Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. Firms with the most ethnically diverse executive teams were 33% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability, and those with executive-level gender diversity worldwide had a 21% likelihood of outperforming their industry competitors.

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

While this certainly tells researchers a lot about changes in employment – many more women are working today than in previous years – we wondered what this looked like over the course of a work career. Only about eight percent of women in our sample followed a “stay-at-home” pathway for the majority of these years.

Career 8

Career Policies Long-term Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But firms that rely on current employees to refer new hires could end up with a less diverse workforce. Disadvantages at the referral stage may also affect career outcomes that are further downstream (e.g., of our sample) and men (61.4%), and between white (55.5%) and black (18.2%) employees. (We

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Reference Sample Participative Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Why do career “wins” often leave people feeling empty and dissatisfied? Hall’s model suggests a number of reasons that a success might feel like a failure: Trade-offs between career and personal goals. Hall’s model suggests a number of reasons that a success might feel like a failure: Trade-offs between career and personal goals.

Succession 11

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Career 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And worldwide they are catching up to men in levels of education and workforce participation. Their lack of gender diversity affects the bottom line. In many countries they make up an equal or greater share of tertiary graduates and the professional and technical labor force. We found that these figures matter to the bottom line.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. Interacting with two or more cultural contexts can help immigrants combine diverse ideas, solutions, and customer problems in order to create something entirely new. Musk migrated from South Africa to the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

” Having spent their careers looking through a patient-focused lens, physicians moving into executive positions might be expected to bring a patient-focused strategy. In a recent study that matched random samples of U.S. The course culminates in a team-based innovation project presented to hospital leadership.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By contrast, our higher class candidate pursued traditionally upper-class hobbies and sports, such sailing, polo, and classical music, while the lower-class candidate participated in activities with lower financial barriers to entry (e.g., pick-up soccer, track and field team) and those distinctly rejected by higher-class individuals (e.g.,

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Class Education Diversity Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Are MOOCs merely an intellectual diversion for the well educated and well-off? Our latest research demonstrates that among learners who complete courses, MOOCs do have a real impact: 72% of survey respondents reported career benefits and 61% reported educational benefits. Career Builders. Do they provide any tangible benefits?

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Education Report Survey Career 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.” Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

These women often are less satisfied with their careers , perceive that they are unlikely to advance at their current organizations, or believe they must change jobs in order to reach the next level. “A lot of characteristics for the men are seen as assets but are not liked in women,” said one focus group participant.

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Focus Group Skills Technology Review 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

We sought to understand the barriers they faced, their strategies for ascending through the organization, and the tools they used to manage significant organizational change efforts and navigate career risks. Yet, at the same time, many of our participants expressed feeling invisible. You are the only one in the room.”

Execution 11

Execution Strategy Self-aware Career 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The country has been cited as a standout on the gender-gap front, consistently recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a leader based on evaluation of four domains: economic participation and opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment, and health and survival. These analyses, however, should be interpreted with care.

Diversity 12

Diversity Survey Sample Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The sidebar “Inside the Work Wardrobes of Five Fabulous Men” contains vignettes of several participants from my research (using pseudonyms to protect their anonymity). These men represent the range of demographics, occupations, and clothing styles in my sample. Inside the Work Wardrobes of Five Fabulous Men Mark.

Fashion 12

Fashion Participative Class Creativity 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. We found, alas, that FOB boards trailed behind non-FOB boards on diversity. Director Profiles.

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FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Former Google engineer James Damore was hardly the first person to argue that biological differences between men and women determine career outcomes. If the evidence on biological differences is too thin to explain the large gender gaps in leadership roles and STEM careers, is the evidence on gender bias any stronger?

Long-term 13

Long-term Review Morale Engineering 13