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Gender at Work, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenTeaching Note HBS-417058-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 416026.Starting at €0.00
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Rethink What You "Know" About High-Achieving Women
Ely, Robin J.; Stone, Pamela; Ammerman, ColleenArticle HBS-R1412G-ELeadership and People ManagementOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their experiences, attitudes, and decisions might shed light on prevailing controversies. What their comprehensive survey revealed suggests that the conventional wisdom about women's career...Starting at €8.20
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Gender at Work
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-416026-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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How to Close the Gender Gap
Ammerman, Colleen; Groysberg, BorisArticle HBS-R2103J-ELeadership and People ManagementMost companies say they're committed to advancing women into leadership roles. What they may fail to recognize, though, is that systemic barriers are holding women back. As a result, women remain disadvantaged at every stage of their employment and underrepresented in positions of power. Drawing on their own research and the scholarship of others, the authors describe common forms of gender discrimination in seven key areas of talent management: ...Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ana Paula Pessoa
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421071-ELeadership and People ManagementAna Paula Pessoa built a career at the largest media conglomerate in Latin America, combining a passion for digital transformation with a commitment to doing work that had a posititve impact on society. Having grown up during a dictatorial miltary regime in Brazil, the value of a free press was clear to Pessoa. She ultimately rose to become CFO of the company's print media arm, before making a career shift to invest in technology startups and lat...Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Michele Hooper
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421072-ELeadership and People ManagementMichele Hooper joined the board of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation when she was in her late thirties, becoming the company's youngest director as well as the only woman and the only person of color in the boardroom. Such "firsts" were not unusual for Hooper, who had been tapped to lead the Canadian subsidiary of Baxter International a year earlier, one of very few women moved from a staff to a line role at the company. More board opportunities cont...Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Barbara Hackman Franklin
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421073-ELeadership and People ManagementBarbara Hackman Franklin was one of the first women to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School. She went on to break barriers in the private and public sectors, rising to leadership positions in business and government. In the 1970s, she led a successful White House initiative to hire more women into high-level roles, helping to change the makeup of the federal workforce and advance the national conversation about women's roles in public life.Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421070-ELeadership and People ManagementIlene Lang started her career in technology at a time when the tech sector was new and women had only recently entered the workplace in large numbers. Over the next thirty years, she built a career spanning large and small tech companies, leading global teams and overseeing products such as AltaVista, an early search engine. After leading three dot-coms in the late 1990s, she was ready for a new chapter and joined Catalyst, a global nonprofit foc...Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421074-ELeadership and People ManagementJack Rivkin's innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research department he led, and also made the entire department more effective. Rivkin fostered a culture of gender inclusion and focused on developing the unique strengths of every employee, rather than expecting women to fit a rigid masculine norm. His efforts led to an increase in the department's f...Starting at €8.20
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ros Atkins
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, ColleenCase HBS-421075-ELeadership and People ManagementRos Atkins launched the 50:50 Project on a BBC news program her anchored, deciding with his team to start tracking the gender of the contributors and experts featured on the show. Before long, it was clear that monitoring the data led to increased awareness of a gender gap which in turn spurred action - the represenation of women and men equalized. Atkins knew the simple process could have a signficinat impact, so he worked with colleagues to imp...Starting at €8.20