Upcoming Multicultural Women's Town Halls

Since Working Mother Media (WMM) started their Women of Color National Conference in 2003, there has been a surge of interest in issues surrounding women of color in business. The upshot of this increased interest is that WMM has been holding Multicultural Women’s Town Halls all over the country, where women of all ethnicities can [...]

Is the Glass Ceiling Really Unbreakable?

No. But the studies on the advancement of women (especially women of color) in corporate america are not showing the sort of improvement that ought to follow all of these diversity programs and initiatives. Professors at Tuck (Dartmouth) and Loyola Chicago recently released a study entitled “The Pipeline to the Top: Women and Men in [...]

Leadership In Your Midst?

This Harvard Business Review (HBR) article entitled “Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives” has been out for some time, but I want to revisit it today. The Center for Work-Life Policy, through its Hidden Brain Drain task force, devised a study in 2004 which examines the hidden strengths (and lives) [...]

Tired of Choosing?

Dr. Evangelina Holvino is a faculty member at the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons Graduate School of Mangement. Dr. Holvino recently authored an interesting article on the experiences of women of color in business organizations: “Tired of Choosing”: Working with the Simultaneity of Race, Gender, and Class in Organizations. Read the article: [...]

"Blending In", "Sticking Together" or Both?

Catalyst recently released a study on the networking styles of women of color, finding that women of color typically adopt a style on the continuum between: “Blending In” – having a high number of colleagues from work, or a high number of white men in one’s network; or “Sticking Together” – having a low number [...]

Statisticienne: Women of Color vs. Men of Color on Corporate Boards

Catalyst has done some terrific research on women on corporate boards. Their census on Fortune 500 boards reveals some troubling statistics on the composition of corporate boards, in terms of gender and race. You can find the Catalyst study here. Out of the 266 companies (Fortune 500) that confirmed the ethnic makeup of their boards, [...]

Line vs. Staff Roles

One way to understand the corporate environment is through the distinctions between types of roles. Most of us have a basic understanding of the distinction in functional roles, such as Finance, HR, Marketing, Operations, or Legal. But for women of color, it is critical to understand the difference between line and staff roles at companies. [...]

Statisticienne: Women CEOs

As of today (9/5/06), 10 women hold the CEO title at Fortune 500 companies (Not including Indra Nooyi’s appointment–it is not effective until October). In the Fortune 1000, 20 women hold the CEO title. All Women CEOs Statisticienne calculation F500 = 2% (2.2% including Nooyi) Statisticienne calculation F1000 = 2% (2.1% including Nooyi) Men continue [...]

The Profiler: Indra Nooyi to become PepsiCo.'s CEO

A belated congratulations are in order to Indra Nooyi, who has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo., effective October 1, 2006. (The announcement was made August 14, 2006). This is really big news. Ms. Nooyi is only the second woman of color to be named CEO of a Fortune 500 company (Pepsi’s 2006 [...]

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Women of color are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the business and legal arenas, and yet there remains a dearth of information about their careers and home lives. This blog will raise awareness of the myriad issues affecting women of color in the workplace. Most of the entries will cover various topics; others are [...]

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