Lean In 50 Ways to Fight Bias
An experiential program that highlights 50 specific examples of gender bias with clear recommendations for what to do - because research shows bias training is more effective when it’s tied to realistic and familiar situations. The program is specific and solutions oriented, rooted in research and designed to engage men.


#IamRemarkable
Created by Google, this workshop teaches participants to develop the confidence to promote themselves in the workplace and personal life, thereby breaking modesty norms and glass ceilings.
This program aims to:
1. Improve the motivation and self-promotion skills of women and underrepresented groups.
2. Change social perceptions and refresh the conversation around self-promotion.
Start a ShowMe50™ Lean In Circle Enhance your leadership skills and influence a culture of innovative inclusion inside your company. Reach out to us and we can help you get started.
A Lean In Circle is a small group of (usually) 8-12 women and men who meet regularly to support one another and learn new skills. It’s a place where women can be unapologetically ambitious. We know Circles are making a difference: 85% of members credit their Circle with a positive change in their life, and almost two-thirds of women in Circles have taken on a new challenge.
Gender Bias is unequal treatment due to attitudes based on gender. At work it manifests itself in subtle ways like when women’s ideas are ignored or women are not included in meetings or discussions. Gender bias is a preference, conscious or unconscious, for working with one gender over another. Unconscious bias is incredibly hard to fix because by definition the person denies such a preference exists. That’s why changing corporate cultures is going to take a strategic grassroots approach. It starts by learning the facts.
Reading the seven ShowMe50™ toolkits is the starting point for learning about level the playing field at work. This resources page then provides additional information you can use to support your ShowMe50™ change initiatives. We have organized the learning materials into categories that correspond to the areas covered in the toolkits, presentations and Q&A. Check back regularly since we update the categories with fresh content.
Business Case and Statistics
- 50% Women Leading Corporate America – it can happen if we work together
- A one slide resource with numerous business case stats and links
- Boss and HR Presentations With Q&A
- Credit Suisse Gender 3000: Women in Senior Management
- Financial Times - The evidence is growing - there really is a business case for diversity
- The Gender Dividend: Making the business case for investing in women (Deloitte)
- Women in Business: From classroom to boardroom 2014 (Grant Thornton)
Communication And Influence
Editorial
- 50% Women Leading Corporate America – it can happen if we work together
- Board Introduction: Elba Pareja-Gallagher
- Board Introduction: Steve Childs
- Gender Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Inaugural Lean In Meeting Successful!
- Lean In!
- NJ-ISM Conference Presentation Oct 2015
- Pioneer gives tips for overcoming fear and driving change
- ShowMe50 Press Release March 31, 2015
Gender Bias
- Anatomy of Change: How inclusive cultures evolve (Catalyst)
- Four Equalizers for Parity
- Labels Against Women - Pantene TV Spot
- Legendary Wall Street executive, Sallie Krawcheck, reveals gender bias stories (PBS News Hour)
- Shelley Correll - Creating a Level Playing Field
- ShowMe50™ Win-Win Checklist
- The experience of Susan vs. Simon (Hays Recruiting)
- The Glass Ceiling and Solutions to Level the Playing Field
- Women in Engineering: Change the work culture, change the outcome
Infographics
Talent Management
- Anatomy of Change: How inclusive cultures evolve (Catalyst)
- Business Case For Posting All Jobs
- Cascading Gender biases, compounding effects: An Assessment of Talent Management Systems (Catalyst)
- PwC's Chief Diversity Officer highlights a sponsorship program (Fast Co.)
- The experience of Susan vs. Simon (Hays Recruiting)
- USING TALENT MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT INCLUSION: A How-To Guide For Organisations (Catalyst)
- Women At The Top Of Corporations: Making It Happen (McKinsey & Company)