One is the Loneliest Number
Put an end to the costly workplace isolation experienced by many women by clustering them on teams and improving the promotion process.
Content: Article | Authors: Kevin Sneader, Lareina Yee | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business
What You Need to Know About Women at Work
Around the world, women are paid at lower rates and wages than men and are less likely to be promoted. They also tend to work in different sectors. The implications are everyone’s business.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Women in Business
Sandrine Devillard, Vivian Hunt, and Lareina Yee
Drawing on research in behavioral psychology and what McKinsey calls the “organizational health” of a company, we showed that women tend to encourage a more participatory decision-making process, such as improving the “working environment” component of organizational health. Men, meanwhile, tend to take corrective action more frequently when objectives are not achieved to bolster the “coordination and control” component of organizational health. Not all women … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Lareina Yee, Sandrine Devillard, Vivian Hunt | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Women in Business
Still Looking for Room at the Top: Ten Years of Research on Women in the Workplace
What we know—and what everyone needs to know—about the quest for equality.
Content: Article | Authors: Lareina Yee, Sandrine Devillard, Vivian Hunt | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Women in Business
Women in the Workplace 2017
More companies are committing to gender equality. But progress will remain slow unless we confront blind spots on diversity—particularly regarding women of color, and employee perceptions of the status quo.
Content: Article | Authors: Alexis Krivkovich, Irina Starikova, Kelsey Robinson, Lareina Yee, Rachel Valentino | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Women in Business
Unlocking the Power of Data in Sales
Analytics plays an increasingly important role in B2B sales—and high-performing sales organizations take it to a new level to differentiate themselves from the also-rans.
Content: Article | Authors: Charles Atkins, Lareina Yee, Maria Valdivieso de Uster, Mitra Mahdavian | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Marketing / Sales
Breaking Down the Gender Challenge
To make meaningful progress on gender diversity, companies must move beyond the averages and focus on the biggest pain points.
Content: Article | Authors: Alexis Krivkovich, Eric Kutcher, Lareina Yee | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Women in Business
Fostering Women Leaders: A Fitness Test for Your Top Team
Posing five questions can help start a challenging management conversation.
Content: Article | Author: Lareina Yee | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Women in Business
The next revolution in interactions
For improving performance and gaining competitive advantage, offshoring and the latest advances in technology seem to grab all the headlines. Yet building a sustainable advantage requires much more. Employees whose jobs can’t be automated-any company’s high-value decision makers-hold the key to boosting productivity, so making them more effective can create an edge that competitors won’t replicate easily.
Content: Article | Authors: Bradford C. Johnson, James Manyika, Lareina Yee | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subjects: Management, Strategy