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05/17/2012 The Asian Dilemma, FINS (from the Wall Street Journal)

A summary of Catalyst's new survey, Work-Life Effectiveness in Asia.
05/17/2012 Work-Life Balance: A Challenge for Both Genders in Asia, The Wall Street Journal

An outline of Catalyst's new report about Work-Life Effectiveness in Asia.
05/15/2012 Facebook Seeking to Add New Directors, Including at Least One Woman, According to Sources, The Washington Post

This article regarding Facebook's plans for its board cites Catalyst research.
05/14/2012 Another Woman Loses a Top Spot on Wall Street, Bloomberg Businessweek

A column addressing the retirement of Ina Drew, head of JPMorgan Chase's chief investment office, in the context of Wall Street's other recent women executive departures, cites Catalyst data.
05/12/2012 The Promise of Economic Security for Our Mothers, The Huffington Post

A blog post by United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand supporting The Paycheck Fairness Act features Catalyst research.
05/11/2012 The True Economic Value Of Women, Fast Company

Joe Echevarria, CEO of Deloitte LLP, writes about why supporting women in both the workplace and marketplace is an economic imperative; article cites Catalyst data.
05/11/2012 America's Top 10 Female CEOs, MSN Money
This column profiling the top ten women CEOs of American companies (based on company size) cites Catalyst data.
05/09/2012 Meet Fortune 500's Female Powerbrokers, CNN

Article about the 18 women heading Fortune 500 companies in 2012 cites Catalyst.
05/09/2012 Diversity the Answer for Boardrooms, The Sydney Morning Herald

Article about the importance of boardroom diversity cites Catalyst data.
05/09/2012 Bring The NFL "Rooney Rule" Into Corporate Boardrooms, Forbes

Column suggesting that the NFL's Rooney Rule might be applied to corporate boards to promote diversity cites Catalyst Census.
05/09/2012 Indra Nooyi Among 18 Women Leading Fortune 500, Yahoo! News India

Article about Pepsico's Indra Nooyi cites Catalyst research.
05/09/2012 Nooyi Among Fortune 500's 18 Female Powerbrokers, Business Standard
Article about Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi cites Catalyst Census.
05/07/2012 What’s In It for Men?, The Wall Street Journal

Blog post about the Wall Street Journal’s Women in the Economy conference, and why it still makes sense to focus on women in an economy where both women and men are struggling, cites Catalyst research.
05/07/2012 Fortune 500 List Boasts More Female CEOs Than Ever Before, The Huffington Post

Article about 2012's record of 18 Fortune 500 firms headed by women CEOs reminds us that this number is still too low; cites Catalyst research.
05/07/2012 The Real Reason Women Are More Likely to Fly Solo When It Comes to Work, The Huffington Post

Column exploring why women are more likely than men to work independently as freelancers or consultants cites Catalyst 2011 census and the Felice Schwartz HBR article that generated the term "Mommy Track."
05/07/2012 A Balance of Both Masculine and Feminine Strengths: The Bottom-Line Benefit, Forbes

An exploration of the benefits of corporate gender diversity cites Catalyst's Bottom Line report.
05/07/2012 Do Investors Discriminate Against Female CEOs?, Forbes

Research suggests that women company founders and CEOs are perceived as less capable than their male counterparts, and IPOs led by female CEOs are considered less attractive investments by investors; article cites Catalyst's Bottom Line report.
05/06/2012 Pitney Bowes Insight to Develop Targeted Solutions for the Indian Market, The Economic Times

Article about new Pitney Bowes offerings tailored to the Indian market cites the launch of the Catalyst India Advisory Board.
05/04/2012 Nice Girls Who Play Golf Do Get The Corner Office, Forbes

Golf professional and former executive Leslie Andrews explores whether women are purposefully excluded from golf, or excluding themselves ... or both; article cites Catalyst research.
05/04/2012 Facebook Doesn't Have A Woman On Its Board. Does That Matter?, Forbes

Article about the importance of including women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
05/01/2012 The 1400 Most Powerful Corporate Women in the World, Forbes

Article about the importance of the boards on which members of Women Corporate Directors sit cites Catalyst corporate board research.
04/30/2012 Nine Rules Women Must Follow to Get Ahead, The Wall Street Journal

Advice column listing behaviors that may help women advance in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
04/30/2012 TK Kurien appointed Catalyst India Advisory Board chairman, The Economic Times
An announcement of Catalyst's appointment of T K Kurien, Wipro's IT business CEO, as Chairman of its India Advisory Board.
04/30/2012 Press Release, Business Wire India
Catalyst announces its appointment of Wipro IT Business CEO TK Kurien as Chair of Catalyst India Advisory Board as part of its expanding presence in India Inc.
04/29/2012 You Can't See the Future From the Man-Cave, The Huffington Post

Blog post by futurist Faith Popcorn about the detrimental culture that can be fostered inside male-dominated companies cites Catalyst research.
04/27/2012 The Case for Female Quotas, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

An opinion piece making the case for corporate board quotas cites Catalyst research.
04/26/2012 Advisors Must Fight For More Women in Executive Roles, onwallstreet

Column outlining comments from Joe Keefe, President and Chief Executive of Pax World Management and Pax World Funds, urging investment advisors to focus on adding more women to their boards and executive staff, cites Catalyst research.
04/25/2012 Are Mentors Getting in the Way of Your Success?, The Huffington Post

This blog post features Catalyst research, including Pipeline's Broken Promise, Sponsoring Women to Success, and Fortune 500 Census.
04/23/2012 Facebook Board Should Have Women, Minorities, Petition Urges, Bloomberg News

Column about advocacy group Face It's petition urging Facebook to add women and minorities to its board before going public cites Catalyst Census data.
04/20/2012 Standing Up for Equality, The Atlantic

Catalyst's Mike Otterman, Social Media Manager, and Jeanine Prime, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, provide a response to the Atlantic's question of whether the economy is a level playing field for men and women.
04/20/2012 How Do We Move the Needle on Women's Leadership?, The Huffington Post

In this blog post, Bonnie St. John writes about her travels with her teenaged daughter to meet with women leaders around the world, and highlights Catalyst and its new office in India, increased partnerships in Japan, South Africa and Australia, and MARC, Men Advocating Real Change.
04/19/2012 Boardroom Numbers are Only Part of the Picture, The Financial Times

This article suggesting that boardroom metrics are only one piece of a larger puzzle cites Catalyst U.S. Census and Quick Take data.
04/19/2012 "It Used to Be About Fixing the Women", The Financial Times

An exploration of the rising number of company programs that encourage gender diversity quotes Catalyst President and CEO Ilene Lang: “The companies that do the best are the ones that recognize they have gender gaps and don’t just give the stereotypical response of ‘Let’s put in day care for working mothers’," she said.
04/18/2012 In Florida, women's Pay Still not Equal to Men's, Advocates Say, Orlando Sentinel

A discussion of the gender-wage gap in Florida cites Catalyst research and quotes Serena Fong, Director, Speakers Bureau at Catalyst.
04/18/2012 Why the U.S. Economy Is Biased Against Men, The Atlantic

An opinion piece proposing that the U.S. economy is actually biased against men references Catalyst.
04/17/2012 How to Close the Gender Wage Gap in Just Seven Easy Steps, The Nation

This column about fixing the gender-wage gap features Catalyst's Pipeline's Broken Promise report.
04/17/2012 Today, Women Need To Demand Equal Pay, Forbes

A discussion of the pay gap features NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's work to push through the Paycheck Fairness Act, and cites Catalyst research.
04/17/2012 Will Equal Pay Make You Submissive in Bed?, Forbes

An analysis of recent theorizing that women's increasing economic power is making them crave submission in other areas uses Catalyst data.
04/16/2012 Financial Companies to Reveal Gender, Race Data, MSNBC

A column about Goldman Sachs's and Met Life's disclosure of diversity data cites Catalyst research.
04/16/2012 Executive Gender Gap May Come to Quotas in Europe, The Washington Times

This article about European board quotas cites Catalyst research.
04/11/2012 Female College Leaders Criticize Augusta’s Male-Only Membership, Bloomberg Businessweek

A discussion of the Augusta National Golf Club controversy cites Catalyst research.
04/11/2012 Where Are the Women on Wall Street?, Fox Business

An outline of potential reasons for the lack of women on Wall Street cites Catalyst Census data.
04/10/2012 Why Facebook Needs Female Board Members, The Huffington Post

Blog post arguing for the importance of including women on Facebook's board cites Catalyst research.
04/09/2012 The Decline of the Old Boys’ Clubs, Newsweek

An article about how the Augusta National Golf Club is considering a historic first offer of membership to a woman—Ginni Rometty, Chief Executive Officer of IBM-quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst: “To most people looking at this, it just seems silly ... [but] it's still discrimination, and it’s ridiculous.”
04/09/2012 Grow-Your-Own Leadership, Working Mother

An article about the best companies for hourly workers quotes Jennifer Kohler, Director, Advisory Services at Catalyst: “Hourly workers are often overlooked as a vital source of talent and in some cases are assumed to be uninterested in development. This is a fallacy that successful companies don’t fall for.”
04/06/2012 The Missing Voice in Workplace Gender Issues, The Globe and Mail

A column about engaging men in the conversation about gender equality features MARC and quotes Catalyst's Mike Otterman, Jeanine Prime, and Michael Kimmel.
04/05/2012 Ultraviolet Campaigns to Get Facebook to Add a Woman to its Board, Los Angeles Times

Column about campaigns to add women to Facebook's board cites Catalyst research.
04/05/2012 Coca-Cola Invests $2 Million to Help Break the Glass Ceiling, brandchannel

Article about Coca-Cola's $2 Million commitment to Catalyst references 50th Anniversary celebration.
04/05/2012 Women Will Run Banks Before White House, Gillibrand Says, Bloomberg Businessweek

Article featuring commentary by United States senator Kristin Gillinbrand suggesting that a woman will become CEO of one of the the country's largest banks before a woman will be elected President cites Catalyst research.
04/05/2012 Getting Women on Board, Ottawa Citizen
Column about the dearth of women on Canada's corporate boards references Catalyst.
04/03/2012 Backlash: Are Women Really Getting Even?, The Glass Hammer

A discussion of how, contrary to media hype, women are not yet on par with men in the workplace features Catalyst and its two new initiatives, Get Even and MARC, quoting Catalyst President and CEO Ilene Lang: “It’s not about bringing anyone down and it’s not about getting angry. It’s about bringing everyone together.”
04/02/2012 Catalyst Proves We Can Make A Difference In Women And Leadership, Forbes

