Loaded question: Why are most companies buying their women’s leadership initiatives from men?
Last week I was reading the 2018 World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report. If we continue to make progress at the same pace, the gap for economic opportunity (i.e. gender parity in the workplace) will close in 167 years in Canada and the US. For the world as...
read moreLoaded Question: Will investing in women create a divide in my organization?
This question comes up a lot, especially when I’m talking to senior leaders. The last thing an organization wants to do is alienate women, or give special treatment to someone just because of their gender. They don’t want it to backfire and they don’t want...
read moreWe’ve closed the gender gap in education. Now it’s time to tackle the workplace.
I recently read The World Economic Forum 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, and there's something to celebrate. Today there is absolutely no gap in the US and Canada when it comes to educational attainment for men and women. What this means is that a lot of the groundwork...
read moreWhy women don’t apply for leadership roles and what you can do about it
Gender diversity in leadership is an elephant sized problem here in Canada and around the world. Men and women want to solve this problem but there is no easy solution. Last year I was at a conference on diversity and I kept hearing the same thing: I want to hire more...
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