Catalyst in the News
Subscribe to Catalyst in the News | 09/01/2010 |
Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women, Harvard Business Review Two Catalyst researchers, along with a professor of organizational behavior, explain that sponsorship rather than mentorship is the ticket to promotions for women.
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| 08/27/2010 |
Mentors fall short in giving concrete help to careers, The Times (Shreveport) This article names the two Catalyst researchers and a co-author who posed in a Harvard Business Review piece that sponsorship rather than mentorship advances careers.
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| 08/26/2010 |
Women Are Over-Mentored (But Under-Sponsored), HBR IdeaCast The co-author of a Harvard Business Review article based on Catalyst research showing that sponsors rather than mentors enable advancement argues the case in this interview. (Audio)
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| 08/18/2010 |
New Solutions: Developing Diverse Leadership at ING, The Glass Hammer The representation of Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang on a panel exploring women's advancement at ING was referenced in this article on the topic.
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| 08/11/2010 |
Do kids kill women's careers?, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The blogger, advocating for part-time work for women, references the Catalyst position in a recent media debate that gender inequity and not parenthood derails women's careers.
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| 08/11/2010 |
Dynamic Trio: Having three women on the Supreme Court bodes well for the future, The Houston Chronicle Catalyst research suggesting that three might be the critical mass of women board directors correlating with corporate performance is cited in this editorial postulating that a third woman on the bench "will broaden the perspective of all the justices."
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| 08/11/2010 |
MA Supreme Court Reaffirms Maternity Leave Limit, Ms. A Catalyst Quick Take on parental leaves is referenced in a news brief on a Massachusetts court decision to limit maternity absences to eight weeks for a job to be guaranteed.
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| 08/10/2010 |
How to Achieve Workplace Equality, The New York Times In a letter to the editor, Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Offier uses Catalyst research showing women M.B.A.s trail men in advancement regardless of parental status to rebut a columnist who argued that motherhood was the culprit.
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| 08/10/2010 |
Do Kids Kill Careers?, The Huffington Post In a rebuttal to a column in The New York Times, Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer draws from Catalyst research to argue that gender inequality and not parenthood slows women's careers.
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| 08/10/2010 |
Outraged moms, trashy daughters, Maclean's Catalsyt research on women's representation in corporate leadership in Canada is cited, and a Catalyst Vice President is quoted, in this article bemoaning the tendency of young women to believe the fight for equality is over.
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| 08/09/2010 |
Kansas City-area companies back new campaign to add women leaders, Kansas City Business Journal Catalyst research tying women's representation in corporate leadership with performance is referenced in this news report that local companies support an effort to get more women onto boards and into executive jobs.
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| 08/05/2010 |
And Kagan Makes Three, Forbes A Catalyst finding that three appeared to be the point at which women's representation on corporate boards correlated with performance was cited in an article examining the implications of a third female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| 07/30/2010 |
Take More (Calculated) Risks: Five Ways to Build Your Risk Instinct and Get Ahead, The Glass Hammer Catalyst research on corporate expectations that are necessary for advancement but not articulated is cited in this article that explores women's tendency to demur from the risky assignments that lead to promotion.
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| 07/29/2010 |
South Africa: Boardroom Gender Change 'Miniscule', allAfrica.com Catalyst research tying women's representation on Fortune 500 boards and executive suites to performance is cited in this media outlet's look at the numbers for women in corporate leadership in South Africa.
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| 07/22/2010 |
What's good for women in the workplace is good for everyone., The Gazette (Montreal) Canadian leaders named the inaugural recipients of The Catalyst Canada Honours discuss their rationale for advocating for women's advancement in this news story that also quotes Catalyst's Vice President, North America.
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| 07/15/2010 |
Awards recognize efforts to advance women in business, Canadian HR Reporter The news brief profiles the inagural recepients of The Catalyst Canada Honours and quotes Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, on the significance.
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| 07/15/2010 |
Making a business case for the advancement of women, The Toronto Star A news story on the first recipients of The Catalyst Canada Honours reveals these three corporate leaders believe that advancing women enables their organizations to advance.
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| 07/07/2010 |
More Women Leaders: Time For A Different Approach, The Glass Hammer The blogger cites Catalyst research tying women's representation in corporate leadership to performance, and documenting the paucity of women in those jobs, in calling for shareholders to demand greater numbers.
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| 07/01/2010 |
How Investors React When Women Join Boards, Harvard Business Review Catalyst research tying women's representation on boards to performance is referenced, and a Vice President is quoted, in this look at a study showing that a company's stock price is also likely to fall as a result.
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| 07/01/2010 |
Opting Out (2010), The Sloan Work and Family Research Network In this encyclopedia entry, Catalyst's Jennifer Kohler, Senior Associate, Advisory Services, along with two co-authors, explores the phenomenon of professional women leaving the workplace to tend to family.
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