A Sacred Cow: Salary Negotiations

The topic was the gender pay gap, and the focus was salary negotiations. As in how to do it. Specifically, how to teach women to do it.

Here’s the problem: it’s not that women don’t know how to negotiate…

Nonprofit Boards: Maybe Not a Pipeline

I have to confess that I cringe a little every time I hear someone suggest that women who are interested in serving on a corporate board should seek experience on a nonprofit board as part of their journey.

Not that it’s necessarily a bad idea, but it may not be the best idea.

What gets measured...

What gets measured gets done.

It’s a popular catchphrase in business these days. All too often, however, it’s the inverse that accurately describes what takes place

Gender Diversity & Innovation

A number of studies have looked at how the presence of women on corporate boards (and in senior management) impacts company performance, and many cases, have found a direct, positive relationship between gender diversity and the level of innovation in the firm as the “mediating variable.”