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Laura had had a stellar career in a Brazilian financial services company. Until she reached her thirties and got married..

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.

Rachel, a seasoned executive in the natural resources industry, got promoted to an important role in her company, one of the very few women

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This 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 reading it, I kept th...

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In the Influence Masterclass I teach that there are different ways to influence, depending on your audience, the context of the interaction and your overall ...

When I conduct surveys within companies, I often ask employees (both men and women) to answer what is the key reason for women not reaching top roles. Normal...

"Annie" worked in the technology department of a top investment bank ABC in New York City. She questioned me about the need to discuss women's challenges in ...

I recently visited a potential client at a privately owned, midsize financial services firm. It has been around for many years and has a very conservative bu...

I have previously written about why women don't negotiate their salaries or other items that could help their career growth and about the various reasons for...

A 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 months. There had been ...

Uber has often been in the news lately, most recently with the ousting of its infamous CEO, Travis Kalanick. The picture that emerged from the multiple scand...

Many companies fail to achieve progress not because of shortage of diversity programs but rather the lack of interest and commitment from the CEO and the lea...

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 argue with singular arg...

When I was thinking about what skill makes a huge difference for a success chances of a future female executive, Influencing and persuading others (bosses, e...