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What 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 23, 20194 min read


Aggressive or Leader? Managers Use Different Words to Describe Female Employees
Rachel, 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, 20193 min read


Unconscious 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.
Aug 19, 20192 min read


What Companies Can Do Right Now To Recognize Their Female Employees
The topic of gender diversity is no longer new on most companies' agendas and many employees and mangers are starting to suffer from...
Mar 22, 20194 min read


Here's How Google's 10x Growth Methodology Can Be Used to Close the Gender Gap in Leadership
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...
Dec 29, 20183 min read


How Promotions Work in Companies And Why This Hinders Women's Careers
My academic years presented a clear formula for measuring merit: everyone got the same assignments or tests and the final grade depended...
Nov 9, 20183 min read


Six Ways to Influence Work Situations: A Strategic Tool
In the Influence Masterclass I teach that there are different ways to influence, depending on your audience, the context of the...
Oct 30, 20183 min read


The Real Reason Why Women Don't Reach Top Roles
When I conduct surveys within companies, I often ask employees (both men and women) to answer what is the key reason for women not...
Oct 16, 20182 min read


Is 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...
Sep 23, 20182 min read


70% 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 20, 20183 min read


Are 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...
Jun 19, 20182 min read


How to Build a Female-Friendly Culture at Your Startup
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...
May 1, 20184 min read


What We Can Learn from Uber's Experience About Preventing a Toxic Culture
Uber has often been in the news lately, most recently with the ousting of its infamous CEO, Travis Kalanick. The picture that emerged...
Apr 30, 20184 min read


Does 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...
Apr 3, 20182 min read


The 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...
Aug 25, 20173 min read


Strategic influence works differently for women. Here's why.
When I was thinking about what skill makes a huge difference for a success chances of a future female executive, Influencing and...
May 31, 20173 min read


It's the Hiring Process, Stupid.
The latest fashion trend with most of my clients is Unconscious Bias Training. While those trainings are interesting and engaging and may...
Mar 7, 20172 min read


Bringing Men into the Conversation About Women in Leadership
From the beginning of this journey, it has been clear to me that if I wanted to affect change in how we perceive women in leadership...
Mar 6, 20173 min read


Men, Women Confidence and Success
Photo credit: David Marcu One day I got an emergency call from a woman, let's call her Julia, who is a director in a pharmaceutical...
Feb 22, 20173 min read


The Five Things Career Women Want But Don't Necessarily Get
Some time ago I went for lunch with an entrepreneur friend I greatly admire. We hadn't seen each other for a while, and she had some...
Dec 6, 20163 min read
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