Raina BrandsMay 293 minGender Bias Isn't the Only Thing Holding Women BackIf you mix yellow and blue, you get green. When people see green, they don’t see separate parts of yellow and blue – they just see...
Raina BrandsApr 265 minWhat Organizations Overlook When It Comes to Social Networks - and How You Can Explain It To Them. Recently, we sat down with Head of Insights at the FSCB, Kate Coombs, for a series of interviews. We will be sharing each of these with...
Raina BrandsFeb 285 minThe Glass CliffImagine being offered the promotion you have been waiting for. It’s more money, more prestige, and a role where you can really shape the...
Raina BrandsJan 314 minAre You Taking on or Taking Turns?Recently, one of us had a coffee with a colleague. After a few minutes of chatting, I realized that this dear friend was trying to gently...
Raina BrandsDec 20, 20213 minThis Year Instead of Giving, Take Something AwayHow many articles will be published this winter and new year on what you should start doing? Each year, as the holiday season approaches...
Raina BrandsOct 29, 20216 minThe Five People You Need in Your NetworkIn a recent post, we shared how the informal organization creates hidden barriers for women’s career progression. We saw your incredible...
Raina BrandsSep 23, 20217 min(In)Equality Begins At HomeThe pandemic has been catastrophic for women’s careers. Women have borne the brunt of the job losses. In December 2020 alone, women lost...
Raina BrandsMay 26, 20216 minYou Are Not Diversity. We both had strong responses when we saw this recent tweet: Let us count all the ways this email was biased – calling someone a...
Raina BrandsApr 27, 20218 minMaking Social Networks Work For YouA senior leader recently came to us with an urgent question. A woman in his organization was being evaluated for a big promotion. In this...
Raina BrandsMar 17, 20217 minNo, You Have Never Met a Queen Bee.We were recently interviewing someone for a research project that focuses on the continued lack of women on boards in the UK. This man...
Raina BrandsFeb 16, 20217 minDe-Bias Your Next Performance Review The setting where gender bias will hurt your career the most is also the one where it is hardest to detect: in your performance review....
Raina BrandsJan 13, 20218 minLean In... To What? Even if you have not read it, you likely know the headline message of Sheryl Sandburg’s 2013 book “Lean In”. She tells women to “lean in”...
Raina BrandsDec 17, 20208 minEngage to create change: How to effectively confront gender bias in the workplace. In our last newsletter, we offered you some new ways of describing the biases you see at work. When people get used to thinking about...
Raina BrandsNov 10, 20207 minWe should stop talking about implicit gender bias. Here's why. You have likely heard this famous riddle. A man and his son get in a terrible automobile accident and are rushed to the nearest emergency...