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‘How Perfect Do I Need to Be?’
Re: Robin Ely
- 17 Jun 2019
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- New York Times
Robin Ely, a professor at Harvard Business School and the faculty chairwoman of the school’s Gender Initiative, said female leaders can navigate the likability trap by having a clear purpose — one in which those around them are also invested — and by creating conditions that allow others to rise and thrive in service of that shared purpose.
Your Right To Vote Used To Depend On Where You Lived
Re: Nancy Koehn
- 11 Jun 2019
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- WGBH: Boston Public Radio
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn joined Boston Public Radio Tuesday to give more background into how individual states played a part in the women’s suffrage movement.
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Re: Robin Ely
- 03 Apr 2019
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- HBS Working Knowledge
In industries that prize overwork, both men and women pay the price of missed time with family. But the career damage is more severe for women, says Robin Ely.
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