Author Archives: Lynn Harris

The Not So Level Playing Field

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 25, 2010
A new study from Catalyst, a research organization that promotes women’s advancement, provides pretty gloomy reading. In The Promise of Future Leadership: A Research Program on Highly Talented Employees in the Pipeline, Catalyst set out to explore how high potential women and men MBA’s fared post-MBA. The expectation was that, with the same credentials, men [...]
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Do Well By Doing Good. Nonprofit Service A Key Part Of Your Resume

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 24, 2010
Anything that helps get more women into the C-suite in organizations is very welcome. It matters who makes decisions at the top of organizations and governments, and at the moment the decision-making of the old vanguard is not inspiring a lot of confidence. One way you can position yourself more favorably as a new [...]
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When Patience Is Not A Virtue

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 21, 2010
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made gender equality an express goal of their organization. The percentage of women athletes at this year’s Winter Games in Vancouver was around 40 percent, up from roughly 25 percent in the early 1990’s. Nevertheless, women ski jumpers failed in their attempt at inclusion in the 2010 event and [...]
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Why women don’t make it up the career ladder

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 19, 2010
A new study from Bain & Company offers explanations for why women disappear before reaching the top of organizations.  
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Top Companies for Leadership Have More Women Senior Leaders

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 17, 2010
We all know, simply from the low numbers of women in positions of senior leadership in organizations, that it’s generally more difficult for women to succeed to the top of organizations. This week, Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com released the Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. There [...]
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Montreal Book Launch at Cafe Holt

By Lynn Harris | Published: February 7, 2010
Lots of friends gathered on January 27 at the stylish Cafe Holt to celebrate Women Leaders and the official launch of Unwritten Rules – The Book. A fabulous evening. Through book sales we raised over $300 for Women for Women International. See some great photos – view album.
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Davos Annual Meeting 2010 – The Gender Agenda: Putting Parity into Practice

By Lynn Harris | Published: January 31, 2010
  Watch this one-hour debate on gender parity at the 2010 Davos meeting which discusses many of the themes covered in section one of Unwritten Rules.  
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Women Don’t Ask

By Lynn Harris | Published: January 3, 2010
Shaun Rein, the young, male, managing director of the China Market Research Group, offered his views this week on Forbes.com about “Why Men Don’t Promote Women More.” He writes:   “In my career, I have tended to promote more men than women. I have even generally given men higher salaries. Why? Am I sexist? Do men do a [...]
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Hair, Hemlines and Husbands

By Lynn Harris | Published: December 28, 2009
When women are in, or run for, senior leadership positions they are often hampered by negative media treatment. Evidence shows the press to be more interested in their appearance or who they are married to, rather than their leadership capabilities and accomplishments. In her autobiography, Carly Fiorina (CEO Hewlett Packard 1999 – 2005), said: “When [...]
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Sarkozy Wants More Women

By Lynn Harris | Published: December 22, 2009
Following Norway’s successful imposition of a minimum 40% women on corporate boards, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, centre-right party has mounted an attack on the male dominated bastion of the French corporate world. A bill just submitted to the French parliament proposes all companies listed on the French [...]
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