By Kellie A. McElhaney Are talented women holding themselves back by focusing too much on being perfect students, perfect team players, or impeccably-qualified job candidates? Do too many women modestly wait for someone else to…
By Kristiana Raube “Are you getting it?” In unison, the students respond, “Yes, we are getting it.” I share the small wooden desk with Ama, a 9th grade student in the small town of Berekuso,…
By Nora Silver Did you follow the huge coordination problems of disaster-relief efforts in the Philippines? Have you wondered why some countries can’t provide clean water and sanitation? Do the problems of persistent poverty or…
Large gaps in economic and political participation persist even in many developed nations By Laura D. Tyson and Saadia Zahidi (Originally published in the Financial Times on Nov. 20, 2013.) Every year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report takes…
By Kellie A. McElhaney || A Chinese proverb says, “Women hold up half the sky.” President Obama recently nominated Janet Yellen to become the next Federal Reserve Board Chair and direct the nation’s monetary policy….
By Laura D’Andrea Tyson || Earlier this year, Robert Simons of Harvard Business School fired off a blistering indictment of American businesses and business schools. American companies, he charged, have become softheaded, unfocused, and uncompetitive, in part…
Berkeley, CA – The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley will significantly boost its efforts to inspire creative and effective business solutions to address some of the world’s most pressing problems,…