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, 2018
- 2 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, 2017
- 3 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, 2017
- 3 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, 2016
- 3 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, 2016
- 3 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, 2016
- 3 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, 2016
- 3 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, 2016
- 4 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, 2016
- 4 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, 2016
- 1 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, 2016
- 3 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, 2015
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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, 2015
- 1 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, 2015
- 3 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, 2015
- 5 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, 2015
- 4 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, 2015
- 2 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, 2015
- 4 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, 2015
- 4 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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