If your organization has an all-male board, chances are you’re leaving a ton of money on the table. A study of publicly traded companies in the US, UK, and India found that companies with at least one woman on the board outperform companies with all-male boards in every region.
Read MoreWe don’t care how long your reading list is; this study on the state of women in corporate America, published by McKinsey and Lean In last week, needs to go right to the top. It’s not long—there are only 25 or so pages of actual content—but it’s packed with important and timely information for anyone who cares about women’s leadership.
Read MoreRaise your hand if you want to add $12 trillion to the world’s economy over the next decade. …Is everyone’s hand raised? Good news! Researchers say we can make it happen by addressing gender inequality.
Read MoreIt’s been a busy week for litigation around gender equality.
Read MoreGoogle’s Ad Settings software is engineered to deliver you online ads based on your interests, taking into account your prior searches, online activities, and demographic information. (It’s the reason you start to see a lot of cat food ads after watching one too many cat videos on YouTube.)
Read MoreThe US Census Bureau released a new report on income last week, and there’s some good news: the gender wage gap in America is the lowest it’s ever been in history.
Read MoreReaching full equality in the legal field is an important and ongoing struggle, but it is not a challenge to shy away from. A law firm is a living and malleable thing that is constantly changing. Recognizing the benefit of creating, fostering, and relying on diversity in your law firm is a smart way to run a business.
Read MoreNoted anthropologist Margaret Mead once said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Read MoreKristen Griest and Shaye Haver were hailed as trailblazers when they became the first women to graduate from the Army’s grueling Ranger School last month. They showed the Army what it was possible for women to achieve—and now we know the Army was paying attention.
Read MoreOn Sunday night, Jessica Mendoza became the first woman to announce a Sunday Night Baseball broadcast for ESPN. And she killed it.
Read MoreIf you think gender equality has a ways to go in the United States, just be grateful we’re not Japan. The World Economic Forum ranks Japan 104th out of 142 countries assessed in its Gender Gap Index, and women are only 11 percent of Japan’s managers and supervisors.
Read MoreSeed-stage venture firm First Round Capital celebrated its ten-year anniversary by analyzing the performance of all the companies they’ve funded in that time. Their number one finding? Female founders outperform their male peers.
And it wasn’t even close. Companies with at least one female founder performed a full 63 percent better than companies with all-male teams.
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