There are more CEOs of large U.S. companies who are named David (4.5%) than there are CEOs who are women (4.1%) — and David isn’t even the most common first name among CEOs. (That would be John, at 5.3%.)Read more in HBR on how bias changes depending on composition of the talent pool. Thanks, +Zuhair Khan
Monday, May 30, 2016
If There’s Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired
An excerpt:
Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were
"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .

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"Why I don’t talk about race with White people." Read more in Medium .
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Read more about Helena's work with the "30% Club" in the NYT . Thanks, +Leslie Labruto . Read past blog posts about Helen...