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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

As a consultant, I have exposure to the inner workings of companies of all sizes and in all industries. Over the past few years, I have noticed an increasing trend of excess stress experienced by employees at all levels, particularly at the executive level. The Impact of Excessive Stress on High-Achieving Women.

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Women in Business

CaseInterview.com

Over a decade before I had three daughters, I was intrigued by women and how they’re perceived in the business world. The class didn’t just cover theories regarding how people of differing gender, racial, and educational backgrounds were perceived. If you’re a man or non-binary, you will undoubtedly work with women in the workplace.

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The Science of Burnout: Interview with Dr. Sangeeta Pati

Consulting Matters

Thank you, thank you, thank you Dr. Pati for coming to talk to us today. What I realized when I started traveling around the world and working with midwives and traditional birth attendants is that the tools that I had learned at Georgetown where I trained, which were mostly centered around pharmacy and surgery, were limited.

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Black Professional Men Describe What It’s Like to Be in the Gender Majority but the Racial Minority

Harvard Business

Even when they have Harvard MBAs, black women are generally absent in leadership positions at most Fortune 500 companies, and black men are in high-ranking roles in only a handful. These are important findings that give some insight into how race and gender operate together to yield specific outcomes for black women.

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How Black Women Describe Navigating Race and Gender in the Workplace

Harvard Business

What I noticed almost immediately was that my experience in the classroom largely mirrored my experience of close to a decade in corporate America: I’m consistently one of very few black women and black people in the room. She said she, “performed better” and was “a lot more comfortable and confident.”

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

The history of IBM GBS is one of our very favorite business stories of all time, and one that reminds us that even the most enormous, boring and troubled companies can re-invent themselves. IBM GBS is responsible for 20% of IBM’s global revenue and is one of the most profitable divisions across all of IBM. IBM GBS HISTORY.

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Women Supporting Each Other at Work

Harvard Business

Don’t underestimate the power of women connecting and supporting each other at work. As my experiences from being a rookie accountant to a managing director at an investment bank have taught me, conversations between women have massive benefits for the individual and the organization. You and I are not going to be friends.”