Some data do suggest that females are increasingly opting out of the workforce before breaking in to the upper ranks. Assuming that fact is a real trend, here’s what you need to know. This will most certainly be a short-term blip in the rise of women at work. I don’t know how long the blip […] Read more… Read More»
Open Letter to Corporate Leadership: I want to dispel a myth that still circulates in our economy when people try to explain why the percentage of women on the management track plummets from 53% of the entry-level workforce to 20% or less in leadership. The myth goes something like this: “Women get to childbearing age […] Read more… Read More»
Women are a majority of the U.S. population and have long earned most of the college degrees – at all levels. While degrees are merely one data point, one could argue that women have been and will be a majority of the best, brightest and highest-potential entries into the American workforce. One could argue that […] Read more… Read More»
One of the most talked-about business books of this year was Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, which gave advice to women who want to be leaders in business. Sandberg delivered a lot of recommendations and guidance on how women should behave, and what they should do. Among other things, she […] Read more… Read More»
There is a trend that is taking place and it seems to be the opposite of what many may expect. Women are leaving organizations before they make it to upper-management. One could speculate as to what may be driving this trend. A recent story on NPR talked about this very issue. It presented only two […] Read more… Read More»
In large corporations, women continue to be under-represented in executive leadership roles, with many self-selecting out of the running for these jobs by mid-career. What can we learn from this continuing trend? Could it be a call to re-evaluate the corporate culture and potentially even how businesses are managed? The dominant paradigm of today is […] Read more… Read More»
With every passing year, each new piece of research adds detail to what most people in the corporate world know already: there are not enough women in senior leadership positions. The larger the organization, the more true this fact is. In recent years in America and England, amongst other developed economies, it seems to […] Read more… Read More»
I grew up in Bell Labs and AT&T, blessed with incredible bosses and mentors. Because of their recognition and support, my career, influence and impact took off rapidly. So, when I was asked to be on a special project (the kind that are special and not parking lots for people you want to fire but […] Read more… Read More»
I grew up with a mother who followed my father to every lumber town in Oregon. In each town, she found work. She put in her day, and then came home to manager her three kids and the house… just like many mothers do today. The difference between her and so many today: my mother was doing this 50 years ago. The difference between these women and us men?
Balance. In fact, we could say that women invented work-life balance…… Read More»
It’s no secret that guys and gals lead differently. Less evident though is how to garner more female leader IQ. Research affirms that guy-gal brains differ even during rest. We also see how teams with more women offer higher IQ. So why does upper management often include men only? A better question perhaps, how […] Read more… Read More»
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