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Women At The Top Of Corporations: Making It Happen (McKinsey & Company)

This 28 page report from power thought leader McKinsey & Company provides a summary of the gender balanced leadership problem... and solution. Don't feel like reading 28 pages? Skip straight to page 17 which contains an infographic about how to fix things....

Strategic Thinking For Problem Solving (Dr. Arnaud Chevallier)

When ShowMe50™  told Associate Vice Provost at Rice University, Arnaud Chevallier, that we used his Logic in Communication presentation in our materials (Toolkit 4, Learn to Influence Change), he generously sent us this additional presentation, Strategic Thinking for Problem Solving. Wow!...

How CEOs Talk About Gender Parity

This report highlights the critical behaviors required of CEOs to make change happen-- and it's not the researchers but the CEOs themselves who defined them through in depth interviews. It is so inspiring to hear Simon Collins, Chairman of UK...

Employees Rising: Seizing the Opportunity in Employee Activism

This is an interesting report by Weber Shandwick and KRC research on the power of employees in today's social media economy. They explain how employees are mostly big fans of their companies and talk positively about them in social media. However, left unattended...

Boss and HR Presentations With Q&A

In order to successfully execute your gender balanced leadership initiative inside your company you must let your boss know about it. Your boss has disproportionate influence on your career. You want him/her to hear directly from you what you're doing and why. ShowMe50™...

Be a Catalyst for Change on Your Terms

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Sharing Family Responsibilities Equally – Meers and Strober

This book ,50/50, was featured in Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. The authors, Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober,  share personal stories, compelling social science and a practical roadmap to help women - and men - stay engaged with their kids...

Work-Life Effectiveness as an Organizational Tool for High Performance (Catalyst)

Today's workforce wants more flexibility. Both women and men want greater control over their work hours. In this report, Catalyst, the premier organization for expanding opportunities for women at work, explains a different kind of workplace flexibility called Work Life Effectiveness, WLE.  It creates an...

Shelley Correll – Creating a Level Playing Field

This video by Dr. Shelley Correll is very effective at condensing gender bias 101 into 19 minutes. The video is part of Lean In's lecture series and is well worth watching. Not only does Dr. Correll provide compelling science to...

Labels Against Women – Pantene TV Spot

Gender bias is something we must control in order to achieve balanced leadership in corporations. The definition of gender bias is unequal treatment due to attitudes based on gender. But it’s sometimes difficult to articulate what gender bias looks and...

Elba’s launch blog coming soon…

Coming by the end of March.

Unilever’s Path Toward 50%

Unilever is one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies with products sold in over 190 countries. A few U.S. brands include Lipton, Knorr, Hellmann’s, Dove and Suave. More than 2 billion consumers worldwide use a Unilever product on any...