Designing leadership programs for women that really work Herminia Ibarra & Kathleen O’Connor 5 January 2022 Powerful sponsors with specialist training and a deep commitment are needed to help propel women into senior roles. For decades, executives have come...
Why killing the office won’t close the gender gap Herminia Ibarra 2 September 2020 Before this pandemic, research suggested women benefited more from working from home than men. But there are three factors that indicate women are going to be at a disadvantage if...
Why WFH isn’t necessarily good for women Herminia Ibarra, Julia Gillard and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 2 September 2020 By altering attitudes toward working from home (WFH), COVID-19 may have forever changed the way we work. According to a new MIT study, half of...
A lack of sponsorship is keeping women from advancing into leadership Herminia Ibarra 19 August 2019 Too few women are reaching the top of their organizations, and a big reason is that they are not getting the high-stakes assignments that are prerequisite for a...
Why strategic networks are important for women and how to build them Herminia Ibarra 27 September 2017 “My problem,” said Anna, a financial services executive, “is getting to know the guys two levels above, my bosses’ boss and his peers. We just don’t have many...
Why strategic networking is harder for women Herminia Ibarra 7 April 2016 “My problem,” said Anna, a financial services executive, “is getting to know the guys two levels above, my bosses’ boss and his peers. We just don’t have many occasions to meet and when we...
