Orange Grove Consulting Managing Partner Jodi Detjen was recently quoted in a Boston Globe article about getting women into the top ranks of leadership. In the article, Jodi says that, “commitments to increase leadership consist of, say, sending employees to the Massachusetts Conference for Women. Instead, firms should be taking a more strategic approach, such as revamping performance reviews and tracking promotions by gender.” In the […]
By Jodi Detjen, written in conjunction with the Third Path Institute. Why do women find work-life balance so hard? Why is “having it all” such an elusive quest? Why haven’t women yet reached equality in the leadership ranks? Many professional women on the pursuit of career success identify themselves through their work, abandoning their own needs and exhausting […]
One piece of the gender parity puzzle that we concentrate on at Orange Grove Consulting is women’s leadership development. The most common response we receive: “Isn’t separating out women exclusive and unfair? Men don’t get that opportunity.” I recently spoke at the Society for Women Engineers’ annual conference. Engineering is extremely male-dominated (only 18 – 20 % of engineering students […]
By Kelly Watson and Jodi Detjen Myths are stories we believe are true but are in fact not. In our research, and work with companies and women, we’ve consistently found that women are being held back because of myths. These assumptions keep women from advancing in their careers and in the leadership pipeline. We want […]
There are so many reasons why women-only leadership programs exist, all of which focus on career development and progression. Among these benefits are that these programs: Give women a supportive environment to take risks within a group of people that often have similar perspective and experiences within that workplace. Provide a platform for women to […]
Feeling the pressure to increase the number of women promoted across your organization? There are three key ingredients to understanding why women aren’t making it to the next level at the pace or numbers possible. We’ll share a few of those barriers, as well as an approach to overcome them. 1. Most women […]
By Jodi Detjen, Managing Partner Adapted from Blog written for Bright Horizons There’s plenty in the news about getting more women into leadership. But, increasingly, companies are dialing into the reality that gender equity is not going to change until men are involved as well. A key ingredient? Paternity leave. Yes, it seems like a […]
An original version of this blog was published on the Skillsoft Learning Blog. In 2016, Facebook reported that the numbers of women and minorities employed in its U.S. work force remained largely unchanged from the previous year. The company cited the “pipeline” as the problem: there were not enough women and minorities entering […]
2 Minute Read | Women’s Leadership Myths Welcome to Myth #12 of our blog-series highlighting women’s leadership myths. Myth # 12: Women Just Need a Seat at the Table There is this idea out there that if women can get themselves into high-powered rooms – be they boardrooms or situation rooms – the struggle […]
2 Minute Read | Women’s Leadership Myths Welcome to Myth #11 of our 16 blog-series highlighting women’s leadership myths. Myth # 11: The First Woman to Take the Job Needs to Be Perfect. We hear this a lot. When an organization (or a nation) considers the first female for an important position, the bar is […]