Today is International Women’s Day, a global day that encourages us to take a minute and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year’s theme is #BalanceforBetter, and raises the question: How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world? For leaders, this question is vitally important. You have the potential to take actions every … [Read more...]
Why You Need to Retain Women: The Business Case for Gender Diversity
This is a guest post by Caroline Turner, author of Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability through Inclusion. Most people don’t change, or willingly go along with change, just because the change is “the right thing to do.” They do it if there is an important reason to change. Businesses don’t change their corporate cultures so that they retain … [Read more...]
Modern Managers Need an “-ity” Strategy
Diversity. Mobility. Productivity. What are they good for, besides ending with '-ity'? Not so very long ago, most people came to the office at the same time every day, dressed the same, acted the same, left at the same time and kind of meandered through the day at a steady pace.You knew where you stood. You knew where everyone else stood, too.Not that there wasn’t … [Read more...]