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“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Boards with More Women Pay Less for Acquisitions
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Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
How Biden Won Back (Enough of) the White Working Class
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Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
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Management Women and the New Facts of Life
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From Hands-Off to Helicopters
Work-life balance Big IdeaA brief history of working parenthood in the United States. -
To Build a DEI Program That Works, You Need Metrics
Organizational Development Digital ArticleData will help you identify the biggest problems - and get buy-in from skeptics. -
Asia’s Key New Segment: Powerful, Professional Women
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Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Gender Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
What to Do About Employees Who Consciously Exclude Women
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFive practices to help you keep excluders out of your organization - and identify and deal with any who are already there. -
Missing Women, Empty Talent Pipelines, and CEO Compensation
Gender Digital ArticleWhat do the career prospects of female scientists, the general chaos of the mid-career managers’ life, the failure to adequately develop new cadres of leaders internally, and escalating CEO compensation have in common? Let me suggest that these are interrelated phenomena whose connections with one another may be poorly understood. Let’s start with female scientists. […] -
The Time-Consuming Activities That Stall Women's Careers
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Research: Being Funny Can Pay Off More for Women Than Men
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAn analysis of TED talks and startup pitches suggests humor can help women break free from the warmth-competence double bind. -
We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top
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100 Years of HBR
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHBR turns 100 this year, and to mark the anniversary, we're taking both a look back--and a look forward. In the essay, "Improving the Practice of Management--Then... -
Why Banning Questions About Salary History May Not Improve Pay Equity
Gender Digital ArticleA survey reveals the potential for hidden biases. -
If You Want to Lead, Read These 10 Books
Leadership Digital ArticleMust-read titles — by men and women — for those looking to be both powerful and beloved in business. -
Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleIn one company, managers were able to reduce gendered descriptions of employee traits and behaviors — but not how they valued and rewarded them. -
After Your “Daddy Days” End
Work-life balance Digital ArticleShared parenting requires the workplace flexibility to take daddy hours, too.
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Research: How Remote Work Impacts Women at Different Stages of Their Careers
Gender Digital ArticleData on software engineers at a Fortune 500 company revealed that junior and senior women saw contrasting costs and benefits. -
Research: When Employees Identify with Their Company, They’re Less Likely to Recognize Gender Discrimination
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More Women Work in Nonprofits. So Why Do Men End Up Leading Them?
Gender Digital ArticleData from 1 million nonprofit workers show that men have an easier pathway to leadership — and suggests how to level the playing field. -
Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
Business and society Digital ArticleThree ways policymakers, financiers, and other stakeholders can mitigate gender bias in entrepreneurial funding. -
What Demographics Forms Say About Inclusivity at Your Company
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleTwo low-cost, low-risk suggestions that can boost belonging. -
Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks
Gender Digital ArticleCompanies can help women overcome common obstacles they face when trying to forge powerful professional ties. -
How to Build an Intersectional Approach to Talent Management
Intersectionality Digital ArticleMany organizations now realize that their struggles with workplace culture and recruitment may stem from a monolithic approach to policies, processes, and mindsets. -
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
Business ethics Digital ArticleBy using a structured analysis, organizations can truly begin to deliver on the promise of pay equity. -
How Companies Can Support Employees Experiencing Menopause
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleInaction will be increasingly costly for organizations. -
Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleIn one company, managers were able to reduce gendered descriptions of employee traits and behaviors — but not how they valued and rewarded them. -
3 Ways Men Can Advance Gender Equity at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThe majority of men report that they care about the issue. Here’s what’s holding them back from enacting change. -
Research: How Women Improve Decision-Making on Boards
Gender Digital ArticleEvidence suggests they enable deeper, more nuanced boardroom discussions. -
Overcoming Today’s DEI Leadership Challenges
Diversity and inclusion Big IdeaAn interview with former VICE Media chief people officer Daisy Auger-Domínguez. -
Where Does DEI Go from Here?
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The Next Phase of DEI
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When Diversity Meets Feedback
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
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How a Remote Australian Mine Became a Gender-Balanced Workplace
Gender Digital ArticleThe transformation sheds light on how sexist and homophobic cultures in male-dominated industries can change. -
What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleEven if the law continues to evolve in a conservative direction, at least three common approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion will endure. -
How Managers Can Dismantle “Benevolent Marginalization”
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleWhat some managers see as help actually prevents marginalized people from advocating for themselves.
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CEO Activism (B)
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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome
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Artea (C): Potential Discrimination through Algorithmic Targeting
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible... -
Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space
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Acting and Speaking with Power: Oliver North and the Iran-Contra Deal-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Bumble: Taking on Tinder, One Woman at a Time
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Tastee Snax Cookie Company (A)
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Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)
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NEW FRDM: Business Beyond the Binary (B)
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Illustrative Transformations (A)
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Vancouver City Savings Credit Union: Working Dads (A)
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Gillette: Shaving Gender Stereotypes
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the launch of a marketing campaign titled "The Barbershop Girls of India" created by Gillette India, a Procter and Gamble company... -
Lynn Garcia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The fictitious Lynn Garcia case examines several managerial challenges faced by first-time CEO Lynn Garcia. After graduating from Stanford's GSB, Garcia... -
Reviving the One Woman Campaign - Addressing a Clogged Leadership Pipeline
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Broadway Angels (2022)
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British Broadcasting Corporation: Under Fire for Gender Pay Inequality
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details On January 10, 2020, Samira Ahmed, a British Asian woman, won a landmark gender discrimination case against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).... -
Maria Ahlstrom-Bondestam: Together Everyone Achieves More
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case presents the unique approach to philanthropy of the Ahlstrom family. A group of 25 fifth-generation female Ahlstrom family members founded the... -
Funding My Sisters' Place: Building a Sustainable Social Enterprise
Management Case Study11.95View Details By the spring of 2021, My Sisters' Place, a safe, welcoming, and inclusive support centre for women in London, Ontario, had welcomed countless women to... -
Employee Advocate or Company Custodian: Choosing Sides in a Sexual Harassment Case
Management Case Study11.95View Details In October 2019, the director of human resources at SMP India Design Centre had a difficult situation to address. She had received a sexual harassment... -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Using Influence Strategies to Promote Gender Equality
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This case study focuses on how Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("RBG")-when she was a professor and attorney early in her career, before becoming an appellate judge...
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“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Boards with More Women Pay Less for Acquisitions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research shows female directors make a difference. -
Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
How Biden Won Back (Enough of) the White Working Class
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHe showed up, talked about jobs, and treated voters with respect. -
CEO Activism (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 617001. -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
Gender Digital ArticleChanging demographics will change the demands on your workers. -
Management Women and the New Facts of Life
Managing people Magazine ArticleTwo facts matter to business: only women have babies and only men make rules. -
DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations... -
From Hands-Off to Helicopters
Work-life balance Big IdeaA brief history of working parenthood in the United States. -
To Build a DEI Program That Works, You Need Metrics
Organizational Development Digital ArticleData will help you identify the biggest problems - and get buy-in from skeptics.