Seven Steps to Leading a Gender-Balanced Business Quotes

“Simply setting targets to bring more “women into management” does not help leaders learn how to manage across genders; rather, it usually builds a solid wall of resistance among the male majority within a company.”
― Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Seven Steps to Leading a Gender-Balanced Business

“Rather than setting up a separate diversity committee or women’s committee with dedicated resources, I recommend that companies instead assemble small, temporary, twenty-first-century leadership task forces. This is an efficient, flexible team with the knowledge and authority to make decisions and the seniority and business networks to influence key stakeholders. Such a team would emphasize the accountability of business leaders for making change happen.”
― Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Seven Steps to Leading a Gender-Balanced Business

“You want to reflect internally the markets you serve externally, and to do this, you need to attract the world’s best talent—which most certainly includes women.”
― Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Seven Steps to Leading a Gender-Balanced Business