Performance evaluations are not always fair. Here are some strategies to maximize your outcomes.

I started noticing something strange about successful women in my network, working too hard to meet ever-increasing unreasonable demands.

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

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

Unconscious bias training is not the silver bullet for fixing diversity problems. Here's why.

The topic of gender diversity is no longer new on most companies' agendas and many employees and mangers are starting to suffer from diversity fatigue — a s...

Do you know this feeling when you have spent months (or years) working on something and you are really the subject matter expert and then someone (most likel...

My academic years presented a clear formula for measuring merit: everyone got the same assignments or tests and the final grade depended on one's efforts and...

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...

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 ...

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...

One of the topics I cover in the Influence Masterclass, is how to establish oneself as an expert. However, a discussion about establishing credibility is not...

Image source: Knowledge@Wharton I've previously shared some tips for dealing with the Imposter Syndrome. It's important to observe that cultural differences ...

The latest fashion trend with most of my clients is Unconscious Bias Training. While those trainings are interesting and engaging and may raise awareness abo...

I once went to a diversity event organized by a progressive Austin tech company. The panel represented all case study categories of diversity: a stylish Afri...

As a third-culture child who switched many zip codes (more about this here), I’ve gotten used to being a misunderstood outsider everywhere I go. I have alway...