Category Archives: WiS

50 Women CEOs Now... and Counting? Back in 1972, Katharine Graham became the first female CEO at a Fortune 500 firm when she took over The Washington Post. As recently as 2017, there were only 32...

Author Talks: Dismantling double standards in business with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Raju Narisetti chats with Julia Boorstin, senior media and tech correspondent at CNBC, about her new book When...

3 Negotiation Myths Still Harming Women’s Careers We work with professional women all the time on their career negotiations: training them, advising their employers, and studying their successes and pitfalls. One of us (Kathryn) is...

‘It’s a disastrous situation’: Women leaders are leaving companies at the highest rate ever For women in management, there’s never been a better time to quit. Women leaders are leaving their companies at the highest...

Inside the Programs Returning Women to the Workforce After Career Breaks Returnships can help employees brush up their skills after a career break. See how role-model companies use these programs to find top talent. At...

The Number of Women Running Fortune 500 Companies Reaches a Record High The share of woman-led Fortune 500 companies has hit a record high, with 44 female CEOs at the helm of some of the...

Author Talks: Lead like a girl Dalia Feldheim says managers and executives, regardless of gender, can combat widespread burnout by embracing conventionally feminine leadership traits. In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Raju...

Take 5: Learn to Love Networking A look at the social and psychological factors that can make networking uncomfortable and how to overcome them. We tend to have a range of reactions to the prospect...

Redressing the Praise Deficit: Women in Leadership and Leveraging Your Best Self We all need encouragement from other people. Regardless of gender, role or organization, everyone needs some kind of external validation to keep moving...

IWD: Breaking the Bias in Structured Finance International Women’s Day, on 8 March, is an opportunity both to celebrate women across the globe from all walks of life and to strive further for their equality....

A recent article by Fortune, explains how women are driving the labor shortage, and how experts have identified a crucial solution.   As of last month, there are still more than one million fewer women in the labor...

Women Hold 2/3 of Student Debt in the Country, Burden Most Felt by Women of Color Women hold two-thirds of the $1.7 trillion outstanding student loan debt in the country, according to a report from...