A brief recap of the Catalyst Awards conference and dinner includes an interview with Deborah Soon, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing at Catalyst; Ms. Soon invites readers to "Join our 'I Am a Catalyst' movement, and share your personal story of how you are making a difference, making a change for women, work and the world."
04/01/2012 Trip to the Top, Tulsa World

A profile of Meredith Siegfried, Chief Executive Officer at NORDAM, cites Catalyst research.
04/01/2012 Gender Diversity Essential for Business Growth, The Korea Times

Discussion of the importance of gender diversity to businesses cites Catalyst Research and the Catalyst Award.
03/30/2012 Catalyst Celebrates Milestones at 50th Anniversary Conference, The Glass Hammer

An overview of Catalyst's 2012 Award-winning programs and 50th anniversary celebration.
03/30/2012 The Coca-Cola Company Contributes $2 Million to Catalyst’s ‘Changing Workplaces, Changing Lives’ Campaign, MarketWatch
An announcement of the Coca-Cola Company's $2 million, multi-year award to Catalyst to help women worldwide grow and thrive in business.
03/30/2012 Black Women Still Battle Mad Men in Corporate America, The Daily Beast

An article discussing the dearth of black women in corporate America cites the Alliance for Board Diversity report.
03/29/2012 Are You a Catalyst for Change?, womenworking.com

Blog post about Catalyst's Awards Dinner and Conference highlights the luncheon panel with Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and her sister Maggie Wilderotter, Chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications, along with their adult children.
03/29/2012 Will "Risky" Women On Boards Spell Economic Meltdown?, Forbes

Blog post challenging the conclusion of three Deutsche Bundesbank economists that “a higher proportion of female executives leads to a more risky conduct of business” cites Catalyst research.
03/29/2012 Catalyst Celebrates 50 Years, The Financial Times

A profile of Catalyst on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary celebration quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: “When women participate fully in the agenda-setting, decision-making roles in the largest companies that drive the global economy, men, families, businesses and societies will benefit.”
03/29/2012 Catalyst Celebrates 50 Years of Advancing Women in the Workplace, Financial Post
This overview of Catalyst's Awards Dinner and Conference and 50th anniversary celebration quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: "As we mark Catalyst’s 50th anniversary, we invite women and men alike to recognize their place in our history and to become catalysts to expand opportunities for women and business.”
03/20/2012 Why Aren't More Women Business Leaders?, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An exploration of why there are so few women business leaders cites Catalyst research and quotes Candice Morgan, Director, Advisory Services at Catalyst.
03/19/2012 Get Women on Board the FP500, Financial Post

This op-ed piece by Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst, and Gordon Nixon, Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Canada and Catalyst Canada Advisory Board member, calls corporate Canada to action in increasing the number of women board directors, and announces the launch of the Catalyst Accord.
03/18/2012 Female CEOs Who Climbed The Corporate Ladder, San Francisco Chronicle

An exploration of attributes common to women corporate officers cites Catalyst's Census.
03/16/2012 Shining Shoes Best Way Wall Street Women Outearn Men, Bloomberg Businessweek

Column highlighting wage gap between men and women in the financial sector quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst: "We don’t see the pay gap closing," she said.
03/15/2012 Have Women Found Work/Life Balance?, Real Simple

Discussion of work-life effectiveness quotes Jennifer Kohler, Director, Advisory Services at Catalyst.
03/15/2012 Why Don't Women Act More Like Men at Work?, The Atlantic

Discussion of differences in women and men's workplace communication styles quotes Susan Nierenberg, Vice President, Global Marketing & Corporate Communications.
03/13/2012 Missing From Asia’s Boardrooms: Women, The Wall Street Journal

Blog post about lack of women in Asian Boardrooms cites Catalyst's Bottom Line report.
03/12/2012 Ondanks dezelfde carrièrestrategieën: vrouwen blijven achter bij mannen, Executive-People.NL
Column comparing men's and women's career advancement strategies cites Catalyst's Ideal Worker report and quotes Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden, General Manager, Catalyst Europe AG
03/09/2012 Women Debate Glass Ceiling as Inforum Plans to Celebrate 50th Anniversary, Detroit Free Press

While some debate that a glass ceiling still exists for women, statistics show that women still lag in top positions and pay; article cites Catalyst report Opportunity or Setback? High Potential Women and Men During Economic Crisis.
03/09/2012 Breaking the Boardroom Gender Barrier, The Globe and Mail

Column questioning lack of women on Canada's boards highlights Catalyst's Census and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: “In 2012, to say that there aren’t women who have the skills and experience to contribute to boards really isn’t credible.”
03/08/2012 FP500 Firms Called to Get on Board and Put Women on Boards, Canada.com
Announcement of the Catalyst Accord, calling for Canada's FP500 firms to pledge to increase the proportion of women on their boards.
03/08/2012 Les femmes toujours minoritaires en entreprise, Radio-Canada.ca
Article about the absence of women in top leadership roles cites Catalyst's FP500 Census.
03/08/2012 International Women’s Day: Break the Glass Ceiling for Women, Businesses Urged, Toronto Star

International Women's Day column highlights Catalyst's FP500 Census and the Catalyst Accord.
03/08/2012 Catalyst Challenges FP500 to Fill 25% of Board Seats with Women, Financial Post

Article announcing the Catalyst Accord and citing Catalyst's FP500 Census quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: “Over 46 per cent of public FP500 companies have zero women serving on their boards. This tells us it’s time to step up and show leadership on this issue.”
03/08/2012 FP500 Firms Called to Get on Board and Put Women on Boards, The Montreal Gazette
Announcement of the Catalyst Accord cites Catalyst's FP500 Census.
03/08/2012 The Gender Divide: Women in Accountancy, economia

A discussion of why there are so few women accountants in Europe quotes Eleanor Tabi-Haller Jordan, General Manager, Catalyst Europe: "It’s not about women’s talent, ambition or aspirations ... It’s about workplace culture.”
03/07/2012 More Women in the Boardroom Can Improve Profitability: Pros, CNBC

Column about the benefits to corporations of having more women on their boards cites Catalyst research.
03/05/2012 What Glass Ceiling? Killer Career Advice From Women Who Lead By Example, Fast Company

Girl Scouts is spearheading a celebration of 2012 as the Year of the Girl, and Girl Scout's CEO Ana Maria Chavez advocates leading by example; this compilation of comments from women leaders on breaking the glass ceiling cites Catalyst research.
03/05/2012 Seven Outstanding Female Investors, San Francisco Chronicle

Seven successful women financial professionals give advice on how to rise to the top in this male-dominated industry; Catalyst research cited.
03/04/2012 E.U. Considers Quotas for Women in Boardrooms, The New York Times

After disappointing results from European efforts to increase women's board representation through self-regulation, a new effort may result in quotas; Catalyst research cited.
03/01/2012 Women at the Top: How Women at the Top Elevate the Bottom Line, U.S. Department of State

The U.S. State Department Subcommittee on Women's report about the economic value of women, which provides exemplary programs and policies and recommendations towards women's advancement, cites Catalyst's Bottom Line study.
03/01/2012 International Women’s Day: What Are You Doing, Vancouver Sun

Article about the status of Canadian working women cites Catalyst's 2010 Census of women executive officers in Canada.
03/01/2012 More Women Seeking MBAs, but Pay Gap Persists, MSNBC

Column about the persistent pay gap between women and men MBAs cites Catalyst Census.
03/01/2012 Sarah Szalavitz: Where Are All the Women Conference Speakers?, Wired

Opinion piece commenting on the lack of women in C-suites despite mounting evidence for the importance of women to the new global economy cites Catalyst's Bottom Line study.
02/27/2012 A Celebration of Promising Young Talent, Black Enterprise

Letter from the editor introducing Black Enterprise's first "Rising Stars 40 & Under" list cites Catalyst's Ideal Worker report and quotes Katherine Giscombe, Ph.D., Vice President, Diverse Women & Inclusion Research.
02/27/2012 One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy?, The Nation

Article questioning whether women have truly "won" the new economy cites Catalyst research and quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: “Often women get stuck having to prove themselves over and over again. That’s a block; they’re not going up.”
02/27/2012 Tech's Glass Ceiling Looks Stronger Than Ever -- But Companies Aren't Telling, The Huffington Post

The tech sector has lagged behind other traditionally male-dominated industries in selecting women for leadership roles or monitoring their workplace progress; article cites Catalyst's Bottom Line study.
02/24/2012 Sponsorship is the New Mentorship, Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine
Column about the importance of sponsorship to women in business cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations: "Mentors talk with you, sponsors talk about you," Ms. Gillis explained.
02/22/2012 Mastering the Art of Authentic Confident Self-Promotion, Forbes

Advice column advising women on how to promote themselves in the workplace cites Catalyst's Myth of the Ideal Worker report.
02/21/2012 Firms With Women Bosses More Successful, Sky News
Article featuring Catalyst Award winner Commonwealth Bank cites Catalyst's CSR report in discussing why gender diversity should be a management essential.
02/17/2012 Absence of Women at Birth-control Hearing Prompts Larger Question, The Washington Post

Blog post discussing the absence of women representatives at the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform hearings on the contraceptive coverage rule cites Catalyst Quick Take.
02/17/2012 Contraception Rule: Women Mostly Absent From Hearings, The Huffington Post

Article regarding the absence of women representatives in hearing about contraception coverage cites Catalyst Quick Take.
02/14/2012 Investing in Women is Good Business, Says Catalyst, The Hindu Business Line
Article highlighting Catalyst's enhanced focus on India quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst's President and CEO, and Deepali Begati, Senior Advisor at Catalyst: “The very fact that our 50–year-old organisation is still working hard to expand opportunities for women in business speaks of the gender gap that still exists."
02/13/2012 Help Women Take the Stage, Harvard Business Review

Column discussing the importance for women in communicating their own accomplishments cites Catalyst research.
02/13/2012 Fixation on Gender Quotas is a Distraction, Financial Times

Opinion piece attesting that an overemphasis on board gender quotas distracts companies from the lack of women among their executive ranks cites Catalyst research.
02/12/2012 Male, Pale & Stale: Could More Women on the Board Help Mothercare – and Other Ailing Firms?, The Independent

Discussion of the lack of women board members in the UK, and the benefits of including women on corporate boards, cites Catalyst research.
02/08/2012 The Seat Next to Me Is Open, The Huffington Post

Opinion piece about how important it is for women to collaborate in order to advance in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
02/08/2012 No Room for Women on Facebook Board, The Nation
Article about lack of women on Facebook's board cites Catalyst research.
02/02/2012 No Women on Facebook Board Shows White Male Influence, Bloomberg

Discussion of the lack of women on Facebook's board cites Catalyst's bottom line report.
02/01/2012 ‘Lead-her-ship’ at the Wharton Women Business Conference, Wharton Magazine

