Retaining women in STEM
Executive summary
Organizations work hard to recruit women and other underrepresented groups into STEM roles and industries. But all too often, exclusive work cultures, talent management systems that favor stereotypically male characteristics of competition instead of collaboration, as well as bias all conspire to push women out. With fewer women in STEM roles, organizations are less diverse and may be less innovative as a result.
In this 10-minute Knowledge burst course for managers, you will learn how:
- Cultural barriers hold women in STEM back.
- Women’s attrition hurts STEM teams and organizations.
- You can give more inclusive feedback to your team.
- You can remove one important barrier to women’s success in STEM roles