“Wanted – successful women entrepreneurs running fast-growing companies”. You would think that an advert like this would have hordes of women making contact wouldn’t you? Well, that’s not the case. A few years ago I was involved in an initiative whose target market was women entrepreneurs running fast-growth companies. My …
How to Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap
According to our status report: In VT, median annual income for women working FT is $37K - $7K less than men. This translates into a wage gap of 16% - or 16 cents on every dollar earned by a man. “The gap cannot be entirely explained by anything economists can …
Catalyst Knowledge Center
A “Knowledge Center” filled with reports, infographics, recorded webinars, etc. relevant to the workplace diversity, corporate governance, men, sponsorship/mentoring, women in leadership, etc.
McKinsey’s Women Matter 2013
McKinsey’s new report, “Women Matter 2013: Moving corporate culture, moving boundaries,” focuses on mindsets and corporate culture to help companies understand how they can make change happen.
Could it be that the teaching profession isn’t pink enough?
Two studies say more women would study math and science in college if there were more female math and science teachers in high school.
Gender Action Portal
With its Gender Action Portal, the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School provides scientific evidence—based on experiments in the field and in the laboratory—on the impact of policies, strategies and organizational practices aimed at closing gender gaps in the areas of economic opportunity, politics, health, and education …
Harvard Kennedy School Women and Public Policy Program
The Program is a research, policy and training center affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government that seeks to close gender gaps in economic opportunity, political participation, and health and education. It provides evidence-based insights on the role of gender in shaping economic, political and social opportunities, and identifies …
Making the right noises: the language of female executives
Self-conscious, empathetic, the impact of words carefully weighed. This is the language of high-flying women as they interact with their colleagues in senior management meetings.
The tragedy of small expectations (and the trap of false dreams)
We need teachers and leaders and peers who will help us dig in deeper and discover what’s possible, so we can push to make it likely.