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Leading Question: Are You a Barrier Buster?

The Practical Leader

In their Harvard Business Review article, “ Rid Your Organization of Obstacles That Infuriate Everyone ,” Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao report on their study of this more, more, more problem. These issues were sorted into what the group could control, couldn’t control, or could influence.

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To Succeed in Tech, Women Need More Visibility

Harvard Business Review

As one technology executive has explained to us, “We have some very capable women in the middle management and junior VP levels, but they leave our firm to advance their careers as they continually get passed over for promotion.” ” What can companies do to stop the departure of senior women? Insight Center.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. That said, some reported being approached by leaders in their organization.

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To Inspire Innovation, Get a Muse

Harvard Business Review

But in this post-modern era of gender transcendence, a muse has come to mean a particular individual or category that profoundly inspires and influences one's creative work. Anyone can hire a focus group. Engelbart has quietly influenced generations of interface designers who've come to him for advice.

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Women in Asia Are More Financially Savvy than Women in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

Zhou Qunfei, the world’s richest self-made woman and founder of Lens Technology, is emblematic of a new class of female entrepreneurs in China who have built their wealth from scratch. In India, 59% of women in our sample report they’re generating their wealth; only 20% derive it from their spouse and 21% inherit it.

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