Recruitment and Retention
Recruitment and retention is an integrated strategy for successfully recruiting, developing, retaining, and advancing employees to improve business performance. It includes performance management, succession planning, competency management, career development, systems integration, and leadership development. Effective recruitment and retention practices produce and sustain a gender-diverse workforce.
Results
Harley-Davidson, Inc. – Optimizing Talent: A Culture of Empowerment (Practices)
Harley-Davidson’s effort focuses on development, visibility, and advancement opportunities for all employees.
Shell Oil Company U.S. – Valuing and Leveraging Diversity to Become a Model of Inclusiveness (Practices)
Shell created an environment in which differences in background and perspective are respected, valued, and leveraged.
Bit by Bit: A Catalyst Guide to Advancing Women in High Tech Companies (Report)
Catalyst embarked on the current study to delve deeper into the issues facing women in the high tech industry.
Advancing Asian Women in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know (Report)
This report examines the barriers facing Asian-American women in the workplace.
Women in U.S Corporate Leadership: 2003 (Report)
This report examines the experiences and perceptions of the Fortune 1000's most senior women.
Women of Color in Corporate Management
1998 – 2004 This series of reports about women of color in corporate management. This research includes separate reports on Latinas, African American, and Asian women, detailing the specific experiences […]
Advancing Latinas in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know (Report)
This report examines the barriers facing Latin-American women in the workplace.
WellPoint Health Networks Inc. – Harnessing High Potential Talent: A Strategic Approach (Practices)
WellPoint has created and implemented the Human Resources Planning Program (HRP), a system that provides tools for employees, supervisors, human resources professionals, and senior leaders to plan, monitor, and evaluate […]
Accenture – Great Place to Work for Women (Practices)
Accenture developed and implemented the Great Place to Work for Women initiative in 1994 to create a culture in which women employees around the world can achieve their individual career […]
Leaders in a Global Economy: A Study of Executive Women and Men (Report)
This study challenges some of the common wisdom regarding women in leadership and provides recommendations for action by companies.
Women of Color in Corporate Management: Three Years Later (Report)
This study reveals factors that influence career advancement and retention for women of color.
Women in Leadership: A European Business Imperative (Report)
Learn about the barriers to advancement women face in corporate Europe.
Bayer Corporation – Bayer Women: Leaders for the Global Marketplace (Practices)
Bayer Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Bayer AG, has developed an overarching approach to diversity in the context of continuous improvement of the business operation. The goal of the […]
Women of Color Executives: Their Voices, Their Journeys (Report)
This report delves into the issues faced by African-American, Asian, and Latina women.
Breaking the Barriers: Women in Senior Management in the U.K. (Report)
The study explores the views of both senior women and CEOs on the barriers to women's advancement in organizations.
MBA Grads in Info Tech: Women and Men in the Information Technology Industry (Report)
This report focuses on the unique experiences of women and men MBAs in the information technology industry.
Women and the M.B.A.: Gateway to Opportunity (Report)
Catalyst conducted a study to examine career outcomes for women MBA graduates.
Charles Schwab & Co. – Building a Culture: No Ceilings, No Barriers, No Limits (Practices)
Since its start 25 years ago, Charles Schwab & Co. has been building an inclusive, open, and values-driven culture reflective of its founder’s vision for an equitable workforce. Schwab’s vision […]
IBM Corporation – Global Women Leaders’ Task Force: Creating the Climate to Win (Practices)
The Executive Women’s Diversity Task Force was one of eight task forces at IBM that began in July, 1995, with an ambitious mandate: to promote significant culture change in the […]
Women Scientists in Industry: A Winning Formula for Companies (Report)
This study identifies the factors that contribute to or impede the advancement of women scientists in corporations.