A summary of Wharton's Women in Business Conference cites the Catalyst Census.
01/30/2012 Why the Global Economy Needs Businesses to Invest in Women, The Daily Beast
Article outlining the importance to businesses of investing in women cites Catalyst's Bottom Line report.
01/25/2012 Gender Equality: Tip-toeing to the Tipping Point, The Huffington Post

An editorial discussing how women's advancement in the workplace is generally recognized as stalled, and suggesting what can be done to improve matters, references Catalyst and cites Catalyst research.
01/24/2012 Pool of Women MDs Widens at Morgan Stanley, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

A greater percentage of this year's new Managing Director class at Morgan Stanley are women than last year's; column cites Catalyst research.
01/24/2012 Rosalind Brewer and Workplace Diversity: Expert Weighs in on Black Women in Corporate America, msnbc.com

Blog post about Rosalind Brewer, the new CEO of Sam's Clubs and the first woman and first African-American to lead a business unit of Wal-Mart, cites Catalyst research.
01/19/2012 Diane Garnick Seeks Lift for Wall Street Women With New Firm, Bloomberg

Clear Alternatives, a new, women-run asset management firm, hopes to help tilt the balance of today's male-dominated Wall Street; Catalyst Census cited.
01/18/2012 Is Cockiness a Man's C-Suite Edge?, CFO World

Differing behaviors may effect men's and women's workplace advancement; Catalyst research cited.
01/17/2012 India Has a Pressing Need for More Women at the Workplace", The Economic Times

In this interview, Ilene Lang stresses how important advancing women is to India's economic growth.
01/16/2012 Female Lawyers Making Their Own Tracks to Success, The Miami Herald

Article about how an increasing number of women lawyers are starting their own firms or joining boutiques cites Catalyst research.
01/10/2012 High Hopes 2012 Will Be a Good Year for Women, The New York Times

Article exploring what women should expect in terms of advancement in the coming year includes comments from Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: “Not much progress has been made in the past six years, and that’s the biggest challenge,” she said.
01/10/2012 The Amazing Failure of Women's Career Advice, Forbes

Article questioning how women can best get ahead in the workplace, since "doing it all" doesn't seem to be helping, cites Catalyst's Myth of the Ideal Worker report, and quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst: “This study busts the myth that ‘Women don’t ask.’ In fact, they do! But it doesn’t get them very far. Men, by contrast, don’t have to ask. What’s wrong with this picture?”
01/09/2012 For Women in Business, the Squeaky Wheel Doesn’t Get the Grease, The Washington Post

Blog post by Nancy Carter, Senior Vice President, Research at Catalyst, and Christine Silva, Senior Director at Catalyst, outlines Catalyst's Myth of the Ideal Worker report, demonstrating that the "gender gap can’t be explained away by women’s preferences or actions. It’s time for companies to find, and fix, bias in the system."
01/06/2012 Corporate Boards: Shifting From Aging Men To New Generation Of Women?, Forbes

Column advising women on how to position themselves for board appointments as current board members prepare to retire cites Catalyst Census.
01/06/2012 Millennial Women Battle With Older, Unwanted Mentors, Forbes

Column describing a potential culture class between millennial women and their potential workplace mentors cites Catalyst research.
01/06/2012 The Myth of the Ambition Gap, Forbes

Blog post by Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, challenges the assumption that women are less ambitious than men are, and show how sponsorship can be a powerful tool to counteract this misperception.
01/06/2012 The Serendipitous Side of Networking, The Globe and Mail

Article about how women can reap the most benefits from networking quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: “You really don’t know where and when someone that you have met, or worked with, or been introduced to, may present an opportunity that may not only be career-changing but can be life-changing,” she said.
01/04/2012 Behind Every Great Woman, Bloomberg Business Week

As more women achieve corporate executive roles, more men may be staying home to raise families; Catalyst Census cited.
01/02/2012 Only One Woman Among 100 Highest Paid CEOs in Canada, Toronto Star

Column flagging Nancy Southern of Atco as the only women among the highest-paid CEOs in Canada cites Catalyst Census.
01/02/2012 Despite IBM's New CEO, Women Still Struggle to the Top, Marketplace

In a radio interview, Catalyst President and CEO Ilene Lang discussed Virginia Rometty's appointment to CEO of IBM, and the challenges for women in climbing the ladder, both in the tech sector and the corporate world in general: "Honestly, every field is male-dominated, every industry is male-dominated," Lang said.
12/27/2011 Why Women Abandon the C Suite — and How to Get Them Back, VentureBeat

Article exploring the reasons that there aren't more women in executive suites cites Catalyst research.
12/27/2011 Women's Progress in Business Stalling, The Australian

Article describing women's stalled progress in business across the globe cites Catalyst research.
12/26/2011 Women in Charge, in Canada and Abroad, Financial Post

Article exploring women's advancement in Canada cites Catalyst research.
12/21/2011 Women Execs Get Lost in the Pipeline, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Column about the lack of women executive officers at Georgia-based public companies cites Catalyst research.
12/20/2011 Why the C-Suite Needs Women of Color, Harvard Business Review

Opinion piece about the importance of including women of color in the C-suite cites Catalyst research.
12/20/2011 Why the Financial Crisis Is a Wake-Up Call on Diversity, Financial Times

Blog post exploring how the financial crisis has led companies to reevaluate how they select their leadership cites Catalyst Census.
12/19/2011 Workplaces Missing Out on Valuable Contributors, Financial Post
A discussion of Catalyst Census results explores potential reasons behind women's slow progress in joining boards and executive suites.
12/19/2011 For Companies, It Pays To Have Women On The Board, Forbes

Editorial by Ilene Lang stresses the importance of including women on corporate boards and executive suites: "When US corporations finally take their place as leaders on gender parity and advancing women in business, the benefits will spread across the globe for women, men, families, employers, communities, and societies."
12/17/2011 The Corporate Person is a Guy, Forbes

Blog post explores how Catalyst Census results are particularly concerning in light of the outcome of the Citizen's United case that makes corporations "persons;" women risk being less represented than ever.
12/16/2011 Fortune 500 Commonality: Women, CNBC
Video interview with Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, outlines the results of Catalyst's Census and illustrates the benefits of including women on corporate boards.
12/15/2011 Banks Wooing Women CEOs Promise Change, Bloomberg

Banks are increasingly courting women by hosting women's interest events; Catalyst census cited.
12/15/2011 Avon CEO Andrea Jung Steps Down, Capping Off a Flat Year for Women in Leadership Ranks, The Washington Post

Discussion of Andrea Jung's departure from Avon cites Catalyst Census.
12/14/2011 Surveys: Women Slow to Make Gains in Top Ranks, Miami Herald

Catalyst Census results are the backdrop for this article about women's slow progress in gaining executive and board seats; quotes Deborah Soon, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing at Catalyst.
12/14/2011 Female Execs on Wane at Fortune 500 Firms, CBC News
Blog post outlining results of Catalyst Census quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: "Women are promoted based on performance and men based on potential."
12/14/2011 You Need at Least Three Women on Your Corporate Board, Business Insider
Column exploring the benefit to corporations of including women board members cites Catalyst research.
12/14/2011 Women in Business: No Progress, CBS Money Watch

A summary of the results of Catalyst's Census and 2011 Bottom Line reports quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President & CEO.
12/14/2011 Catalyst for Change, Financial Times

Women at the Top Blog summarizes the results of Catalyst Census.
12/14/2011 Women Lose Power Near the Top, CNN Money

Column stating that women are losing power in corporate America cites Catalyst Census.
12/12/2011 Key To Women's Ascent To Leadership Roles In Media Industry? See And Be Seen, Forbes

Opinion piece with suggestions for women's advancement in the media industry cites Catalyst research.
12/09/2011 Redefined Leadership through Greater Gender Diversity, Seattle Post Intelligencer
An argument for increasing gender diversity among corporate leadership cites Catalyst research.
12/09/2011 Keen On… Gina Rudan, Tech Crunch

An Interview with Gina Rudan about her new guide to success, Practical Genius, cites Catalyst research.
12/06/2011 Cause and Effect, Financial Post

An exploration of the connection between the number of women on corporate boards and corporations' financial success quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
12/04/2011 Leveling the Field, The Boston Globe

Article profiling the all-women's MBA program at Simmons College cites Catalyst research.
12/03/2011 TN Boards Would Benefit From Women's Ingenuity, The Tennessean

Opinion piece addressing the lack of women on Tennessee's corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
12/03/2011 While Wall Street Gets More Diverse, White Men Still Take Home Much More Money, The Huffington Post
Column discussing the surprising extent to which white men continue to earn more than women and minorities cites Catalyst research.
12/02/2011 Why Self-Promotion is Not a Dirty Term, Deccan Chronicle

Article about the importance of self-promotion cites Catalyst research.
12/01/2011 Few Women on Silicon Valley Boards of Directors, San Francisco Chronicle

Column discussing the lack of women on Silicon Valley boards quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: "Women have to have more experience than men do in order to get a comparable consideration."
11/28/2011 Getting More Women In The Boardroom - Should The U.S. Use Mandatory Quotas Like Europe?, Forbes

Exploration of whether the US would benefit from quotas like the ones proposed in Europe cites Catalyst research.
11/28/2011 Busting the Myth That Women Aren't As Ambitious as Men, Forbes

Discussion of the erroneous perception that women are less ambitious than men cites Catalyst research.
11/27/2011 Why it Pays to Blow Your Own Trumpet, Daily Mail

Advice column about the importance of self promotion cites Catalyst research.
11/26/2011 Closing the Gap, The Economist

Article exploring why women's salaries and access to top jobs continues to lag men's cites Catalyst research.
11/26/2011 Top Jobs, The Economist
Column about lack of women on corporate boards globally cites Catalyst research and quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO.
11/22/2011 More Women Leaders, better Corporate Social Responsibility, The Economic Times
Column outlines results of Catalyst's new study correlating Corporate Social Responsibility programs with women's board representation.
11/22/2011 No Big Gains for Women MDs at Goldman Sachs, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

Fewer women were promoted to Managing Director at Goldman Sachs this year than last year; column cites Catalyst research.
11/18/2011 Women Make Companies More Generous, CBS Money Watch

Summary of Catalyst's report about Corporate Social Responsibility highlights the importance of having women on corporate boards.
11/17/2011 Diversity in the Boardroom Is Not Just a Matter of Appearance, The Globe and Mail

Discussion of the importance of diversity on boards cites Catalyst's new report about the link between diverse boards and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.
11/16/2011 Women in Leadership Promote CSR, NACD Directorship

Article about benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility programs cites Catalyst research.
11/16/2011 Finance and Utility Companies More Likely to Have Women on Boards, Vancouver Sun

