In its quest to achieve gender parity in corporate leadership, Paradigm for Parity set what can be considered an audacious goal—50-50 gender parity by 2030 By Jackie Krentzman When Ellen Kullman was in engineering school, some professors would say to her, “You’re the only woman who has...
By bringing in CEOs, Catalyst is leading the charge on increasing women’s representation in the upper echelons of management by Jackie Krentzman “Women make up about 51 percent of the US population. They earn 60 percent of all master’s degrees and control or influence more than 70 percent of...
Former Obama advisor Tina Tchen helps power Time’s Up, the high-profile movement fighting sexual assault and harassment in the workplace By Kimberly Olson In the wake of the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein in late 2017, a group of women working in Hollywood began talking about how...
[caption id="attachment_7585" align="alignleft" width="300"] businesswoman with arms outstretched holding smart phone in front of skyscrapers, low angle.[/caption] As discussion of gender equity hits the workplace, thereís some good news! Here are five companies that are relentlessly working to level the playing field and narrow the leadership...
Target’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and women’s leadership permeates every level of the company, from the mannequins in the store to the CEO’s office By Jackie Krentzman One day, Target Senior Vice President of Apparel and Accessories Michelle Wlazlo walked into a company store with her...
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, recently retired president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was the driving force behind many changes in Hollywood—including the academy’s diversification By Jackie Krentzman When Cheryl Boone Isaacs was trying to launch a career in publicity in Hollywood in the 1970s,...