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  • November 8, 2013
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  • Harvard Business Review Digital Articles

What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers

By: Debora Spar
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Abstract

Today, most major corporations—along with hospitals, law firms, universities, and banks—have entire units devoted to helping women and minorities succeed. There are diversity officers and work/family offices and gender-sensitivity training courses in all tiers of American society. The problem with these efforts is that they just don't work.

Keywords

Personal Development and Career; Gender

Citation

Spar, Debora. "What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 8, 2013).
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Debora L. Spar

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