Dec 5, 20203 minFive Books That Will Help You Lead Better in 2021This year I set a 40-book reading challenge for myself. COVID-19 times certainly helped with freeing time for reading and I have some gre...
Mar 2, 20204 minWant Top Talent? Fix Your Hiring ProcessKey considerations when you are trying to interview and hire top players.
Dec 5, 20194 minGrit is about passion and perseverance and this is how to cultivate themFour factors that lend themselves to enhancing grit: interest, practice, purpose, and hope.
Nov 26, 20197 minHow One Columbian Woman Is Breaking Cannabis Industry's Grass CeilingBibiana Rojas shares the story of her transition from pursuing a traditional career path to building and selling a cannabis company
Nov 26, 20194 minMaternal Bias: Brazil V. United StatesLaura had had a stellar career in a Brazilian financial services company. Until she reached her thirties and got married..
Aug 23, 20194 minWhat Contributes to the Gender Pay Gap?The gender pay gap is a complex economic issue that has become an even more complex political issue. 5 graphs to help you makes sense.
Aug 19, 20193 minAggressive or Leader? Managers Use Different Words to Describe Female EmployeesRachel, a seasoned executive in the natural resources industry, got promoted to an important role in her company, one of the very few women
Aug 19, 20192 minUnconscious Bias Training Doesn't Eliminate Bias. Here's What Works Better. Unconscious bias training is not the silver bullet for fixing diversity problems. Here's why.
Mar 22, 20194 minWhat Companies Can Do Right Now To Recognize Their Female EmployeesThe topic of gender diversity is no longer new on most companies' agendas and many employees and mangers are starting to suffer from dive...
Dec 29, 20183 minHere's How Google's 10x Growth Methodology Can Be Used to Close the Gender Gap in LeadershipThis week I read a book called Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth by John Doerr and initially, as I was r...
Nov 9, 20183 minHow Promotions Work in Companies And Why This Hinders Women's CareersMy academic years presented a clear formula for measuring merit: everyone got the same assignments or tests and the final grade depended ...
Oct 30, 20183 minSix Ways to Influence Work Situations: A Strategic ToolIn the Influence Masterclass I teach that there are different ways to influence, depending on your audience, the context of the interacti...
Oct 16, 20182 minThe Real Reason Why Women Don't Reach Top RolesWhen I conduct surveys within companies, I often ask employees (both men and women) to answer what is the key reason for women not reachi...
Sep 23, 20182 minIs your pipeline problem a company culture program?"Annie" worked in the technology department of a top investment bank ABC in New York City. She questioned me about the need to discuss wo...
Jun 20, 20183 min70% of Employees Want Flexibility but Some CEOs Just Won't Listen. What to Do?I recently visited a potential client at a privately owned, midsize financial services firm. It has been around for many years and has a ...
Jun 19, 20182 minAre Women Not Asking or Are They Getting Offered Less?I have previously written about why women don't negotiate their salaries or other items that could help their career growth and about the...
May 1, 20184 minHow to Build a Female-Friendly Culture at Your StartupA startup CEO reached out to me. He already had a team of around 100 employees and was going to double his company's size in upcoming mon...
Apr 30, 20184 minWhat We Can Learn from Uber's Experience About Preventing a Toxic CultureUber has often been in the news lately, most recently with the ousting of its infamous CEO, Travis Kalanick. The picture that emerged fro...
Apr 3, 20182 minDoes Your CEO See the World Through a Gender Lens?Many companies fail to achieve progress not because of shortage of diversity programs but rather the lack of interest and commitment from...
Aug 25, 20173 minThe Gender Pay Gap: Myth or Reality?The current discussion about the gender pay gap often remains in the title: "Women make 20% of what men make," and each side tries to arg...