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Books and Readings of Interest as You Pursue a Successful Career
Women in the Workplace 2020
COVID-19 has caused a major inflection point for women in the workforce by placing new demands on working mothers. In fact, the demands of COVID-19 threaten to significantly widen an already unacceptable gap between male and female achievement in the workplace, from...
Racial Trauma: Theory, Research, and Healing: Introduction to the Special Issue
Published in the American Psychologist, 2019, Vol. 74, No. 1, 1–5 Authored by: Lillian Comas-Díaz Transcultural Mental Health Institute, Washington, District of Columbia Gordon Nagayama Hall University of Oregon Helen A. Neville University of Illinois at...
How to Avoid a ‘Rich Man’s Recovery’
In this New York Times Opinion piece, Mr. Timothy Wu, a law professor at Columbia University warns of an economic legacy of the pandemic which is, “an extraordinary new concentration of wealth.” This means our country is once again instituting policies which make the...
Housing hardships reach unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://perkwillassoc.com/housing-hardships-reach-unprecedented-heights-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/by Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Brinda Gupta, Yung Chun, Hedwig Lee, and Mathieu Despard
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?
https://ideas.ted.com/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men-become-leaders-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/Organizational psychologist, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic posits: "If you want to improve the competence level of people in leadership positions, we need to improve our own competence for judging and selecting them, especially when they are men. Read the article here:...
Women As Strong Leaders in the Workplace Infographic
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This infographic looks at 2019 data which describe the: Global Gender Parity Gap Leadership Roles Held By Women Globally Barriers to Senior Leadership for Women Essential Skills for Women in Leadership Roles See the infographic here:...
3 Pillars of Responsible Leadership for the 2020’s
https://perkwillassoc.com/3-pillars-of-responsible-leadership-for-the-2020s/This article is part of a presentation during the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The author, Mariah Levin, Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, postulates a new decade signals a fresh start for leaders – a chance to be brave, take a stand and make the...