I sometimes hear in my talks and in private conversations, both from men and women, that one of the biggest barriers to women's success...

“Last year had a female in my team. I remember my thoughts during her first month in the team… she was insecure and I was not sure...

“I went through the promotion process to a Director as nominated by my manager (woman, managing director). I had four interviews, 2 with...

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

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...

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...

Golda by Elinor Burkett The book tells Golda Meir's story from her childhood in the Ukraine and later Milwaukee to her ascent to...

Golda Meir, 1898-1978, former prime minister of Israel was the first female head of state in the western world.⠀ ⠀ She lived a life...

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...

On November 8th, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. It was more of a disappointment than a surprise to me. I...

While many companies love talking about diversity and creating diversity programs, ThoughtWorks, a global tech consulting firm...

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

Some people think that leaders are born, while others think that leaders are made. I think that the truth lies somewhere in between....

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...

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...

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

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The Bain study about women's ambitions and confidence I previously wrote about found that women's experience in mid-career was different...

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...

In How Remarkable Women Lead, McKinsey & Co, partner, Joanna Barsh builds on years of interviews with women leaders across different...