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The Memo Every Woman Still Keeps in Her Desk

A few months ago, the Harvard Business Review informed me that one of my publications with them, “The Memo Every Woman Keeps in Her Desk,” had been selected to be among 30 for inclusion in their now published centennial book, … Continue reading

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The Secret Excuse for Still Holding Women and Minorities Back: “There Just Aren’t Many Like You Out There”

Some years ago, a male senior colleague shared with me why more women weren’t being promoted in our division: “There just aren’t many like you out there,” he said. I replied, “That’s simply not true.” He persisted: “It is. We’ve … Continue reading

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Why So Much Hatred?

Even ordinarily pleasant people can be provoked to meanness. Stanford University researcher Philip Zimbardo demonstrated this in a memorable study. He set up a prison simulation and asked college students to be guards and others to be prisoners. The guards … Continue reading

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