Blog post cites Catalyst's new study exploring the tie between women's presence on corporate boards and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.
11/15/2011 Facebook Board: Where are the Female Faces?, CNN

Editorial drawing attention to the fact that there are no women on Facebook's board cites Catalyst research.
11/15/2011 Exit Strategies: Hoping for a Better Fit, Financial Times

Column exploring women's reasons for leaving top jobs cites Catalyst research.
11/09/2011 Women's Ambition: A Surprising Report, More

Findings of More's annual workplace report indicate that declining ambition among women is a trend and career flexibility is more important than ever; article quotes Meryle Mahrer Kaplan, Ph.D.,
Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Advisory Services: “Women take work seriously and want to be taken seriously at work.”
11/07/2011 Latin America: Female Boardroom Blues, Latin Business Chronicle
Discussion of the dearth of women on Latin American corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
11/07/2011 What Women Are Teaching Men About Work-Life Balance, The Huffington Post

Blog post suggesting that men emulate women in seeking balance between their careers and other commitments cites Catalyst research.
11/04/2011 Beyond Mentoring Women at Work: Sponsoring, The Globe and Mail

Article about the importance of sponsorship to women's careers cites Catalyst research.
11/03/2011 Girl Power: List of Companies With Female CEOs, Nasdaq

Discussion of number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500 cites Catalyst research.
11/01/2011 Ginni Rometty: Benefits of Staying Put, The Wall Street Journal
Column references Ginny Rometty's 30-year tenure at IBM prior to her recent CEO appointment as an example of the Catalyst Ideal Worker report finding that women have had more success climbing the ladder at a single company than they've had when they move around.
11/01/2011 Progress for Women, but a Long Way to Go, The New York Times

Women remain well behind men in both economic equality and political power, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2011; article cites Catalyst research and quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: "These reports are important because they shine a light on how half the world’s population fares.”
10/31/2011 Women In Tech: Why Is There No Female Steve Jobs?, AOL Jobs

Article about the dearth of prominent women in technology cites Catalyst research and quotes Heather Foust Cummings, Senior Director, Organizational Change & Effectiveness Research at Catalyst: "[Rometty's] appointment serves as a really large announcement that there are role models of women in technology. Girls can think, 'hey if she can do that, I can do that too.'"
10/30/2011 Limited Seating: Mixed Results on Efforts to Include More Women at the Corporate Board Table, DailyFinance

Article about women's slow progress in gaining corporate board seats cites Catalyst research.
10/28/2011 Is Changing Jobs Bad for Women?, Slate

Column about how professional women may do best when they avoid "job-hopping" cites Catalyst's Ideal Worker report.
10/28/2011 Women CEOs: Bold Enough to Be a Woman?, The Huffington Post

Exploration of why companies with women in leadership positions tend to perform better cites Catalyst research.
10/28/2011 High Potential Women Must Self-Promote to Be Promoted, Forbes

Blog post discussing Catalyst's Ideal Worker report's finding that self-promotion is the most effective career-enhancing behavior for women.
10/26/2011 Number of Female Fortune 500 CEOs at Record High, USA Today

After two new CEO appointments go into place, the number of women CEOs at Fortune 500 companies will be at a record high; article quotes Deborah Soon, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing at Catalyst: "For the last five years, there's been hardly any progress."
10/26/2011 IBM Names Rometty as Next CEO, The Wall Street Journal

Article about the appointment of Virginia M. Rometty as the next CEO of IBM cites Catalyst research.
10/26/2011 Senator to Renew Push for More Women on Boards, The Globe and Mail

Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette has reintroduced a Senate bill to create a mandatory rule requiring that boards have at least 40 per cent women, or men, within six years of the legislation being enacted; article cites Catalyst research.
10/26/2011 Limited Seating: Mixed Results on Efforts to Include More Women at the Corporate Board Table, Knowledge@Wharton
Column about women's slow progress in gaining corporate board seats cites Catalyst research.
10/25/2011 A German Idea to Break the Corporate Glass Ceiling: Gender Quotas, The Atlantic

A discussion of the debate over quotas in Germany cites Catalyst research.
10/25/2011 Financial World’s Ethnic Equation, Financial Times

Blog post citing Catalyst's recent report on building trust between managers and diverse women direct reports quotes Katherine Giscombe, Catalyst's Vice President, Diverse Women & Inclusion Research: "[Managers] need to make sure that talented people of colour – particularly women – are not overlooked for highly visible assignments. They need to guard against biases.”
10/24/2011 We Can Do Better Than 18 Per Cent, Canadian HR Reporter

Blog post about Catalyst Canada Honours event questions why only 18% of senior positions at Canadian companies are held by women, and encourages organizations to follow Catalyst's lead in order to do better.
10/24/2011 Women's Career Advice: Self-Promote Without the Backlash, The Huffington Post

Blog post citing Catalyst's Ideal Worker report advises readers on how to self-promote without alienating colleagues.
10/21/2011 Quotas Would Get More Women Into the Board Room, The Globe and Mail

Editorial supporting the use of quotas to increase the number of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
10/20/2011 Why (Almost) Everything Women Are Told About Work Is Wrong, The Huffington Post

Column on the findings of Catalyst's Ideal Worker report.
10/20/2011 Is Lack of Confidence Holding Back Women’s Careers?, BNET

Article contrasting conventional advice given to business women to the findings of Catalyst's new Ideal Worker report.
10/20/2011 Catalysts of Change, Canadian Business

Blog post reporting on the Catalyst Canada Honours celebration and this year's three Catalyst Canada Honours champions of women in business.
10/20/2011 Eight Lessons From the Women on Wall Street Conference, The New York Times

A summary of lessons learned at this year's Women on Wall Street conference quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst.
10/20/2011 "Lehman Sisters" Wouldn't Have Folded, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

Women must promote themselves and establish relationships with sponsors to advance in the workplace, according to senior women attending this year's Women on Wall Street conference; column quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst.
10/20/2011 Félicitations aux Lauréats des Prix Honorifiques de Catalyst Canada, Premières en Affaires
Article profiling the three Catalyst Canada Honours champions of women in business.
10/18/2011 Scotiabank and Catalyst: Supporting Women, Business News Network

Frances Horodelski and Rick Waugh, CEO of Scotiabank and Chair of Catalyst Canada's Advisory Board, talk about the Catalyst Canada Honours, referencing Catalyst's recent Ideal Worker report.
10/17/2011 Well Run Firms Have Women on Board: Downe, Financial Post

According to Bill Downe, chief executive of Bank of Montreal and an advisory board member of Catalyst Canada, companies where women are well represented in senior management and on the board of directors are more successful; article cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
10/17/2011 Women Doing all the Right Things, Still Lag Men in Business, MSNBC

Article outlining Catalyst's Ideal Worker report quotes Christine Silva, senior director of research for Catalyst: "Organizations have a responsibility to figure out where unintentional biases exist."
10/17/2011 Career Advancement Tactics and Women MBAs, eFinancialCareers.com

Article summarizing Catalyst's Ideal Worker report.
10/17/2011 Mentoring Program Serves Young Women in Business, The Wall Street Journal
Column about a new program to increase the number of women in corporate boardrooms cites Catalyst research.
10/14/2011 Study Debunks Myths About How To Get Ahead, BNET

Column summarizing Catalyst's new Ideal Worker report.
10/14/2011 Why 'Ideal Worker' Women's Careers Fall Behind Men's: Catalyst Study, The Huffington Post
Discussion of Catalyst's Ideal Worker report.
10/13/2011 The MBA Is No Longer Just a Man's World, The Independent

Article about the increasing numbers of women in MBA programs and management cites Catalyst research.
10/13/2011 Self-Promotion May Be Biggest Key To Women’s Success, Jezebel

Discusses the findings of Catalyst's Ideal Worker report.
10/13/2011 Women Blameless in Pay Inequity: Study, Toronto Star

Article about Catalyst's Ideal Worker report quotes Christie Silva, Director of Research at Catalyst: "We have to stop blaming women for the gender gap. We have to stop assuming the gender gap exists because of what women are or are not doing."
10/13/2011 Women Don't Go After the Big Jobs with Gusto: True or False?, Harvard Business Review

In a blog post, Christine Silva, Director of Research at Catalyst, and Nancy Carter, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Research at Catalyst, outline the findings of Catalyst's new Ideal Worker report.
10/13/2011 Does Doing all the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead?, Financial Times

Blog Post about Catalyst's new Ideal Worker study quotes Nancy Carter, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Research at Catalyst: "The standards being applied in terms of the way the talent is viewed are very different: men are awarded for their potential, whereas women are rewarded for proven performance.”
10/13/2011 Effective Career Tactics Depend on Gender, Financial Times

Article about Catalyst's new Ideal Worker report quotes Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden, General Manager, Catalyst Europe AG: "It’s not about fixing the women; it’s about fixing the workforce,” she says. “Companies need to take greater stock of their talent management.”
10/10/2011 Move up the Corporate Ladder Stalls for Women, CNBC

Article about women's stalled progress in climbing the corporate ladder cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Soon, Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Strategy & Marketing.
10/10/2011 Beyond the Boys’ Network (Guest Commentary), Canadian HR Reporter

Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst, writes about the importance of sponsorship to workplace advancement.
10/08/2011 For Women, Parity Is Still a Subtly Steep Climb, The New York Times

Column about women's slow progress in rising in the ranks of the corporate workplace cites Catalyst's new Ideal Worker report and quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst, who reminds readers that "there’s a big difference between awareness and action."
10/06/2011 Anne Mulcahy on Women in the Boardroom, Washington Post

Column questioning Anne Mulcahy's comment that women should resist joining companies who have no women board members cites Catalyst research.
10/05/2011 My #OccupyWallStreet Demand: Abolish Women Good/Men Bad, Forbes

Blog post challenging commentary that stereotypically masculine behaviors are to blame for the financial crisis references Catalyst research.
10/04/2011 Recruit Your Promoter, Investor's Business Daily

Column providing tips for women on workplace advancement includes quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst, as well as Catalyst's recent Sponsoring Women to Success report.
10/01/2011 Is Banking Fair to Women?, American Banker

Article exploring reason's for banking's "leaky pipeline" of women talent cites Catalyst research.
09/29/2011 Glass Ceiling, The Globe and Mail

In a letter to the editor, Catalyst's Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations, questions the conclusions of two recent articles about women in the workplace, noting that "an all-too-familiar focus on 'fixing the women' absolves organizations from the need to eradicate gender bias that creeps, often unintentionally, into talent management systems, limiting opportunities for talented women."
09/27/2011 From Mentors to Sponsors, Financial Post

