Is Your Company Inclusive (Or Diverse In Name Only?)

COMPANIES & GENDER NVIKAS BHATIA | MARC

What’s Wrong With Merely Counting Heads
In touting progress in gender diversity, companies report how many women they have at various levels of leadership. By merely having an accounting...

Apprenez à accroître votre présence grâce aux Power Postures

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER PAULINA JONQUÈRES D'ORIOLA | BUSINESS O FEMININ

Scruter le langage corporel de nos interlocuteurs nous passionne, mais pensons-nous suffisamment à notre propre manière de nous tenir ? D’après Amy Cuddy, chercheuse...

Listen To 13 Women Share The Powerful Reasons They Marched

INSPIRING INTERVIEWS EMMA GRAY, DAMON DAHLEN & CATHERINE PEARSON | THE HUFFINGTON POST

“I don’t like that this country is now in fear.” WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Across the country (and world) women and their allies answered President Donald Trump’s inauguration with a decisive...

Réussir sans s’épuiser: mode d’emploi

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER VALÉRIE ROCOPLAN | BUSINESS O FEMININ

Laisser de côté le perfectionnisme et se libérer de son image de « chic fille pro » consciencieuse pour se consacrer par exemple à la création d’un réseau d’influence, tels sont les conseils de Valérie Rocoplan, CEO de Talentis. Elle nous dévoile d’ailleurs les 5 astuces...

160+ Examples of Male Privilege in All Areas of Life

COMPANIES & GENDER MAISHA Z. JOHNSON | EVERYDAY FEMINISM

As a man, what does gender equality mean to you? Because while fairness is a valuable goal, equality for equality’s sake isn’t nearly as important as justice – for liberation’s sake. By naming the problem, we’re not just saying...

Most Women In Publishing Don’t Have The Luxury Of Being Unlikable

COMPANIES & GENDER EMILY GOULD | BUZZFEED NEWS

Baking cookies is just part of playing the game. In 2005, when I was a young publishing assistant, I attended the PEN foundation’s annual gala in New York City, held under the giant whale in ...

Role Negotiation: What Male Leaders Need To Know

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER JARED CLINE | MARC

It’s a Win-Win Are any of your direct reports feeling restless or uninspired at work? Looking for new challenges or to develop new skills? Do they want access to “hot jobs”—large, highly visible projects, mission-critical roles, and international assignments that accelerate advancement?

What factors should female leaders ponder when considering a career change?

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER JANE FIRTH | FIRST WOMEN

A step into new territory can be a daunting prospect, and although it can be all too easy to stick to what you know rather than face the fear of failure, a move into a new role or industry could prove hugely rewarding. While patterns of job applications...

Strategies for Surmounting Career Obstacles Commonly Faced by Women Executives

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER MELISSA HENDERSON | THE GLASS HAMMER

According to the Pew Research Center, women represent a meager five percent of CEOs in the U.S. and only 17 percent of board members for Fortune 500 companies. That is despite the fact that women make up...

Female professors ‘pay price for academic citizenship’

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER JACK GROVE | TIMESHIGHEREDUCATION.COM

Women in academia may be losing out salary-wise because they are more focused on tasks that may go unrewarded, a study suggests Female professors earn less on average than their male counterparts because they focus on underappreciated “academic citizen” roles that do not lead to promotion or pay rises, a new study suggests.

Smashing the glass ceiling: 6 Davos leaders explain how they did it

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER STÉPHANIE THOMSON | WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

When it comes to closing the gender gap, we’ve made an immense amount of progress in a relatively short space of time. But we’re nowhere near where we need to be. According to the latest Gender Gap Report, worldwide we’ve managed to close only 59% of the gap in economic participation and 23% in politics. In some regions, it could take 1,000 years before...

Six ways men can better mentor women in the workplace

COMPANIES & GENDER HARVEY SCHACHTER | THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Brad Johnson and David Smith are two dudes – their term – with a mission to get dudes to help women in organizations. They both teach at the United States Naval Academy, so they are well aware of masculine culture and the problems women face in organizations – as well as the difficulties that arise when men mentor women.
Prof. Johnson, a clinical psychologist,...

Women Are Less Likely to Apply for Executive Roles If They’ve Been Rejected Before

COMPANIES & GENDER RAINA BRANDSISABEL & FERNANDEZ-MATEO | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

Although women make up 40% of the global workforce, they hold only 24% of senior management roles around the world — a figure that has not changed significantly over the past decade. Of chief executive officers of S&P 500 firms, only about 5% are women.

It Takes Seven Seconds to Make a Good First Impression!

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER CAROLYN LEONARD | THE GLASS HAMMER

No one is comfortable going into a bustling room filled with people that you don’t know. Many of us, despite whatever stature and success we may have achieved, still feel shy and awkward in those situations. To keep me focused and sideline some of the jitters, I set myself a goal of walking out having made two friends.