Why Many Organizations Don’t Prioritize Women’s Leadership and How They Can Start

Institute Editorial Team 07/26/2021

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As women, we have come to understand and acknowledge how being successful at work can be more challenging for us than our male counterparts. Many women must balance their advancing careers with motherhood, healthy relationships, and personal wellness. Women are also more likely to face sexual harassment at the workplace, leading them to remain silent and subservient in their jobs or leave their careers altogether. You may think that in 2021 the vast majority of businesses have a good understanding of the difficulties women face in the workplace but sadly, this is not the case. While some employers are making great strides in gender equity, many companies are still falling short of providing women the opportunities to excel in their careers. A recent study by…

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Institute Editorial Team

Women are Leading the Great Resignation

Women are leading the Great Resignation. Americans quit their jobs in record numbers in 2021 and according to The Wall Street Journal, approximately 4.4 million people left their jobs in September alone. A closer at the numbers reveals that women and frontline workers comprised the majority of those leaving their jobs. So what is leading women to leave the workforce, and how is this phenomenon affecting the women that remain? Why are Women Leading The Great Resignation? With women leading the Great Resignation, it has left many wondering why. What is causing women to leave their jobs in droves? Why would women walk away from careers they have spent years striving to build? As it turns out, a combination of factors is at play. However, three reasons…

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Institute Editorial Team 11/23/2021

Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield Shares Insight Into Women in the Workplace

An interview with Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield about her blog, Women are Advancing in the Workplace, but Women of Color Still Lag Behind. Why is your topic important to study? It is important to study underrepresented groups in the workplace, because these experiences give better insight into understanding how our current workplaces can be improved to maximize human capital. Americans spend a significant amount of our time at work, and it is increasingly tied to other functions (health care, retirement), but we also know that work is fundamentally unequal. People of color are concentrated into lower paying, less prestigious jobs, and women of all races experience widespread pay disparity, sexual harassment, and blocked paths to leadership. It’s critical to understand how these processes occur so…

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Institute Editorial Team 04/26/2021

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Why Women Thrive in the Gig Economy

Women are thriving in the gig economy. A silver lining of the pandemic is that it forced us as a society to reassess how we approach work. It’s long been said that the 40-hour work week is arbitrary, and the pandemic proved that to be true. It also proved that business can be done without having to sit in an office and be around coworkers. From this, the gig economy was officially born, and it enabled women in particular to wield autonomy like never before. What is the Gig Economy? Digital platforms such as Fiverr and Upwork (among others) allow people the world over to sell and buy gig services. The gig economy, “according to one definition, is a labour market characterized by the prevalence…

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Institute Editorial Team 08/16/2021

Empathy Makes You a Better Leader: Here are 3 Reasons Why

Empathy makes you a better leader. In general, women are perceived to be the most “empathetic” gender, and the science says there may be some truth to that perception. One study found that women are better at feeling others’ pain; female brains react more to images or videos of a person being in pain than male brains. It turns out that high empathy is a very positive thing for women in the workplace, especially if they’re in leadership positions. A recent report by Catalyst found that, especially in the post-pandemic workplace, empathy is a critical leadership skill that influences important factors like innovation and employee satisfaction. There’s no doubt about it: empathy is a necessary skill to have as a leader. Here are 3 benefits…

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Gina Messina, Ph.D. 01/17/2022

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The impact of intersectionality in the workplace

Intersectionality in the workplace: the implications on leadership. During the 2012 presidential election, Oprah Winfrey shared that she was continually being bombarded with questions about who she would support: Barack Obama, the Black candidate, or Hillary Clinton, the female candidate. She said that the question assumed that she could split her identity. But as a black woman, she couldn’t, she identified with both of them. In that moment, Winfrey gave us a window into the experience of intersectionality. She sparked a conversation about a concept that has been voiced for decades by those at the margins of mainstream America. Read more: What is intersectionality and why is it important? Seeking to highlight that one’s lived experience cannot simply be reduced to the sum of racism…

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Gina Messina, Ph.D. 01/24/2021

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