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How To Brag Like a Lady

Joan Williams | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Working Women, Women in Business, Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination, Workplace, Catalyst Study, Career Advice, Career Advice for Women, Confidence, Women News
Joan Williams

The problem with so much of the career advice out there is that it advises women to act more like men in the workplace. Here are four tips women can actually use.

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Women Ask, But Men Don't Have To

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Catalyst Study, Working Women, Women in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mba, Equal Pay, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

Women do ask -- but get little in return. Equally skilled men advance farther and more quickly than their female peers. The $4600 pay gap that starts from day one grew to more than $31,000 several years down the track -- even when women asked.

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Women in Corporate America

Christine Bork | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Catalyst Study, Women of Color, Ceos, Senior Leadership Positions, Promotion, Glass Ceiling, Human Resources, Women in Business, Job Training, Women Executives, African American Women, Chicago News
Christine Bork

Although women are making inroads in management positions, they have been unable to reach the heights of men with similar education and experience. Why aren't women advancing to senior leadership positions?

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Climbing the Ropes to Get Ahead

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mentorship, Census, Equality, Fortune 500, Human Rights, Catalyst Study, Pay Gap, Sponsorship, Gender Pay Gap, Catalyst, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

Mentors can show you the ropes, but sponsors help you climb them.

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Do Kids Kill Careers?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Leonhardt, Careers, New York Times, Gender Stereotypes, Catalyst Study, Pay Gap, M.B.A., Gender Pay Gap, The Atlantic, Sexism, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

Gender, not kids, charts career success. Women and men jump off traditional career paths at equal rates -- but only women are penalized for it when they try to get back on track.

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Pipeline in Peril: Women MBAs Lag Behind

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negotiation, Gender Equality, Compensation, Gender Stereotypes, Women in Business, Catalyst Study, Women MBAs, Double-Bind, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

It was always just a matter of time. As more women graduated with advanced degrees, entered the workforce and gained relevant experience, we would see...

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Workplace Inequity Still Starts from Day One

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catalyst Study, Women of Hardvard Business School, Entry Level for Women, Women Earn Less Than Men, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

Women were outpaced by men in salary throughout their careers.

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Women Senior Execs Take A Wallop in the Downturn

Fawn Germer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Women, Women's Leadership, Fawn Germer, Catalyst Study, Women CEOs, Network of Executive Women, Women in Business, Women's Success, International Women's Forum, Women's Leadership Issues, Business News
Fawn Germer

A recent Catalyst study of fast-track MBA graduates found that "A startling 19 percent of senior women lost their jobs versus just six percent of men." That's three to one.

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