Notes

Introduction

1. Jay Bazzinotti, “What Should You Do When You Realize You’re Underpaid?” Fortune (October 4, 2014), http://fortune.com/2014/10/14/what-should-you-do-when-you-realize-youre-underpaid.

2. Catalyst, Revealing the Real Millennials: Workplace Gender Bias (New York: Catalyst, October 6, 2015).

3. Nielsen, “Want More, Be More: When It Comes to Gender Equality, Millennial Women Are More Optimistic about Closing the Gap” (March 8, 2017), www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2017/when-it-comes-to-gender-equality-millennial-women-are-more-optimistic-on-closing-the-pay-gap.print.html.

4. Kim Parker and Cary Funk, “42% of US Working Women Have Faced Gender Discrimination on the Job,” Pew Research Center (December 14, 2017), www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/12/14/gender-discrimination-comes-in-many-forms-for-todays-working-women.

5. Joy Fitzgerald, “How Lilly Is Getting More Women into Leadership Positions,” Harvard Business Review (October 23, 2018), https://hbr.org/2018/10/how-lilly-is-getting-more-women-into-leadership-positions.

6. “Women Won’t Have Equality for 100 Years—World Economic Forum,” BBC (November 2, 2017), www.bbc.com/news/world-41844875.

Chapter 1

1. Muhtar Kent, “The Purchasing Power of Women: Statistics,” The Coca-Cola Company (October 2010), https://girlpowermarketing.com/statistics-purchasing-power-women.

2. Ibid.

3. Carolyn Buck Luce, “Power of the Purse,” HBAdvantage (Fall 2014), www.pharmavoice.com/pdfs/2014/pv-1014/HBALeadershipPublication.pdf?tracker_id=1538430302#page=18.

4. “These Are the Women CEOs Leading Fortune 500 Companies,” Fortune (June 7, 2017), http://fortune.com/2017/06/07/fortune-500-women-ceos/.

5. Valentina Zarya, “The Share of Female CEOs in the Fortune 500 Dropped by 25% in 2018,” Fortune (May 21, 2018), http://fortune.com/2018/05/21/women-fortune-500–2018/.

6. Catalyst, Statistical Overview of Women in the Workplace (August 11, 2017), www.catalyst.org/knowledge/statistical-overview-women-workforce.

7. Claire Zillman, “These Are the 12 Fortune 500 Companies with Zero Women on Their Boards,” Fortune (May 22, 2018), http://fortune.com/2018/05/22/fortune-500-companies-women-boards/.

8. Catalyst, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards (2007), www.catalyst.org/system/files/The_Bottom_Line_Corporate_Performance_and_Womens_Representation_on_Boards.pdf.

9. Jonathan Woetzel, Anu Madgavkar, Kweilin Ellingrud, Eric Labaye, Sandrine Devillard, Eric Kutcher, James Manyika, Richard Dobbs, and Mekala Krishnan, “How Advancing Women’s Equality Can Add $12 Trillion to Global Growth,” McKinsey & Company (September 2015), www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/how-advancing-womens-equality-can-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth.

10. Olaiya E. Aina and Petronella A. Cameron. “Why Does Gender Matter? Counteracting Stereotypes with Young Children” (2011), www.southernearlychildhood.org/upload/pdf/Why_Does_Gender_Matter_Counteracting_Stereotypes_With_Young_Children_Olaiya_E_Aina_and_Petronella_A_Cameron.pdf.

11. Joan Snyder Kuhl and Jennifer Zephirin, Misunderstood Millennial Talent (Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books, 2016), https://hbr.org/2016/08/research-millennials-cant-afford-to-job-hop.

Chapter 2

1. Wei James Chen and Ian Krajbich, “Computational Modeling of Epiphany Learning,” PNAS 114, no. 18 (May 2, 2017): 4637–4642, www.pnas.org/content/114/18/4637.

2. Lean In Circles were introduced and are supported by Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In. You can learn more about Lean In Circles at https://leanin.org/circles.

3. Kathy Caprino, “How Decision-Making Is Different between Men and Women and Why It Matters in Business,” Forbes (May 12, 2016), www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2016/05/12/how-decision-making-is-different-between-men-and-women-and-why-it-matters-in-business/.

4. Therese Huston, How Women Decide: Whats True, Whats Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choice (New York: Mariner Books, 2017).

Chapter 3

1. Rebecca B. Silver, Jeffrey R. Measelle, Jeffrey M. Armstrong, and Marilyn J. Essex, “The Impact of Parents, Child Care Providers, Teachers, and Peers on Early Externalizing Trajectories,” Journal of School Psychology 48, no. 6 (2010).

Chapter 4

1. Rita Gunther McGrath, “How a Leader Can Build Psychological Safety,” Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2017), https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2017/05/16/how-a-leader-can-build-psychological-safety/.

2. Juliet Bourke and Bernadette Dillon, “The Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leadership,” Deloitte (April 4, 2016), www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/topics/talent/six-signature-traits-of-inclusive-leadership.html.

3. Peter F. Drucker, Frances Hesselbein, and Joan Snyder Kuhl, Peter Drucker’s Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Young Leaders (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2015).

4. Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, “Taking Employee Resource Groups to the Next Level” (Fall 2016), www.bentley.edu/files/2017/03/17/Bentley%20CWB%20ERG%20Research%20Report%20Fall%202016.pdf.

5. Selena Rezvani and Jo Miller, “6 Trends Driving Cutting-Edge Corporate Women’s Networks,” HR.com (March 3, 2018).

6. Dan Singer, “We Are Wrong about Millennial Sports Fans,” McKinsey & Company (October 2017), www.mckinsey.com/industries/media-and-entertainment/our-insights/we-are-wrong-about-millennial-sports-fans.

