer and my 4-year-old daughter can’t start her new preschool until next week. It’s also raining, and our house is full of boxes. We took […]
Investors May Prefer Companies With More Women In The Workforce
From NPR authored by Peter Talbot: “You have $1, and you’re thinking about investing it in the stock market. All you know about the company you’re going to invest in is that it’s a tech company with more women on its workforce than the average tech firm. How much of your dollar do you invest? […]
Why the patriarchy is killing men
From The Washington Post authored by Liz Plank: “When I traveled to Iceland in 2018, the World Economic Forum had ranked it No. 1 in gender equality for an entire decade. According to the common way of discussing that honor, the country must be a feminist utopia for women. What goes underreported is how great it is for men, too. In […]
What would parenting be like if fathers took six months of parental leave? Take a look.
From The Washington Post authored by Samantha Schmidt: “The photos all show seemingly mundane moments of family life: A parent bathing an infant in a kitchen sink, another wrangling toddlers into a stroller, or coaxing a forkful of food into a daughter’s mouth. If the parents had all been mothers, the photos wouldn’t be particularly […]
