Gender
Articles from MIT Sloan about gender and management.
To increase workforce diversity, focus on these 10 opportunities
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A new book from The MIT Press identifies nudges, interventions, and experiments to help companies de-bias, attract diverse talent, and manage the workforce better.
This biopharma executive offers 4 steps for finding your voice
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Coleen Glessner reflects on the pharma industry’s gender bias, what she’s learned about self-validation, and how “professional experimentation” leads to career success.
Why female STEM PhDs are less likely to become new inventors
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New research finds that female STEM PhD students are less likely to be advised by top faculty inventors or become new inventors themselves than male STEM PhD students.
This former Nutrisystem CEO wants to use AI to democratize talent
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Former Nutrisystem CEO Dawn Zier on straightforward communication, zero-tolerance harassment policies, and rethinking the emphasis on networking.
Why learning to say no is the most important lesson for this founder
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Entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro shares why she doesn’t allow unavoidable biases to bother her, and how she’s prioritizing her employees’ health care.
How to hire and support more women in your organization
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MIT faculty and industry executives share research and advice for removing gender-based obstacles within organizations.
Northwestern Mutual’s strategy chief: Take on challenges others won't
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Northwestern Mutual’s Aditi Javeri Gokhale on taking risks to get noticed and the importance of transparency around work-life balance.
4 new insights from MIT Sloan Management Review
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Practical advice for leaders on rooting out toxic culture and seeking gains from artificial intelligence and operations improvements.
‘Great leaders are people who don’t seek power’
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Tembusu Partners executive Theodora Lai on trusting your expertise, taking on new challenges, and constructive leadership.
Altering gendered language in job postings doesn’t attract more women
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A new MIT Sloan study finds that tweaking the amount of masculine or feminine language in online job postings doesn’t increase gender diversity in the applicant pool.