Posts Tagged ‘gender bias’
Too young or too old? The intersectionality of gender bias and ageism with Bonnie Marcus
More than 80 percent of women worldwide have experienced gendered ageism in the workplace. Career coach, author and host of the podcast, Badass Women at Any Age, Bonnie Marcus shares findings from her research on gendered ageism –the intersectionality of gender bias and ageism. Given society’s hyper-focus on youth and beauty, older women can face…
Read MoreThe Meritocracy Myth. The Unwritten Rules of Promotions and the Workplace.
Men, Women and the Meritocracy Myth. During a keynote event at a conference, I referenced research from The Sponsor Effect, which recommends that women change their viewpoint on meritocracies. The research concludes that men and women think differently about who gets promotions. When you ask women, 77 percent say they believe promotions are driven by a…
Read MoreWhat Can Your Company Learn from the Google Diversity Debacle
Why your diversity and unconscious bias training is failing. Google made headlines over the weekend when a 10-page manifesto released by a white male engineer about his beliefs on meritocracy and the shortcomings of Google’s diversity and unconscious bias training efforts went viral. His essay suggests that the company encourage ideological rather than gender diversity and argues that…
Read MoreTips to Recruit Male Champions – Interview with Bernadette Boas
It’s time to advocate for women at work The facts are simple and well-documented. Women make on average 79 cents to men for the same work. This has a compounding effect on families and the economy of $430,000 over the lifetime of a woman’s career. And, 85% of the leaders making decisions about women in…
Read MoreFemale CEOs in the News
From Stars to Star Dust It was a pleasure to provide commentary for Belisa Silva’s piece in SWAAY on the media’s obsession with creating A-listers and then tearing them down — but if the person of interest is a female CEO or entrepreneur? “There as so few women CEOs, that everything they do is under…
Read MoreA Roundup of Upcoming Speaking Events
It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks since my book WHY WOMEN – The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men came out and the response has been tremendous. Let’s keep the conversation going on what men need to do to advance women’s leadership in the workplace. I’ll be speaking in several cities over the…
Read MoreLearn More: WHY WOMEN – Sneak Peek
My book launches on April 21st and I couldn’t be more excited. As you know, women’s leadership advancement in most organizations is stuck – working together we can change the conversation and engage men as advocates. I wrote WHY WOMEN The Leadership Imperative to Advance Women and Engage Men to ignite powerful conversations in companies and create a true sense…
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