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...
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Apr 3, 20182 min
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...
Mar 6, 20173 min
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...
Feb 22, 20173 min
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...
Dec 7, 20163 min
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...
Nov 21, 20163 min
How We Can Continue Advancing Diversity in the Workplace in the Trump Era
On November 8th, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. It was more of a disappointment than a surprise to me. I...
Oct 26, 20163 min
The Paradox of Meritocracy
I once went to a diversity event organized by a progressive Austin tech company. The panel represented all case study categories of...
Oct 8, 20163 min
Role Models Impact Our Leadership Aspirations But Where Can We Find Them?
Some people think that leaders are born, while others think that leaders are made. I think that the truth lies somewhere in between....
Jun 8, 20164 min
Talking with Men About Women's Leadership
Credit: John Hope Photography From the beginning of this journey, it has been clear to me that if I wanted to affect change in how we...
Apr 18, 20164 min
How to Disrupt the Gender Balance in Leadership - A Practical Framework for Action
Change starts from the top and must cascade to all other levels of the company. In the same way that profit generation isn’t outsourced...
Mar 20, 20161 min
Women Have Different On-The-Job Experiences Than Men
The Bain study about women's ambitions and confidence I previously wrote about found that women's experience in mid-career was different...
Mar 20, 20163 min
Women's Ambition Erodes Mid-Career
One of the push-backs I get when I talk about why we don't have more women leaders revolves around the belief that women aren't...
Dec 8, 20152 min
Book Review - How Remarkable Women Lead by Joanna Barsh
In How Remarkable Women Lead, McKinsey & Co, partner, Joanna Barsh builds on years of interviews with women leaders across different...
Dec 8, 20151 min
Framing the Need For Women's Contribution
Last week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that he's opening all combat job for women, because “We cannot afford to cut ourselves...
Dec 8, 20153 min
Can We Create a More Balanced Leadership Approach that Embraces Both Feminine and Masculine Values?
When I was working as a strategy manager at a mining company in Brazil, a colleague from the Human Resources department invited me to...
Nov 28, 20155 min
Where Can You Meet the Most Inspirational Women Leaders in the World?
Miriam Grobman Consulting sat down with its French-Brazilian partner, Gwendoline de Ganay, to learn about her previous experience as a...
Nov 24, 20154 min
Female Managers. Friend or Foe?
The Other Woman – The Power of Female Mentorship One of the most important instruments in cultivating successful female leaders is the...
Nov 20, 20152 min
Are Women Better Leaders Than Men?
During my two years of MBA studies I learned about all the important qualities of a leader; he should be confident, brave, strategic,...
Nov 13, 20154 min
Do You Know Why Women Are Leaving Your Company?
Company leaders, especially in high-paced industries, may have all sorts of assumptions about the reasons as to why women don’t progress...
Oct 9, 20154 min
Paternity Leave? Paternity Stay! - Lessons From The Trenches
I read Gay Gaddis’ article titled “How this CEO keeps her employees coming back after maternity leave”, a few weeks ago in Fortune and I...
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