Column about Catalyst's recent Sponsoring Women to Success report quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations, and Heather Foust-Cummings, Senior Director of Research at Catalyst.
09/26/2011 Women in Cabinet Responsible for Nearly 80 Percent of Budget: McGuinty, The Globe and Mail

Article cites Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty's comments made during The Catalyst Canada Honours event about his record-setting numbers of women candidates and cabinet members.
09/25/2011 Women in the Obama White House: Sexism and Progress, CNN

Opinion piece about the experience of women staff in the Obama White House, and how this reflects larger gender issues, cites Catalyst research.
09/23/2011 Indian MNCs Have Fewest Women Staff, The Times of India

A new study exploring the number of women in the regional outposts of multinational companies found that India ranked lowest among the six Asian countries analyzed; article includes quotations from Deepali Bagati, Senior Advisor at Catalyst.
09/23/2011 Shell Australia Chairwoman Ann Pickard to Replace Westpac Chairman Ted Evans, The Australian

Article about Westpac's choice of Shell Australia's Ann Pickard as Chairwoman of its board cites Catalyst research.
09/22/2011 Women Still Not Landing Top Jobs in Corporate America, Fox Business

Discussion of the dearth of women in top corporate roles cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations at Catalyst: “There are assumptions made about what women want ... When women act outside of those stereotypes, we see pushback.”
09/21/2011 Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know, HBS Working Knowledge

Summary of an upcoming research paper by Harvard's Kathleen L. McGinn, Iris Bohnet, and Pinar Fletcher examining how men and women respond when they cooperate or compete cites Catalyst's 2010 Census.
09/20/2011 In The Workplace, What Can Women Learn From Men?, Huffington Post

Advice to women on what workplace behaviors they might adapt from their male counterparts cites Catalyst's recent Sponsoring Women to Success report.
09/19/2011 Where Are the Women?, Maclean's

Column about Carol Bartz's dismissal as Yahoo! CEO discusses the lack of women executives in Silicon Valley and the Fortune 500 and cites Catalyst research.
09/14/2011 Progress for Women in Management Positions Has Flatlined, The Vancouver Sun

Article about the lack of progress in the advancement of Canadian women to senior management roles cites Catalyst research.
09/14/2011 Are You Blocking Your Own Success?, CNBC

Blog post revealing how women are faring worse than men in terms of finding new employment in this economic environment cites Catalyst research.
09/13/2011 With Bartz Out, Marvell's Weili Dai Pushes Women In Tech, Forbes

Discussion with Weili Dai, cofounder and Vice President at Marvell Technology, about women in the technology industry cites Catalyst research.
09/12/2011 Mind the Gap: Reducing the Sponsorship Gap Between Men and Women in the Workplace, National Law Review

Brande Stellings, J.D., Vice President of Catalyst's Advisory Services and Professional Services Practice, writes about the vital importance of sponsorship to the advancement of professional women.
09/08/2011 Women on Wall Street: Small Group at the Top Gets Smaller, Los Angeles Times

Article about how women in finance have been losing their jobs more rapidly than men quotes Debbie Soon, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing.
09/08/2011 Financial Firms' Ceiling, The Wall Street Journal

Discussion of Sallie Krawcheck's exit from Bank of America as the latest example among many departures of prominent women on Wall Street quotes Debbie Soon, Catalyst's Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing: "There are not a whole lot of women who can step into their shoes. That is a problem."
09/07/2011 The Last Women Standing on Wall Street, The New York Times
DealBook blog post about how the financial crisis on Wall Street has made the gender imbalance more pronounced cites Catalyst research.
09/07/2011 Analysis: Exits Show How Few Women Make it to CEO in U.S., Reuters

Analysis of corporate climate for women in light of the recent ouster of two powerful women executives quotes Debbie Soon, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Marketing at Catalyst.
09/06/2011 Progress for Women in Management Has Flatlined, Ottawa Citizen

Article about the stalled progress in increasing the number of women in Canadian government and corporate executive roles cites Catalyst research.
09/01/2011 The Joys (and Occasional Challenges) of Mentoring and Sponsoring, BlogHer

A blog post exploring the importance of mentoring and sponsorship for women at work cites Catalyst's Sponsoring Women to Success report.
08/30/2011 Korean Women Struggle to Break the Glass Ceiling, Korea Joongang Daily

Article about the challenges Korean women face in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
08/30/2011 If Women Had More Say Would Wall Street Be in Better Shape?, eFinancialCareers

Column questioning the discrepancy between the known benefits of having women in senior roles of finance and the continued dearth of such women cites Catalyst's new Sponsoring Women to Success report and quotes Christine Silva, Director of Research.
08/28/2011 The Economy Needs Women as Badly as Women Need Workplace Parity, Forbes

Blog post about the need for skilled women in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
08/26/2011 Study Examines Male-Female Wage Gap, Post-M.B.A., U.S. News & World Report

Discussion of pay gap between men and women cites Catalyst's MBA and sponsorship studies and quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: "Good sponsors can supercharge a woman's career by providing her with access to essential networks, bringing her achievements to the attention of senior-level executives, and recommending her for key assignments."
08/24/2011 Sponsoring Women to Career Success, Financial Times

A summary of Catalyst's new report, Sponsoring Women to Success, quotes Heather Foust Cummings, Senior Director, Research at Catalyst: “... in today’s competitive business environment, it’s imperative to look beyond the usual suspects. The goal is to see more women at the top, so if you are a high-level leader, you have a responsibility to look broadly, deeply and often at your talent pool.”
08/22/2011 Sponsor Can Help Women, Calgary Herald

Column about Catalyst's new study, Sponsoring Women to Success, quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst: "Companies that educate their employees about sponsorship, link it to talent management systems, and make it a hallmark of organizational strategy will reap tremendous rewards."
08/22/2011 Four Skills that Give Women a Sustainable Advantage Over Men, Forbes

A discussion of several areas where women tend to excel in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
08/19/2011 Parrainer les Femmes Pour Crever le Plafond de Verre, TVA Nouvelles

A discussion of Catalyst's new study about the importance of sponsorship to women in business.
08/18/2011 La Clé de l’Avancement des Femmes Passe par le Parrainage, Premières en Affaires
A briefing on Catalyst's new study about the benefits of sponsorship to women in business quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst's President and CEO.
08/17/2011 How to Sponsor Your Way to the Top, The Glass Hammer

Article about Catalyst's new report, Sponsoring Women to Success, includes quotations from the report and from Heather Foust-Cummings, lead author and Senior Director, Research at Catalyst: “It’s really important that organizations don’t leave sponsorship to chance,” she said.
08/17/2011 Office Sponsors Needed, But Lacking For Women In The Workplace: Study, The Huffington Post

Column outlining Catalyst's new study about the importance of sponsorship to women in business quotes Heather Foust-Cummings, lead author and Senior Director, Research at Catalyst: "Frankly, [sponsorship is something that] men have taken for granted and women haven't been as aware of. We wanted to bring sponsorship out from underneath the curtain.
08/17/2011 Working Women Hot Topic Today, The Vancouver Sun
Blog post highlights Catalyst's new study, Sponsoring Women to Success, and quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: "Good sponsors can supercharge a woman’s career by providing her with access to essential networks, bringing her achievements to the attention of senior-level executives, and recommending her for key assignments."
08/16/2011 Sponsorship: Beyond Platitudes, Forbes

Blog post by Heather Foust-Cummings, Senior Director, Research at Catalyst, outlines the key findings of Catalyst's new study, Sponsoring Women to Success.
08/09/2011 Nice Girls Talk About Estate Planning, Forbes

Column about how women need to become more knowledgeable about estate planning cites Catalyst research.
08/08/2011 Female Corporate Chief Executives: Few and Far Between, International Business Times
Article about slow progress in appointing women to corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
08/03/2011 'Masculine Norms': Why Working Women Find It Hard to Reach the Top, Knowledge@Wharton
Article exploring reasons behind the lack of women in senior leadership roles in the U.S. cites Catalyst research.
08/02/2011 Ein Präsident Ohne Kinder? Undenkbar!, Der Spiegel

Discussion of why the U.S. birthrate is higher than Germany's, despite fewer maternity and childcare benefits, quotes Catalyst's Brande Stellings, J.D., Vice President, Advisory Services, Professional Services Practice.
08/01/2011 Gender or Generation Gap?, Crain's Chicago Business

Article exploring the perception of many young women that gender bias is no longer a problem cites Catalyst research and quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: “We still document that there are barriers to women that are gender-related, and they seem to be intractable.”
07/30/2011 Frauen scheitern in Firmen an den Männern, Die Welt

Discussion of why women executives in Germany are leaving senior roles quotes Meryle Mahrer Kaplan, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Advisory Services at Catalyst.
07/28/2011 Working: Where are the Women With CEO Jobs?, Houston Chronicle

Article discussing dearth of women CEOs cites Catalyst research and quotes Mary Boughton, Catalyst's Senior Director, Western Region.
07/25/2011 How Money-Savvy Women Can Save The Economy, Forbes

Blog post about women's potential strength in business cites Catalyst Census.
07/21/2011 Still Lonely at the Top, The Economist
Column arguing against setting quotas for the number of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
07/18/2011 Power Couple: Meet the Sister CEOs, The Wall Street Journal

Article profiling sisters Denise Morrison, Campbell Soup Co.'s next chief executive, and Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Frontier Communications Corp, cites Catalyst's announcement that this will be the first time that two sisters will run big U.S. public companies.
07/15/2011 Taking the Next Step, CFO Magazine

Article about the importance of sponsors to advance women in finance quotes Catalyst's Katherine Giscombe, Vice President, Diverse Women & Inclusion Research: "Because they take a more active role, sponsors can have a significant influence on whether an executive reaches a high-level post."
07/14/2011 More Wives in Canada Out-Earning Husbands on Education Gains, Bloomberg Business Week

31% of Canadian wives are currently making more money than their husbands, after three decades of gains in post- secondary education and professional jobs; Catalyst survey cited.
07/13/2011 A “Winner” Company or a “Zero”? Ranking System to Bring More Women to Boards, The Glass Hammer

Column about grassroots efforts to increase the number of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
07/11/2011 Seriously? Must a Woman Be Like a Man to Get Ahead?, BlogHer

Blog post about the pros and cons of women adopting stereotypically male behaviors in the workplace cites Catalyst's statement that "sexism is alive and well in the workplace and coupled with gender-based stereotypes, women continue to be placed at a disadvantage when it comes to advancing their careers."
07/10/2011 Tech Is a Man’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World…or Is it?, IT Business Canada

Blog post about challenges faced by women in engineering cites Catalyst Quick Take.
07/09/2011 Here Are The 12 Female CEOs Of Fortune 500 Companies, Business Insider

