The so-called “mommy track” or “motherhood penalty” can exacerbate the challenges women already face in developing their careers and obtaining leadership positions.
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What are the traits and attributes that women bring to a leadership position that emerging evidence shows is linked to increased profits? There are five key leadership skills we need to foster in all female leaders at the top.
The sales function has the second highest gender leadership gap. This gap is worse even than engineering and IT, which are notorious for their gender gaps.
BetterUp, the first leadership development platform to connect coaching to sustainable behavior change, today announced the company has raised an additional $26 million in Series B funding, bringing the total capital raised to $39 million.
Also known as the inner critic, imposter syndrome is that nasty voice that tells us we are a fraud. It might say things like, “Who are you to [do this, charge that, lead this]?”
Understanding how the brain learns best can enable us to provide leadership learning that embeds and lasts.
A global movement is taking place in the C-suites of thousands of innovative organizations. The question the leaders of these organizations ask themselves is, “How can we create more human leadership and people-centered cultures?"
Challenging the status quo within an organization requires that company executives, board members and department leaders reexamine their assumptions.
While there are many possible causes and solutions to the gender gap, learning and development holds at least one key to its extinction. And it will take both men and women to get there.
While there are many interrelated factors contributing to the well-known gender leadership gap, it’s clear equalizing leadership training is an important step.