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Boardroom Change in Norway
Lorsch, Jay W.; Barton, MelissaCase HBS-411089-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2003, the Norwegian Parliament amended the Public Limited Companies Act in order to achieve greater representation of women on corporate boards. According to the amendment, all state-owned companies and public limited companies were required to have at least 40% women on their boards. This case uses first-hand accounts from Norwegian directors to document the Norwegian business community's reaction to the quota, how Norwegian boards sought wom...Starting at €8.20
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Co-Opt the Old Boys' Club: Make It Work for Women
Lang, Ilene H.Article HBS-F1111F-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Old Boys' Club simply will not be dismantled. So, to rise up in the ranks, high-potential women must secure sponsors in the C-suite, where most executives are men. Smart companies are already facilitating this path to sponsorship so that their future leadership ranks reflect the full range of available talent.Starting at €8.20
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Why His Merit Raise Is Bigger Than Hers
Benard, StephenArticle HBS-F1204B-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen you work for an organization that proudly touts its pay-for-performance ethos, you can be sure you'll get a fair shake, right? Not necessarily. In explicit meritocracies, managers feel more at liberty to act on their politically incorrect biases, with the result that they shortchange women when handing out raises and bonuses.Starting at €8.20
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In the Hot Finance Jobs, Women Are Still Shut Out
Lietz, Nori GerardoArticle HBS-F1207C-ELeadership and People ManagementDetailed, hard-to-compile data on private equity, venture capital, and real estate firms shows that the number of women in senior finance positions is stuck in the single digits--and 60% of the firms studied had no female senior investment professionals at all.Starting at €8.20
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"Now is Our Time"
Sandberg, Sheryl K.; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1304F-EAt 43, Sheryl Sandberg can look back on an already illustrious career that began with her graduation summa cum laude from Harvard and moved through the World Bank, Harvard Business School, McKinsey, the U.S. Treasury Department, and Google before landing her at Facebook, where she manages the social media giant's complex business operations. Nevertheless, she has faced her own internal barriers to success, which is part of the reason for her para...Starting at €8.20
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Ending the Wage Gap
Datta, Sudip; Guha, Abhijit; Iskandar-Datta, MaiArticle HBS-F1305C-ELeadership and People ManagementTop female executives usually start out with pay comparable to their male counterparts', but a gap emerges and increases over the course of their tenure. Four strategies can help them maintain pay parity.Starting at €8.20
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Dysfunction in the Boardroom
Groysberg, Boris; Bell, DeborahArticle HBS-R1306F-ELeadership and People ManagementThough boards claim they strive for diversity, the number of female directors remains low; women held only 16.6% of Fortune 500 board seats in 2012. To find out why--and learn about the women appointed to boards and their experiences--Harvard Business School's Groysberg and organizational researcher Bell teamed up with Heidrick & Struggles and WomenCorporateDirectors to conduct annual surveys of board members. In this article they reveal the find...Starting at €8.20
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Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers
Ibarra, Herminia; Ely, Robin J.; Kolb, Deborah M.Article HBS-R1309C-EEven when CEOs make gender diversity a priority--by setting aspirational goals for the proportion of women in leadership roles, insisting on diverse slates of candidates for senior positions, and developing mentoring and training programs--they are often frustrated by a lack of results. That's because they haven't addressed the fundamental identity shift involved in coming to see oneself, and to be seen by others, as a leader. Research shows, the...Starting at €8.20
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Women in the Workplace: A Research Roundup
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-R1309F-ELeadership and People ManagementA variety of recent research by business, psychology, and sociology scholars offers a window into women's collective experiences at work. Some of these studies confirm widely held assumptions: that women are paid less than men; that the numbers of women drop dramatically the higher you go in organizations; that women are more ethical. But some cast doubt on other popular notions: that caring for their families is a major reason that high-achievin...Starting at €8.20
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Hacking Tech's Diversity Problem
Williams, Joan C.Article HBS-R1410H-ELeadership and People ManagementThe technology industry has a big problem with diversity, one that seems to be getting worse: In 1991 women held 37% of computing jobs; today they hold only 26%. But if tech firms want to get serious about hiring, retaining, and promoting more women, they'll need something more effective than sensitivity or mentoring programs that "fix" individual behavior, and longer lasting than cultural change programs. The author suggests an approach that bor...Starting at €8.20