Article listing the 12 women Fortune 500 CEOs references Catalyst research demonstrating that companies with the greatest number of women on their boards performed better financially than companies with fewer female board members.
07/06/2011 UN Women Justice Report: Gender Equality Programmes Need Funding, Guardian

Blog post about new UN agency (UN Women) cites Catalyst research.
07/04/2011 Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO: Women in Leadership, PBS Nightly Business Report

Interview of DuPont's Ellen Kullman about women in leadership, includes an interview with Ilene Lang; "I say to people, close your eyes, and picture a business leader. And most people picture a man. They don't picture a woman. So it is hard for a woman to break into that top leadership when people expect that she's not good at it, even when performance proves that to be different."
07/02/2011 Fresh Air, Chicago Tribune
Article proposing that Christine Lagarde is a strong choice for the IMF cites Catalyst research.
06/27/2011 When Will Women Become Equal On Boards?, Forbes

Blog post about the lack of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
06/27/2011 Working While Transgender: An Occupational Hazard?, Huffington Post

Blog post by Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, about the challenges that transgender women face in the workplace.
06/26/2011 Life at the Top for New York's Most Powerful Women, Crain's New York Business

Article about Crain's 2011 list of the 50 most powerful women in New York discusses the lack of progress women have made over the past several years in gaining leadership positions and in the financial sector. Quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, and cites Catalyst research.
06/23/2011 Wal-Mart and the Gap in Corporate Policy, Reuters

Blog post about the Supreme Court's dismissal of the class action suit against Wal-Mart cites Catalyst research.
06/23/2011 Boys Only Boards, Bloomberg

Discussion about the lack of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
06/23/2011 Why Women Need Mentors At Work -- And How To Find One, Huffington Post

Column about the importance for women of having mentors at work quotes Christine Silva, Catalyst Director of Research: "It's about having a variety of people in your corner, regardless of their gender."
06/20/2011 Getting Women to the Top is Still an Uphill Battle, MSNBC.com

Column discussing the lack of women on corporate boards and how to change this cites Catalyst research.
06/20/2011 MBA Grad, Take Heart — Unless You’re Female, IT Business Edge

Blog post discussing how women MBAs are disadvantaged right out of business school features quotations from Christine Silva, Catalyst Director of Research.
06/20/2011 Wal-Mart Wins, Women Lose, CBS Money Watch

Article about Supreme Court ruling cites Catalyst data.
06/17/2011 Women in Corporate America, Huffington Post

Discussion of what corporations can do to combat some of the issues preventing women from reaching senior leadership positions cites Catalyst research.
06/16/2011 Are You Lovin' It? Work at McDonald's and You Will!, Calgary Herald
Article about working at Catalyst Award-winner McDonald's references the Catalyst Award.
06/15/2011 Business Schools Hope to Shatter Sturdy Glass Ceiling, U.S. News & World Report

Discussion of Catalyst's survey findings that women are disadvantaged from their first jobs out of Business School quotes Christina Silva, Catalyst Director of Research: "A lot of people just suggest that if we just give it time, the gender gap will go away, but we see if you give it time the gap gets wider."
06/15/2011 Women Have to Champion One Another, The Huffington Post

Column commemorating the the 39th anniversary of the signing of Title IX cites Catalyst research in a reminder to readers of how far women have yet to go, both in sports and in the workplace.
06/13/2011 Want to Avoid Scandal at the Top? Hire a Woman!, Canadian Business

Discussion of male leaders' tendency to fall into high-profile scandals cites Catalyst research.
06/09/2011 Monique Leroux: le pouvoir de l'exemple, Le Devoir.com

Profile of Dejardin Group's Monique Leroux, on the occasion of her being declared one of the 2011 Catalyst Canada Honours Champions of women in business.
06/08/2011 Champions of Women in Corporate World Recognized, Toronto Star

Article about The Catalyst Canada Honours quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
06/08/2011 Opportunities For Women, Metro Morning (radio)

Matt Galloway interviews RBC's Jennifer Tory, one of the 2011 Catalyst Canada Honours Champions, about promoting women's advancement in business.
06/08/2011 Three Execs Honoured for Championship of Women's Advancement, Canadian HR Reporter
Profile of Catalyst Canada Honours Champions, including quotes from Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations: "By recognizing these outstanding leaders with the Catalyst Canada Honours, Catalyst hopes to inspire a robust pipeline of women and men who will follow in their footsteps."
06/08/2011 Monique Leroux récompensée, Les Affaires
Announcement of Desjardin's Monique Leroux as one of the three Catalyst Canada Honours Champions.
06/08/2011 Monique Leroux récompensée par Catalyst Canada, Finance et Investissement
Desjardins President and CEO Monique Leroux announced one of The Catalyst Canada Honours champions.
06/08/2011 Nomination des lauréats des Prix honorifiques de Catalyst Canada 2011, Premières en affaires
Profiles of the three Catalyst Canada Honours Champions.
06/08/2011 Monique Leroux primée, Conseiller

Profile of Catalyst Canada Honours Champion Monique Leroux, President and CEO of Desjardins.
06/06/2011 The End of the Mancession: What It Means For Women, Moneywatch

Ilene H. Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst, interviewed in this article about the effects of the end of the "Mancession" on women.
06/03/2011 Women in the Workplace: Why Men Still Hold More Top Positions and How to Change It, WorldWideLearn

Article about why women aren't holding top corporate positions and how this can be changed cites Catalyst's Pipeline's Broken Promise report.
06/03/2011 It's His Turn Now, Financial Post
Column outlining the controversy around using quotas and affirmative action to improve the numbers of women and minorities in the workplace quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations: "The numbers clearly suggest women are by no means pushing men out of the executive suites," Ms. Gillis says. "There's still a long way to go."
06/01/2011 Pay & Promotion Concerns for Graduating Women MBAs, eFinancialCareers

Review of Catalyst research regarding disadvantages faced by women MBAs quotes Christine Silva, Catalyst Director of Research.
05/31/2011 Monitoring Masculinity: An Edge For Women in the Workplace?, San Francisco Chronicle

Article about how to address the problem that "assertive" behaviors in women employees are assessed differently than in men quotes Jeanine Prime, Senior Research Director at Catalyst: "Although studies show that gender isn't really a good predictor of leadership, the idea persists in our culture that a successful manager should appear assertive, confident, aggressive - traits we don't usually expect in women. "
05/27/2011 Getting What You're Worth, The Post and Courier

Discussion of the persistent gender-wage gap cites Catalyst's Pipeline's Broken Promise report.
05/25/2011 Rate Your Boss, Working Mother

Discussion of how to effectively promote minority women in the workplace quotes Katherine Giscombe, Catalyst's Vice President of Diverse Women and Inclusion Research.
05/25/2011 What is an MBA Worth? It Depends Whether You are a Man or a Woman, Financial Times

"Women at the Top" blog post about the low number of women on MBA courses cites Catalyst research.
05/25/2011 Glass Ceilings: ‘Unconscious Bias Still Holding Women Back’, Financial Times

Exploration of absence of women in senior-most positions discusses the issue of "unconscious bias" and quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO: “For a man [a performance review] might say ‘assertive, strong, driver for results’ and for a similar woman it might say ‘aggressive, sharp elbows’."
05/24/2011 Women MBAs and the Pay Gap, Career-Women in Motion
German website Career Women in Motion redacts the words Catalyst President and CEO, Ilene Lang, shared with the MBA class of 2011 on her Catalizing blog.
05/21/2011 Do Corporate Women's Groups Matter?, The Huffington Post

Blog post exploring the need for corporate women's groups in a period of "gender fatigue" from the many years of talk about women's equality in the workplace cites Catalyst research.
05/19/2011 It's Graduation Time And Women MBAs Are A Bargain, Silicon Valley Reporter

Column cites Catalyst's research on how women MBA's start behind and stay behind, and includes an excerpt from our Catalyzing blog by Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO.
05/19/2011 A Shortage of Women in Top Leadership Roles and Executive Education as Part of The Solution, U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department briefing of a roundtable at the New York Foreign Press Center references Catalyst's Bottom Line report.
05/19/2011 The Careerist: Women at Law Schools Decline, Law.com

The Careerist blog discusses declining numbers of women entering law schools, citing Catalyst quick takes and quoting Catalyst's Brande Stellings, Vice President, Advisory Services, Professional Services Practice.
05/13/2011 Corporate Expense? Barriers to Women, The Boston Globe

This fall, Bentley University is launching a Center for Women and Business; cites Catalyst research.
05/10/2011 One Woman, Multiple Boards: Rise of the ‘Super-Connected’ Director, Financial Times

Financial Times research shows that while progress in women's board membership has slowed, women are increasingly prominent in the “super-connected” category of people who sit on the boards or four or more companies; cites Catalyst research.
05/07/2011 Too Little Diversity in the Boardroom, Toronto Star
Editorial suggests that the dearth of women and minorities on boards is even more pronounced in Canada than in the U.S.; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst.
05/07/2011 Perfection Can be Overrated When Balancing a Career, Motherhood, The Vancouver Sun

Discussion of the challenges of balancing a career and a young family features an employee of Coast Capital Savings, cited as topping the 2010 Catalyst Canada Census because of its commitment to promoting women into key executive positions.
05/06/2011 'Glass Ceiling' of Business Slowly Being Broken by Women, St. Catherines Standard

Article about dearth of women on Canadian boards cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations: "... More women senior officers is ... good for the bottom line. So there's a clear and compelling business case."
05/06/2011 Op-Ed: To Win the Game, You Have to Play, The Glass Hammer

Op-ed about what women can do to further their professional advancement features Catalyst's The Pipeline's Broken Promise report.
05/04/2011 How Women Can Break Into the C-Suite, CNN

Advice column on how women can break into executive ranks cites Catalyst research.
05/04/2011 Women Still Haven't Learned to Speak Up, Human Resource Executive Online

Discussion of women's continued reluctance to ask for what they want at work cites Catalyst research.
05/02/2011 Gender Wage Gap a Complex Issue, Canadian HR Reporter

Exploration of Canada's gender wage gap cites Catalyst Census.
05/01/2011 Gender Equity? Won't Find it Here, Omaha World-Herald

Discussion of the dearth of women on the boards of Omaha-based corporations cites Catalyst research.
04/25/2011 Women-savvy Companies: a Better Investment Bet, Financial Times

Women at the Top blog cites Catalyst's 2007 Bottom Line report in making a case for the importance of women board members.
04/22/2011 More Female MBAs, But Little Gains for Equal Pay, Fortune

Exploration of an MBA's cost/benefit to women cites Catalyst's Pipeline’s Broken Promises Report.
04/15/2011 Working Hard Was Supposed To Lead To Equity. It Hasn’t., Forbes

A blog post calling for retiring baby boomers to take up the cause of better representation for women in corporate America references Catalyst as one of the only sources of data "showing how companies with solid representation by women on corporate boards ... have cleaner audits, stronger discourse and better financial performance than those run exclusively by men."
04/12/2011 What Do Women on Wall Street Want? Men, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

Catalyst data cited in this exploration of why there are declining numbers of women on Wall Street, and why women still fill only 19% of executive-level positions.
04/11/2011 Where Are All the Senior-Level Women?, The Wall Street Journal
Summary of a discussion at the Women in the Economy conference about the corporate pipeline for women that included Nancy Carter, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Research & Visiting Scholar, INSEAD. Ms. Carter suggests that corporations "set goals for diversity and inclusion at every level of the organization and hold people accountable for achieving those goals."
04/11/2011 M&A Still Overwhelmingly a Man's Game, Reuters

Discussion of the small number of women in M&A leadership cites Catalyst data.
04/11/2011 View From the Top, The Wall Street Journal
An in-depth interview with PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi references Catalyst research.
04/11/2011 The Ten Industries That Pay Women The Least, 24/7 Wall St.

