Inclusion Means Better Business
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Gerri Mason Hall, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, reflects on one of her personal passions – the importance of inclusion in the...
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The Opportunity for Women Leaders to Excel in the Global Economy is Now
Today, only 26 women lead Fortune 500 companies and just 17 percent of all board members are women. Compound this with the fact that a mere 28 percent of those firms have only one female director. And...
View Article5 Keys to Unlocking Diverse Talent
Last week I had the privilege of attending the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America meeting. The event brought together nearly 1,000 leaders from business, philanthropy, and government...
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Mobilizing to Mentor Women in STEM
Lorna C. DonatoneRegion Chair for North AmericaCEO Schools WorldwideSodexo Women have made huge strides in their pursuit of higher education and now earn more associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and...
View ArticleGender Balance is Our Business
The issue of gender balance touches nearly every corner of our lives – there is a collective demand for balance in politics, business and in our personal lives. But in the case of companies, gender...
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Sodexo Study: Gender-Balanced Teams Linked to Better Business Performance
Rohini Anand, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo This is the seventh in a continuing blog series based on insights and findings from the...
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Making Gender Balanced Leadership a Reality
Sophie Bellon, Chairwoman, Sodexo Board of Directors. Recently Sophie Bellon, Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors and Lorna Donatone, CEO of Sodexo Schools Worldwide and President of Sodexo North...
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3 Lifehacks by Sodexo for Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Today is Women’s Equality Day, and it’s the perfect time to both celebrate women’s achievements and bring attention to the inequalities still lingering in the workplace. It’s been more than half a...
View ArticleBest Practices for Accelerating Gender Balance in the Workplace
Early this year McKinsey and LeanIn.org released their Women in the Workplace report, which found that women remain underrepresented across organizations—especially at senior levels of leadership....
View ArticleThree Quality of Lifehacks for Supporting Women in the Workplace
For over 100 years, International Women’s Day has been a reminder to recognize women’s contributions to the American workforce and economy. Women in the workplace have come a long way, but there is...
View Article#BeBoldForChange : Empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community
During March we observe Women’s History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Today, March 8th, marks a focal point during...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day: 50 Years in the Making
Back in June, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, there was a clear goal: Make it illegal to pay a woman less than a man for doing the same job, under the same conditions,...
View ArticleWomen Are Changing the Face of Facilities Management
Facilities management has long been a male-dominated career field. In fact, it may be even more lopsided than many other male-dominated fields: In facilities management (FM), men outnumber women in...
View ArticleWHY HAVEN’T WE BROKEN THE GLASS?
Gender equity in business should not be an issue. This country has more women with secondary degrees than men. Close to half of the labor force is female. In my thirty-year career, I’ve witnessed a sea...
View ArticleWhere ‘Me Too’ Can Take Us
The “#MeToo” social media campaign is extraordinary and enlightening. Clearly, we all need to take seriously that so many women are posting and tweeting those two words to say that they, too, have been...
View ArticleLet’s Crowd Source This: How to get from today’s scandals to workplace parity?
Earlier this month, in the middle of another stretch of tough headlines for women to digest, an interviewer posed to me a question: What can women do to become CEOs and succeed in corporate life? Boom....
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Gender Parity: How to Follow Through
I have a daughter and not once during her young life have I thought she deserves less because of her gender. Not at home, in the classroom or on the playing field. The idea seems ludicrous. But...
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