The Diversity Advantage Quotes

“To counteract the gender bias, men shouldn’t take over the note-taking from women, everyone should be taking notes!” How”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“1. Get male leaders to attend women’s conferences. One technique is to encourage male senior leaders to attend women’s leadership conferences.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Will having more women on your team result in greater profitability? Actually, yes.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Financial performance alone may not be the only way to assess the positive impact of a diverse team. A new body of research shows the next frontier of innovation is about diversity of thought and it is essential for a company to retain its competitive advantage. Diversity”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“This rule refers to how 70% of a manager’s learning and professional development should be honed through on-the-job stretch assignments. Just 20% should come from mentoring and 10% from taking classes.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Women face a persistent double bind when it comes to their leadership capabilities—she has a higher chance of being liked if she behaves in a “feminine” way, but she’s probably not respected or seen as a leader. If she operates in a “masculine” way, however, she’s more likely to be called names like “bossy” (or worse) and disliked. What’s alarming is that if a company already has one female executive leader, another woman’s chances of landing one of the organization’s five highest-paid executive positions falls by 51%, research finds.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“For a sponsorship program to truly work, Catalyst’s Beninger says the program must be driven from the top down, with tangible involvement from the organization’s most senior leaders.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Catalyst also provides a handy, free-of-charge quiz that managers could benefit from taking. The quiz can help leaders understand whether their organizations are inclusive and what areas need to be improved.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“As such, women often face a double bind when they speak up at work. If they do speak up, they’re often interrupted or considered too aggressive. When they opt to stay quiet, they’re seen as having fewer leadership qualities or even incompetent.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“ROWE is not about work-life integration; for us it’s about revolutionizing the work environment from the industrial to the knowledge age. The idea that management is about watching people physically working is outmoded,”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Vodafone shares a five-step action plan for organizations on how to approach flexible work arrangements.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Asking women to take responsibility for closing the pay gap with their ace negotiating skills is sort of like teaching women self-defense as a way of addressing sexual assault.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“Women are less inclined to respond to listings containing words like “determined” and “assertive,” as these words are connected with male stereotypes, according to research from the Technische Universität München on how leaders are selected and assessed.”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace

“As the world contends with slowing economic growth driven by constraints on labor market supply, engaging women could be a key driver of global economic growth,”
― Ruchika Tulshyan, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace