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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...

Imagine being offered the promotion you have been waiting for. It’s more money, more prestige, and a role where you can really shape the...

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...

How many articles will be published this winter and new year on what you should start doing? Each year, as the holiday season approaches...

In a recent post, we shared how the informal organization creates hidden barriers for women’s career progression. We saw your incredible...

The pandemic has been catastrophic for women’s careers. Women have borne the brunt of the job losses. In December 2020 alone, women lost...

We both had strong responses when we saw this recent tweet: Let us count all the ways this email was biased – calling someone a...

A senior leader recently came to us with an urgent question. A woman in his organization was being evaluated for a big promotion. In this...

We were recently interviewing someone for a research project that focuses on the continued lack of women on boards in the UK. This man...

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....

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”...

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...

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...