The gender gap in the workplace is a complicated (and often depressing) phenomenon to unpack. The World Economic Forum reported in 2017 that for the first … Read more
Lessons From the US Women’s Soccer Team Pay Dispute
The United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) deserves a right to pay equity, and after investigating all of the publicly available data … Read more
Are the Words You Use Inclusive?
Diversity isn’t hiring goals and well-balanced EEO-1 reports. Inclusion is more than making sure everyone is invited to the meeting and encouraged to … Read more
If Your Office Is Cold, Blame the Men
The temperature in your office is just one more piece of evidence that, as Francis Rios says, “companies were created by men for men.” Walk … Read more
Closing the Gender Gap This International Women’s Day
In support of International Women’s Day today, organizations should be asking, What are we doing to make progress toward gender equity? Chances are the … Read more
Recruitment Marketplace Sees Surge, Then Falloff In Recruiting Women Execs
In the last quarter of 2017, at my company, the recruiter marketplace Scout, we saw a significant uptick in the number of female executives hired by US … Read more
The 6-Point Plan to Attract, Develop and Retain Women
Gender parity is on everyone’s agenda today. Not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the smart thing to do. Companies with more women … Read more
What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career
There are initiatives to encourage women to enter STEM fields. Organizations have programs to recruit women. Then what happens? “Across all … Read more
Empathy In the C-Suite Is Good For Business
As we start to close out another year, we’ve seen several workplace gender issues become more mainstream in conversations about business practices. Whether … Read more
Diversity is More Than Just the Kind You Can See
Diversity of opinion, outlook and background in the workplace is hugely beneficial for teams and organizations. And yet, despite their best efforts, hiring … Read more
The Gender Pay Gap Is Also an Opportunity Gap
The current business climate has created a new focus, and even spurred new laws aimed at achieving equal pay, but not enough progress has been made. … Read more
HR 101: Simple Steps HR Can Take to Promote Inclusion
It should be pretty obvious to anyone reading the news that many women and minorities don’t feel fully comfortable at work. From Hollywood to Silicon … Read more
Better Reference Checking Is A Step To Ending Bad Behavior
From Uber’s media firestorm earlier this year which highlighted its lack of female employees and failure to address complaints of sexism to the recent memo … Read more
Lessons from SAP’s Journey: Three Actionable Ways to Increase Women in Management
Organizations continue to struggle to create gender equality in the workplace, especially those in the technology industry. According to research from … Read more