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Managing Ethnic Stereotypes That Enter the Room Before You Do

During DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event on Nov. 4, Merary Simeon, North America vice president of diversity and engagement at PepsiCo and Billie Jo Johnson, general manager at Toyota Motor, North America…

Research Roundup: Census Data Shows No Progress Made on Closing Gender Pay Gap

Research by Olivia Riggio

Between 2018 and 2019, there has been no progress toward closing the gender pay gap according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released data. Still, the average working woman earns $0.82 for every dollar a…

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Research Roundup: Latinas Only Make Up 3.3% of California Corporate Boards

Research by Olivia Riggio

In October 2018, SB 826 was enacted. The legislation mandated that public companies headquartered in California have at least one woman on their boards by the end of 2019, and a minimum of three women…

Research Roundup: What’s Keeping Women from the C-Suite?

Research Talent Management Women in Leadership by Olivia Riggio

Women now lead 167 of the country’s top 3,000 companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. That number has doubled from a decade ago, but it is still under 6%. The issue lies within the…

Meeting in a Box: Women’s History Month

Meeting in a Box by Olivia Riggio

Women’s History Month takes place in March to celebrate women’s strength, tenacity, resilience and contributions around the world. Women are diverse, with different backgrounds, sexual orientations and abilities, and this month, we aim to celebrate…

Research Roundup: Committee on Financial Services Finds Need for Transparency, Improvement in Large Banks’ Diversity Practices

Research Supplier Diversity by Olivia Riggio

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services under congresswoman Maxine Waters issued a report this month that summarizes the Committee’s review of the diversity and inclusion practices in the U.S.’s largest banks. It found that although banks…

Research Roundup: Study Finds Significant Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

Research by Olivia Riggio

Women make up half of the population, and now nearly half of the workforce, but as they ascend the corporate ladder, fewer of them are represented at the top. Out of DiversityInc’s 2019 Top 50…

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‘It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace’: Women’s Hostility Toward One Another is Not in Their Nature

News Research Women by Olivia Riggio

The “mean girl” trope of women being petty, resentful and two-faced toward one another has followed them beyond high school and into the workplace. Women are often dismissed in professional environments based on this stereotype,…

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Research Roundup: Women in Tech Positions have Increased to Nearly 30%, According to AnitaB.org

Best Practices Research by Olivia Riggio

The number of women working in tech positions is growing, according to the 2019 Top Companies for Women Technologists Insights Report by AnitaB.org. AnitaB.org is a nonprofit that works to increase representation of women working…

Research Roundup: Study Finds Investors Predict Tech and Finance Companies With More Gender Diversity Will See Stock Prices Rise

Research by Olivia Riggio

A study by Stanford University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology found investors are more likely to bet that a company will see its stock prices rise if it…