Parental Leave: Signs of Improvement?
Parental leave has been in the news, with companies announcing new, more generous policies, and Presidential candidate Donald Trump revealing his proposed plan for new mothers. Is the US taking [...]
The Expectation Gap
A recent study of Harvard Business School alumni revealed interesting insight into the workplace gender gap. Divergent expectations among men and women may be partly to blame for the dearth [...]
Women Executives in the News
Gender equality in the workplace is one of our hot button issues. We’ve talked about the “glass cliff,” the Paycheck Fairness Act, and work-life balance, among other topics. How have [...]
Sponsors, Not Mentors for Women in Business
freedigitalphotos.net by stockimages We’ve talked before in the blog about ways women can advance in their careers. Some traditional advice has suggested finding a mentor. In recent years, [...]
Closing the Gender Gap May Lie With Fathers
freedigitalphotos.net by David Castillo Dominici During gender gap conversations, we tend to focus on the “what’s wrong” aspect of the conversation. We provide statistics for the lack of [...]
Creating a Gender-Diverse Workforce
freedigitalphotos.net by Ambro It is well established that companies with women in leadership positions do well overall. As women strive to achieve equality in the workplace, it has [...]
Paycheck Fairness Act: What’s Next?
Recently on the blog, we talked about the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would have allowed gender-based wage disparities to be challenged and employers held accountable. On April 8, 2014, [...]
Is Confidence to Blame for the Gender Gap?
freedigitalphotos.net by Ambro A new book called The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman says that women are suffering from a lack of confidence and [...]