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The Motherhood Penalty: Why Addressing It is a Business Imperative
Creating stronger businesses and a stronger economy for all. In my last article, I discussed the key findings from the McKinsey & Company and Lean In 10th Anniversary Women in the Workplace Report. The conclusion was troubling: despite efforts, the needle isn’t moving fast enough on women’s leadership parity in the workplace. But the report…
Read MoreAI, Culture and the Future of Work
Leveraging AI to find and eliminate microaggressions and bias In an era of rapid technological advancement, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape the workplace. With all the hype around AI, I want to understand how we leverage this powerful tool to create more equitable and inclusive workplaces. In this second part of our series…
Read MoreUnderstanding Equal Pay Day and the Wage Negotiation Myths
Closing the gender wage gap to support women’s advancement Let’s talk about Equal Pay Day. This symbolic date represents how far into the new year women had to work to catch up with what men earned the previous year. This year, March 12, 2024 marked the occasion. While it shines a light on the persisting…
Read MoreOvercoming Resistance to DEI Initiatives with Awareness, Accountability and Advocacy
3 tips to drive DEI engagement We know that leadership and employee resistance to any corporate program, let alone a DEI initiative, can thwart or dampen its effectiveness. A recent Harvard Business Review article by Eric Shuman, Eric Knowles and Amit Goldenberg, To Overcome Resistance to DEI, Understand What’s Driving It, outlines three reasons people…
Read MoreThe Realities (and Myths) Hindering Women in the Workplace
The Four Things You Need to Know – Flexibility, Attitudes, the Broken Rung, and Microaggressions Every year, I anticipate reports like the McKinsey & Company and Lean In.org Women in the Workplace Report with a mixture of hopefulness and deep frustration . Frankly, it always seems to be a “good news, bad news” scenario with every step forward…
Read MoreThe Leadership Imperative to Advance Women
What are we doing to advance women in the legal profession? YWomen president, Jeffery Tobias Halter was invited to be interviewed as part of a new NAWL podcast series focused on allyship. In this episode, NAWL Member and Director, Regulatory Affairs Counsel at UBS, Saba Khan speaks with Jeffery Tobias Halter, Gender Strategist about the role allies…
Read MoreWhen Tops Where: Why Inflexible Organizations Risk Losing Women
More women are leaving jobs due to lack of flexibility, not location A new report from Deloitte reveals that inflexible work hours are driving more women to leave their jobs than office location policies. Inflexible organizations risk losing talented women The 2023 Women @ Work: A Global Outlook report surveyed nearly 11,000 professional women across…
Read MoreWhy Every Ally Needs to See “Barbie”
What men (and women!) can learn from “Barbie” Yesterday, CNN reported that “Barbie” topped “The Dark Knight” to become Warner Bros.’ biggest movie ever at the American box office. Barbie exceeded the $1.2 billion mark globally, and Greta Gerwig, Barbie’s director, now bears the title of the highest-grossing woman movie director in history. Combine this…
Read MoreInternational Allyship Day – August 8
I’m excited to share that August 8th is International Allyship Day! This is a global day to celebrate and promote allyship – the act of supporting and advocating for individuals or communities facing systemic barriers and challenges to their success and advancement. At YWomen, we believe allyship is critical to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and…
Read MoreWomen’s Voices Matter
Women’s voices matter, what allies need to know In my work advancing women’s leadership in the workplace by engaging men, a foundational principle we discuss is that all people’s voices must be heard in order to solve the complex business problems that exist today. Best practices data proves time and again that a diverse workforce…
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