7. Bertrand Marianne, Goldin Claudia, and Katz Lawrence, “Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors,” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2, no. 3 (2010): 228–255.

8. McKinsey & Company and Lean In, Women in the Workplace 2017, https://womenintheworkplace.com.

Chapter 5

1. “Unconscious Bias,” University of California, San Francisco, Office of Diversity and Outreach (n.d.), https://diversity.ucsf.edu/resources/unconscious-bias.

2. Jaruwan Sakulku, “The Impostor Phenomenon,” Journal of Behavioral Science 6, no. 1 (2011): 75–97, www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/521.

3. Joseph R. Ferrari and Ted Thompson, “Impostor Fears: Links with Self-Presentational Concerns and Self-Handicapping Behaviours,” Personality and Individual Differences 40, no. 2 (2006): 341–352, http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006–01509–016.

4. Jessica Bennett, Saskia Wariner, and Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell. Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual (for a Sexist Workplace) (New York: Harper Wave, 2017).

5. Ian Altman, “Don’t Waste Time Fixing Your Weaknesses,” Forbes (September 21, 2015), www.forbes.com/sites/ianaltman/2015/09/15/dont-waste-time-fixing-your-weaknesses/#3418420a300e.

6. Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr., “The Meritocracy Myth,” Sociation Today (2004), www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v21/merit.htm.

7. Judy B. Rosener, “Ways Women Lead,” Harvard Business Review (August 1, 2014), https://hbr.org/1990/11/ways-women-lead.

Chapter 6

1. Sylvia Ann Hewlett and DeAnne Aguirre, “When Female Networks Aren’t Enough,” Harvard Business Review (May 2010), https://hbr.org/2010/05/when-female-networks-arent-eno.

2. Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva, “Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women,” Harvard Business Review (September 2010), https://hbr.org/2010/09/why-men-still-get-more-promotions-than-women?referral=00134.

3. Bonnie Marcus, “Why Having a Sponsor Is Important for Women and How to Get One,” Forbes (April 6, 2015), www.forbes.com/sites/bonniemarcus/2015/04/06/why-having-a-sponsor-is-important-for-women-and-how-to-get-one/#9ba11c745fec.

4. Ibid.

5. LeanIn.org Study 2018 using SurveyMonkey online poll conducted January 23–25, 2018, among a national sample of 2,950 employed adults. The modeled error estimate is +/-2.5 percent among employed adults; https://leanin.org/sexual-harassment-backlash-survey-results#endnote1.

6. Rolereboot, “In Mixed Gender Groups, Can You Guess Who Talks the Most?” Role Reboot (October 22, 2015), www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2015–10-in-mixed-gender-groups-can-you-guess-who-talks-the-most/.

7. Tiffany Pham, “Think You’re Not Biased against Women at Work? Read This,” Forbes (December 20, 2016), www.forbes.com/sites/break-the-future/2016/12/20/think-youre-not-biased-against-women-at-work-read-this/#32ad57fd7e5a.

8. David Maxfield, Joseph Grenny, and Chase McMillan, “Emotional Inequality: Solutions for Women in the Workplace,” VitalSmarts (n.d.), www.vitalsmarts.no/uploads/9/4/6/7/9467257/women-in-the-workplace-ebook.pdf.

9. Laura Montgomery, “How to Overcome Hidden Biases and Give Valuable Feedback,” The Economist (n.d.), https://execed.economist.com/blog/industry-trends/how-overcome-hidden-biases-and-give-valuable-feedback.

10. Shawn Achor, “Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle on Equality?” Harvard Business Review (February 2018), https://hbr.org/2018/02/do-womens-networking-events-move-the-needle-on-equality.

Chapter 7

1. Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce, “Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek,” Harvard Business Review (December 2006), https://hbr.org/2006/12/extreme-jobs-the-dangerous-allure-of-the-70-hour-workweek.

2. Tara Weiss, “How Extreme Is Your Job?” Forbes.com on NBCNews.com (February 18, 2007), www.nbcnews.com/id/17030672/ns/business-forbes_com/t/how-extreme-your-job/#.W7LvXRNKhSw.

3. Jena McGregor, “Millennial Women Aren’t Taking the Vacations They’ve Earned,” Washington Post (May 25, 2017), www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05/25/millennial-women-arent-taking-the-vacations-theyve-earned/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ca732d7c27c5.

The Business Case for Change

1. Ines Wichert, “The Business Case for Gender Balance,” IBM Smarter Workforce Institute (2014), https://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/lo/en/lol14011usen/LOL14011USEN.PDF.

2. Sangeeta Badal, “The Business Benefits of Gender Diversity,” Gallup (January 20, 2014), www.gallup.com/businessjournal/166220/business-benefits-gender-diversity.aspx.

3. Jonathan Woetzel and others, “How Advancing Women’s Equality Can Add $12 Trillion to Global Growth.”

4. Catalyst, The Bottom Line.

5. Samantha C. Paustian-Underdahl, Lisa Slattery Walker, and David J. Woehr, “Gender and Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness: A Meta-Analysis of Contextual Moderators,” Journal of Applied Psychology 99, no. 6 (2014): 1129–1145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036751; Lee McNally, “5 Real Benefits of Gender Diversity in the Workplace” (March 5, 2015), www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-real-benefits-gender-diversity-workplace-lee-mcnally; Kevin Erdman, “Deepening the Talent Pool by Promoting Women’s Leadership,” Progressive Women’s Leadership (August 27, 2015), www.progressivewomensleadership.com/deepening-talent-pool-womens-leadership/.

6. Josh Bersin, “Why Diversity and Inclusion Will Be a Top Priority for 2016,” Forbes (December 7, 2015), www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2015/12/06/why-diversity-and-inclusion-will-be-a-top-priority-for-2016/#4d9614762ed5.