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Why You Should Start Investing ASAP (Infographics)

Why You Should Start Investing ASAP (Infographics)

Why You Should Start Investing ASAP (Infographics) It’s easy to put investing off. It will be easier to start when you get that raise (which you probably will). It will be easier to start when you have more time (which you probably won’t). Or when you feel like you’ve...

Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.

Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.

Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits. Selman Design If the supposedly unlikable Hillary Clinton didn’t break the highest, hardest glass ceiling in 2016, she made enough cracks in it to encourage others to try again: Six women are competing for the...

How Women Can Escape the Likability Trap

How Women Can Escape the Likability Trap

How Women Can Escape the Likability Trap Kelsey Dake There has been a lot of talk recently in the political arena about the likability trap for women : Women who behave in authoritative ways risk being disliked as insufferable prima donnas, pedantic schoolmarms or...

I’ll Share My Salary Information if You Share Yours

I’ll Share My Salary Information if You Share Yours

I’ll Share My Salary Information if You Share Yours Ellen Weinstein It was a few years into my career that I first talked to anyone about my salary, and then I couldn’t shut up about it. I negotiated my first raise after I learned that a male colleague with the...

Can Transparency Laws Fix the Gender Wage Gap?

Can Transparency Laws Fix the Gender Wage Gap?

Can Transparency Laws Fix the Gender Wage Gap? HBR Staff/joebelanger/Getty Images Despite progress in technology, education, and workers’ rights, there continues to be a substantial difference in pay between male and female workers, even among those in similar...

4 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate, Gender Edition

4 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate, Gender Edition

4 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate, Gender Edition Erin Schaff/The New York Times “Voters expect women to be ‘above the fray.’” — Amanda Hunter, research director at the Barbara Lee Family Foundation [In Her Words is available as a...

I Misjudged the Gender Effect

I Misjudged the Gender Effect

I Misjudged the Gender Effect Call me a political skeptic. Last week, when Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were in the middle of their spat over whether he told her in a private 2018 meeting that a woman could not win the presidency, I argued to a...

30+ Gender Pay Gap Statistics You Should Know

30+ Gender Pay Gap Statistics You Should Know

30+ Gender Pay Gap Statistics You Should Know The gender pay gap is both complicated and wildly controversial. There are a lot of things to take into consideration when talking about what the wage gap is and why it exists. For the purpose of this article, we’re...