Article enumerating the ten industries that pay women the least cites Catalyst data.
04/10/2011 Why Women Rarely Leave Middle Management, The Wall Street Journal

An exploration of why women seldom move beyond middle management references Nancy Carter, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Research & Visiting Scholar, INSEAD, and Catalyst's finding that “women were placed in lower positions with lower pay in their first jobs” compared with men, “and the gap increased over time.”
04/08/2011 How to Overcome Five Impossible Workplace Hurdles, FINS (from The Wall Street Journal)

An article outlining how to navigate five potentially challenging workplace scenarios quotes Laura Sabattini, Director, Research at Catalyst.
04/07/2011 Career Pointers from Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, Fox Business

Highlights from Irene Rosenfeld's comments at the Catalyst Awards Conference, including taking risks, the role of mentors vs. sponsors, and being yourself.
04/06/2011 Is 30 Percent Representation the New Gender-Equality Dream?, Maclean's

Exploration of the 30% - not 50% - targets for women's representation in the management of corporations that are now so popular globally mentions Catalyst and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
04/05/2011 Three Companies Awarded for Policies that Promote Advancement of Women, Fox Business

This article about 2010 Catalyst Award winners McDonald's, Kaiser Permanente and Time Warner also quotes Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO.
04/05/2011 Sharing Best Practices to Boost Senior Female Leadership, The Glass Hammer

Coverage of the Catalyst Award Conference includes an overview of the winning initiatives, as well as quotes from Julie S. Nugent, Chair, Catalyst Award Evaluation Committee, and Ilene H. Lang's discussion with Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft.
04/05/2011 Thinking Beyond the Fortune 500 for Women, WSJ.com (video)

Video featuring Nancy Carter, Senior Vice President, Research & Visiting Scholar, INSEAD, discusses women in the workplace; Nancy cites a variety of Catalyst research.
04/05/2011 Is Sex Discrimination At Work Still A Problem?, NPR (radio broadcast)

Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, participates in a discussion with Neal Conan and Nina Totenberg, NPR's legal affairs correspondent, about sex discrimination in today's workplace.
04/04/2011 Coaching Urged for Women, The Wall Street Journal

Catalyst Fortune CEO data cited in article about upcoming McKinsey report exploring barriers to women’s advancement.
04/04/2011 New Batch of Gender Bias Suits Reflective of a Glass Ceiling That Keeps Women From the Ranks of Management, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Catalyst U.S. Census numbers featured in this story about the newest batch of gender bias lawsuits.
04/04/2011 Kraft Foods Tops DiversityInc's Best Companies for Executive Women, PRWeek US

Review of DiversityInc's 2011 "Top 10 Companies for Executive Women" list cites Catalyst research.
04/01/2011 Project Nanhi Kali: Educating Girls for a Growing India, The Glass Hammer

India’s Project Nanhi Kali works to improve education for girls; article cites Catalyst’s Leadership Gap report.
03/30/2011 Soft Is The New Hard (As In Skills), And Women Lead The Way, Forbes Blog - 85 Broads

The US Congress’ Joint Economic Committee has reported the connection between a company’s gender diversity and its financial success; Catalyst research also cited.
03/26/2011 'Mommy Track' Without Shame, The Wall Street Journal

Article revisits the controversial 1989 Harvard Business Review article by Catalyst founder Felice Schwartz promoting flexibility for women with families; recent studies suggest that this "notorious article urging flexibility is proven right."
03/24/2011 Reactions to 'Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being', Main Line Media News

Catalyst's work is highlighted in this editorial, which includes commentary from prominent women about the White House's "Women in America" report and the progress yet to be made.
03/23/2011 It's No Longer Just a 'Mancession', MSN Money

Summary of news related to the end of the "mancession" highlights Catalyst's data showing that female leaders at the most senior levels of companies were three times more likely to lose jobs than men during the recession.
03/22/2011 Little Growth Seen in Number of Women on Company Boards, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh board numbers lag behind Catalyst U.S. Census numbers, explains this article quoting Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst President and CEO.
03/21/2011 Women Lag Behind Men in Economic Recovery, ABC News

This article, which highlights that 90% of new jobs in the last year have gone to men, cites Catalyst’s Opportunity or Setback report; includes comments from Jan Combopiano, Catalyst Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer.
03/15/2011 Women's Advances in Workplace Not Always Easy, Ottawa Citizen

This discussion of women's status in the Canadian workplace references Catalyst's FP500 Census and quotes Deborah Gillis as "blast[ing] Canadian businesses in a statement for 'vastly underutilizing talented women, even though women are the engine of our economies.'"
03/14/2011 Economics Journal: Is a Quota the Way to Get More Female Directors?, The Wall Street Journal

Blog post exploring whether quotas are the solution to including more women on India's boards cites Catalyst’s Leadership Gender Gap In India Report and Senior Advisor Deepali Bagati; also references Catalyst’s Bottom Line.
03/14/2011 Time Has Failed Women; a Quota May Just Ensure Equal Rights, The Sydney Morning Herald

Discussion of whether quotas may be necessary to speed Australian corporations' slow progress in appointing women to senior management positions and board seats cites Catalyst's Australia Census data on women and boards.
03/09/2011 Israel Ranks Global No. 2 for Female Board Members, at 15%, The Marker

Article outlines findings of Catalyst's 2010 Census of the top 100 publicly traded Israeli companies; while Israeli results compare favorably to the international community, there is still much progress to be made.
03/08/2011 Femmes d'Affaires : Bonne Gestion, Mauvaise Représentation, C'est Bien Meilleur le Matin (Radio Canada)

Radio broadcast cites data from Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations in a discussion of the underrepresentation of women in senior leadership roles.
03/08/2011 Quebec Firms Lag in Gender Parity, Montreal Gazette

Recap of Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations features quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations; "Considering that it's the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, it is certainly disappointing ... that the numbers are what they are," she said.
03/08/2011 Women's Midas Touch Rewards Shareholders, The Globe and Mail

Article exploring the business case for including women in senior management positions cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/08/2011 Women Leadership Strategies Lack Elements Crucial for Success, MSN India News
Article outlining the findings of Catalyst's 2010 India Benchmarking Report quotes Nancy Carter, Senior VP, Research.
03/07/2011 Elements of Success Missing from Women's Leadership Strategies, The Financial Express
Article recapping Catalyst's 2010 India Benchmarking Report quotes Nancy Carter, Senior VP, Research.
03/04/2011 Diversity in India – a New Report, FT Blog: Women at the Top

Highlights from Catalyst's 2010 India Benchmarking Report.
03/03/2011 Cadres Supérieurs et Salaires Élevés: La Représentation des Femmes Progresse Lentement, Branchez-Vous

Article outlining the results of Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada.
03/03/2011 Encore Peu de Femmes Nommées à des Postes de Haute Direction, Journal Métro

Article highlights Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations.
03/03/2011 Executive Gender Gap Remains, Catalyst Report Says, CBC News
Highlights results of Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations and includes quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations, and The Catalyst Canada Honours winner Ed Clark, CEO of TD Bank.
03/03/2011 Good News, Bad News for Women in Canada’s Financial Services Industry: Catalyst, Investment Executive

Provides highlights of the 2010 Catalyst Census; includes quote from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011 Good News, Bad News for Women's Advancement, Canadian HR Reporter
Review of the 2010 Catalyst Census, which evaluates the advancement of Canadian women to corporate leadership; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011 More Women in Top Senior Positions: Report, Money

Highlights Catalyst's 2010 Census on female senior officers at Canada's 500 top-earning companies; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011 Women Still Scarce in Top Ranks at Canada's Biggest Companies, The Globe and Mail

Article outlines Canada's 2010 Census findings and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; “What’s really clear is that [the idea of]‘This will take care of itself, give it time,’ has failed, and what we really need is action and attention,” Ms. Gillis said.
03/03/2011 Women Rising to Executive Ranks Still Few in Number, Toronto Star

Article explores results of 2010 Catalyst Census and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; “We need leaders who will commit to make change a priority," she said.
03/03/2011 Few Women Hold Top Jobs at Big Companies, MSN News

Article cites Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; "The pace of change has been glacially slow," she said.
03/01/2011 Women Lag Further in Reaching Executive Ranks, The Wall Street Journal

Number of women in top-most ranks has begun to plateau; article cites Catalyst U.S. Census and quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO.
03/01/2011 The State of Women in America, ABC News (video)

Discussion of White House report on Women in America highlights Catalyst data.
02/26/2011 Women and Quotas: Will It Break the (Plexi) Glass Ceiling?, The Huffington Post

Catalyst mentioned in an article that challenges the assumption that it's only a matter of time before there are more qualified women to fill board seats.
02/25/2011 The Biggest Mentor Relationship Mistakes, Forbes Blog - Career Talk for Women

Blog post about mentoring pitfalls highlights the Catalyst Award and previous winners Campbell’s Soup and Goldman Sachs.
02/20/2011 What Happens When Mean Girls Grow Up?, The Washington Post

Article exploring society's preoccupation with "mean girls" suggests that most such girls leave the mean phase behind at the onset of adulthood; quotes Catalyst statistics regarding women managers, medical and law school graduates.
02/17/2011 Do Germans Need a Gender Quota?, GlobalPost

Article about gender quota legislation in Germany cites Catalyst Census data.
02/16/2011 Women Execs Drive Winning Performance, msnbc.com

This article highlights the diversity initiatives of the 2011 Catalyst Award winners: McDonald's, Kaiser Permanente, and Time Warner.
02/03/2011 Eyes on the Prize, Financial Times

