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March 31, 2015

To advance our knowledge of diversity, inclusion, and workforce and talent strategy, we gather and share relevant articles on a weekly basis. This week, we have identified the following articles of interest to celebrate Women's History Month.

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Focus on Gender

LinkedIn Pulse: The Important Topic of Women in Business: What Men Can Do

Research shows women can be great leaders, build teams and drive success:

Women leaders tend to have significantly happier, more highly engaged teams (25%-35% higher).
Companies with women on their boards outperform those without.
Diverse teams outperform non-diverse teams.

How can men help close the gender gap?

Check unconscious bias.
Include all types of diversity to make your teams better.
Consider women equal partners in work, home, and business.

The Atlantic: The Sexism of Startup Land

Physorg: Study finds female entrepreneurs are discounted because of their gender

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Empowering Women at the Grassroots

Diversity & Inclusion

McKinsey & Co.: Women in the Muslim World taking the fast track to change

Global survey finds companies rate culture & engagement, and leadership, as the most strategically important areas. Yet those same companies report significant gaps in current capabilities. The report covers 10 top trends across Leading, Engaging, Reinventing, Reimagining.

Highlights from the article:

The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims amount to nearly a quarter of the global population and contribute 16 percent of global GDP, a rate that is growing at 6 percent annually.
Some 800 million are women—more than the combined populations of Brazil, Russia, and the United States.
Nearly 40 million Muslim women have joined the labor force in the past ten years.
As female education becomes deeply rooted and normalized within family structures, the next wave of change is under way: more women are going to work.

Focus on Culture & Engagement, and Leadership

Deloitte's 2015 Global Human Capital Trends: Leading in the New World of Work

Global survey finds companies rate culture & engagement, and leadership, as the most strategically important areas. Yet those same companies report significant gaps in current capabilities. The report covers 10 top trends across Leading, Engaging, Reinventing, Reimagining.

Highlights from the study:

Companies are investing in new and accelerated leadership models.
Organizations are increasing the focus on culture to make dramatic improvements in engagement that will lead to retention.
Talent organizations are expanding HR data strategies to deliver greater business impact.
Organizations are rethinking the design of work and the skills their employees need to succeed.

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