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Video: Black Women on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Past 18 Months
Global Business Digital ArticleBlack women are often "the onlys" in their organizations, often leading to tremendous pressure and responsibility. -
Research: Only 10% of Joint Venture Board Members Are Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleJVs are subject to far less public exposure - and fewer quotas and disclosure requirements - than other businesses. -
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. -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
Don't Lose the Democratizing Effect of Remote Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMishandling the transition to hybrid could reinforce social inequalities and jeopardize your diversity and inclusion efforts. -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Gender Initiatives Are Culture Change Initiatives
Gender Digital ArticleAt least, the successful ones are. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
Work-life balance Big IdeaMen want to step up. Here are four places to start. -
Gender Parity in the Boardroom Won't Happen on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleAt current rates, it will take more than 30 years to get there. -
Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou have more influence than you think. -
The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Gender Big IdeaNew federal policies for paid leave, quality and affordable childcare, fair work schedules, and living wages are more important than ever. -
Why Men Work So Many Hours
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLong days have become a status symbol. This is bad for both genders. -
The Different Reasons Men and Women Leave Their Successful Startups
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchNot every founder departure is a failure. -
Three Ways to Fish in the Global Talent Pool
Talent management Digital ArticleThe world is your talent pool. We’ve been hearing that message ever since corporations started chattering about globalization. The real issue is, how well do you fish in that pool? The difference between strategically fishing and merely flailing the waters of an increasingly diverse talent pool was the top issue at the recent Hidden Brain […] -
The More Women Earn, the Less Healthy They Feel
Gender Digital ArticleBut a new study’s findings are far from straightforward. -
Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
What's Worse - Glass Ceilings or Glass Cellars?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTwo very different takes on gender bias. -
Research: Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either
Leading teams Digital ArticleAnd there are implications for who becomes a leader. -
What Men Can Do to Be Better Mentors and Sponsors to Women
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleUnderstand their challenges and help them get ahead. -
When the Glass Ceiling Helps
Gender Digital ArticleThe glass ceiling is an infamous barrier, but a team at Duke recently discovered that it actually metamorphoses from a negative to a positive as women move from below it to above it. For middle-management women, it’s a barrier; for top leaders, it’s a mark of courage and ability. In fact, women in the top […]
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How to Equitably Assign High-Profile Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleWorking with researchers, four companies used a data-driven approach to balance who was doing the office housework and who was getting promotion-making assignments. -
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
Workplace discrimination Digital ArticleBeware the “not here” bias. -
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?
Diversity and inclusion Big IdeaFostering four freedoms can benefit employees and companies alike. -
The Next Phase of DEI
Management Digital Article"The Next Phase of DEI" Big Idea features the following three articles. In "Where Does DEI Go from Here?", author Laura Morgan Roberts, a researcher in... -
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
Business and society Digital ArticleWorking–and living–inauthentically can cause stress, mental illness, or worse. -
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.
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Philanthropy Industry Note Part (B): Philanthropy by Individual Donors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (D): Corporate Philanthropy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ana Paula Pessoa
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ana Paula Pessoa built a career at the largest media conglomerate in Latin America, combining a passion for digital transformation with a commitment to... -
HBR Women at Work Series Collection (3 Books)
65.00View Details Inspiring conversations, advancing together. Women often face unique challenges in the workplace, from navigating the wage gap and facing unfair biases... -
SAP Labs India: Building an Inclusive Organization
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how SAP Labs India, a research and development center of SAP SE introduced and pursued a wide range of diversity and inclusion (D&I)... -
The Necessary Journey: Making Real Progress on Equity and Inclusion
30.00View Details "What does a workplace utopia look like to you?" This is the question Dr. Ella F. Washington asks company leaders, and often she hears about an ideal... -
Artea (D): Discrimination through Algorithmic Bias in 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... -
Steve Shirley
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Traces the career development of a well-known British entrepreneur who, as a young girl, was forced to flee the Nazi's occupation of Central Europe. Details... -
Algorithmic Bias in Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This note focuses on algorithmic bias in marketing. First, it presents a variety of marketing examples in which algorithmic bias may occur. The examples... -
Board Diversity at Amazon (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case revolves around the decisions that the board of directors of ecommerce giant Amazon would need to make in response to the controversial letter... -
Laura Barr: Work Patterns at Ditto (B)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details According to her managers, Laura is an "ideal female employee." Depicts her life and provides a log of how she spends her time. This is a rewritten version... -
Hindustan Unilever: Brooke Bond Red Label's 6 Pack Band
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2016, the 113-year-old tea brand Brooke Bond Red Label (Red Label), a sub-brand of Hindustan Unilever Limited, created a groundbreaking advertising... -
Anglogold Ashanti: Navigating Pathways in the Face of Challenge
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The chief financial officer (CFO) of AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AngloGold Ashanti), one of the world's largest gold mining companies, had for one year... -
Gender Issues in the Workplace
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Gender in the workplace. Is it still an issue? While it is increasingly easier in the early 21st century for women to work, manage, and take positions... -
Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World
Communication Book30.00View Details Pfizer's trailblazing communications leader, Sally Susman, reveals how we can break through the noise to get our message across and make positive change.... -
You, the Leader: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
99.95View Details The "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Speak Up, Speak Out (HBR Women at Work Series)
24.95View Details Make yourself heard. Having your voice heard at work can be challenging, whether you're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying... -
Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship....
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Video: Black Women on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Past 18 Months
Global Business Digital ArticleBlack women are often "the onlys" in their organizations, often leading to tremendous pressure and responsibility. -
Research: Only 10% of Joint Venture Board Members Are Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleJVs are subject to far less public exposure - and fewer quotas and disclosure requirements - than other businesses. -
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. -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
Don't Lose the Democratizing Effect of Remote Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMishandling the transition to hybrid could reinforce social inequalities and jeopardize your diversity and inclusion efforts. -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Gender Initiatives Are Culture Change Initiatives
Gender Digital ArticleAt least, the successful ones are. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
Work-life balance Big IdeaMen want to step up. Here are four places to start. -
Gender Parity in the Boardroom Won't Happen on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleAt current rates, it will take more than 30 years to get there. -
Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou have more influence than you think.