Julie S. Nugent, Senior Director, Research, and Chair, Catalyst Award Evaluation Committee, discusses the 2011 Catalyst Award winners. "The awards dinner is a great forum for sharing best practice and learning," she said.
01/26/2011 For Women in the Workplace, an ‘Upgrade Problem’, The New York Times

Article about European corporations' efforts to increase number of women in management cites Catalyst data and quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO, on the importance of having a sponsor. “A sponsor is someone who is sitting at the table where the decisions are being made who says: ‘She’s the one,”’ she said.
01/26/2011 The Codes That Need to Be Broken, The New York Times

Article about how differences in men's and women's workplace behavior impact their advancement cites Catalyst research and quotes Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden, General Manager, Catalyst Europe, and Laura Sabattini, Director, Research. “Presentism is alive and well ... That’s a fancy word for face time, which is very old school,” said Ms. Haller-Jorden.
01/21/2011 The Great Gender Divide, San Diego Reader

Article about women in the American workplace cites Census data and quotes Ilene H. Lang, President and CEO: “Jumpstarting women’s advancement takes commitment fueled by urgency,” she said.
01/19/2011 A Pinch of Truth, Ottawa Citizen

Catalyst data cited in article about how the workplace has (and hasn’t) evolved since the Mad Men-era.
01/19/2011 Unwritten Rules: Why Doing a Good Job May Not Be Enough, Financial Times

Citing Catalyst’s “Unwritten Rules: Why Doing a Good Job Might Not Be Enough,” this report outlines eight key unwritten rules to advancement.
01/14/2011 Women in Boardrooms, The Current, CBC Radio
Catalyst data cited and Deborah Gillis interviewed in this segment on the lack of women in Canadian boardrooms.
01/11/2011 8 Ways Women Can Get Ahead in the Workplace, CNN

Catalyst Census data mentioned in an article with eight tips for women to get ahead in the workplace.
01/07/2011 Flex Time Flourishes in Accounting Industry, The New York Times

Article about the benefits of a flexible work environment quotes Ernst & Young CEO and Catalyst Board Chair James S. Turley: “Every night, our assets walk out the door and go home,” he said. “And we need to be the kind of place that they want to come back to the next day.”
01/06/2011 The Possible Is Not Probable? Say What?, Highlands Today

Jan Combopiano, Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer, explains how Catalyst research can engage and inspire women to act: “It is about having a career plan in mind, knowing the unwritten rules, and talking to people about what you need to get there,” she said.
01/05/2011 Confessions of a Former Sponsor – 7 Ways to Get Sponsored to the Top, The Glass Hammer

Using Catalyst research and Census data, this article gives tips on getting a sponsor.
01/05/2011 Mentoring Missteps, Human Resource Executive Online

This article features Catalyst’s sponsorship research with insight from Christine Silva, Director of Research; “Mentoring is important, but to make it to the top, someone needs to be pulling you up,” she said.
01/02/2011 More and More Women Are Falling Into Poverty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Variety of Catalyst Census and Quick Take statistics cited in article about baby boomers falling into poverty.
01/02/2011 Women Still Not Scaling the Corporate Ladder, CPI Financial

Catalyst U.S. Census and Ilene Lang, Catalyst President and CEO, featured in article about women falling behind; “This is our fifth report where the annual change in female leadership remained flat,” Ms. Lang said.
12/27/2010 Equality Not the Same as Parity in the Boardroom, Financial Post

Article about women on Canadian boards quotes Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, from her testimony to the senate committee on banking, trade and commerce: “Unless something changes fundamentally to accelerate the pace of change, gender parity on Canadian boards will remain a pipe dream.”
12/15/2010 Sponsors, Not Mentors, are Key to Corporate Advancement, Miami Herald

Michael J. Chamberlain, Senior Director, Brand Management & Events, and Jan Combopiano, vice president and chief knowledge, are quoted in this article on 2010 Census and Mentoring: Necessary but Insufficient for Advancement.
12/15/2010 An Inside Job, WorkingMother.com

In this op-ed, Ilene H. Lang likens getting sponsored to pulling off “an inside job,” advising readers to seek “a person ‘on the inside’ who can get your career off the runway and take it to new heights.”
12/14/2010 Women’s Advancement in Business Flatlines, Study Shows, FOXBusiness.com

Ilene H. Lang, Christine Silva and Kerrie Peraino, chief diversity officer at American Express, are quoted in this article on the 2010 Census and Mentoring: Necessary but Insufficient for Advancement.
12/14/2010 Men Benefit From Mentors More Than Women, ForbesWoman

Article on Mentoring: Necessary but Insufficient for Advancement quotes Christine Silva.
12/13/2010 The 21 Companies That Exclude Women From Leadership, 24/7 Wall Street
Article citing 2010 Census data singles out public companies that exclude women at the top.
12/13/2010 Catalyst Finds Mentoring Isn’t Enough – Here’s What’s Missing, The Glass Hammer

Debbie Soon, Vice President of Executive Leadership Initiatives, and Rachel Soares, Senior Associate in Research, are quoted in this piece on the 2010 Census and sponsorship.
12/13/2010 For Women, Slow Progress in Getting to the Executive Suite, TODAYshow.com

Citing the 2010 Census, this article lists Fortune 500 companies with zero female executive officers.
12/13/2010 Women Still Facing Glass Ceiling in 2010: Study, Reuters

Article drawing on 2010 Census and sponsorship report quotes Catalyst President and CEO Ilene H. Lang.
12/13/2010 What Women Need to Know to Get Ahead, Good Morning America
Report on Catalyst’s 2010 Census and Mentoring: Necessary But Insufficient for Advancement.
12/13/2010 Mentors’ Position Key to Higher Pay, Toronto Star

Christine Silva, Director of Research, is interviewed in this article regarding the 2010 Census and Mentoring: Necessary but Insufficient for Advancement.
12/13/2010 Still a Long Walk for Women to the Boardroom, International Business Times
Article about the findings of the 2010 Census.
12/07/2010 Which Way Up?, Financial Post Magazine

“A global dialogue happening around women on boards should be a wake-up call to Canadian companies,” says Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, in an article citing Catalyst Census data.
12/01/2010 Male Sponsors Wanted, Financial Post

Catalyst Pyramid data cited in article about how women should seek male sponsors—and vice versa.
11/30/2010 Why Women Need a Sponsor for Career Development, Monster.com

Catalyst findings on sponsorship are cited while Christine Silva, Director of Research, outlines their strategic importance.
11/30/2010 Leadership Gender Gap in India, Deccan Herald
Citing Leadership Gender Gap in India Inc., this article explores how to combat the talent crunch in India.
11/26/2010 Networking Essential for Entering the C-Suite, Financial Post

Article about the importance of having a gender-balanced network quotes Deborah Gillis and cites the Canadian Census.
11/26/2010 How to Close the Gender Pay Gap, CNN

Op-ed on website by Nancy M. Carter, Vice President, Research, explores the pay and leadership gaps between women and men and describes how a lack of sponsorship may explain the gap.
11/18/2010 Stranger Than Fiction, Newsweek

Citing Pipeline's Broken Promise, this article compares the film Made in Dagenham with the issues surrounding the US Paycheck Fairness Act.
11/12/2010 Woman Power: The Rise of the Sheconomy, Time

Citing an array of Catalyst research, this article argues that women can drive the global economy.
11/11/2010 Fair Pay Now, Not in 2058, Huffington Post

This blog post by Ilene H. Lang describes the U.S. Paycheck Fairness Act and its importance to women and business.
11/08/2010 A Seat at the Table, The Age

Citing our Bottom Line research, this article asks why there are so few women on corporate boards in Australia.
11/05/2010 Expose the Double Bind, Huffington Post

This blog post by Ilene H. Lang describes how gender stereotyping is behind the decrease in the number of women in the U.S. Congress.
10/31/2010 Why Hispanic Businesswomen Prosper, The Miami Herald

Citing Advancing Latinas in the Workplace, this article discusses how Hispanic businesswomen are still seen as outsiders, their culture sometimes misunderstood.
10/29/2010 Fighting Gender Fatigue, The Washington Post

Despite Catalyst Census findings, the author discusses how people tend to see their workplaces as gender-neutral because they don't want to believe they work in a discriminatory environment.
10/27/2010 Minding the Gap, Financial Times

Not all mentoring programs are created equal notes this article citing Catalyst sponsorship research.
10/24/2010 Are We There Yet? , The Boston Globe

“There is an unintentional bias that blinds many people to seeing the potential and the capacity that women bring,’’ says Ilene H. Lang in this article on the wage gap.
10/20/2010 Look Who is Legislating Seats for Women at the Boardroom Table, CBC News Canada

Citing data from Catalyst partner Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), this article outlines the different types of legislation targeting gender inequity in boardrooms.
10/20/2010 Trailblazing Scholar Has Strong Views About Women and Corporate Leadership , Vancouver Sun

This article tracks opportunities and barriers for women who want to ascend to the top rungs of the corporate ladder and cites Catalyst Bottom Line data.
10/18/2010 Senior Female Leaders Impacted More Than Male Counterparts in Difficult Economy , Forbes

"We need talented business leaders, and many of these leaders, yet untapped, are women," says Ilene H. Lang in this article about leveraging female talent.
10/17/2010 Why Has the Glass Ceiling Become Impenetrable?, Psychology Today

Citing Catalyst Census data and Bottom Line research, this article probes why women still lag men in promotions and pay.
10/17/2010 Glass Ceiling Persists in US Boardrooms, Financial Times

Debbie Soon quoted and Catalyst Pyramid cited in article on dearth of women on boards.
10/12/2010 More women in the workplace is good for business, The Globe and Mail

On the heels of Catalyst Canada's inaugual celebration of corporate leaders committed to women's advancement, Catalyst's Vice President, North America, argues in this editorial that women comprise a critical pool of executive talent.
10/07/2010 More U.S. women pull down big bucks, The Washington Post

Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang is quoted in an article reporting that the number of women with six-figure incomes is rising at a faster pace than it is for men.
10/07/2010 Women wildly under-represented at top rung: EOWA, CFO World

A study conducted by an Australian government entity in partnership with Catalyst and Macquarie University finds that women's representation in leadership in the country's top companies has barely changed in two years.
10/06/2010 Wall Street Says Women Worth Less as Disparity Over Pay Widens, Bloomberg News

Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang is quoted on her testimony before Congress in this article asserting that the pay gap between women and men in financial services has increased.
10/06/2010 'Endless' opportunities for women in financial markets, but few takers, The Globe and Mail

Catalyst data is referenced, and Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, is quoted in this feature espousing that women are retreating from the finance industry.
10/06/2010 Scotiabank: A Window of Opportunity, Business News Network
Rick Waugh, Chair of Catalyst Canada's Board of Advisors, and President and CEO of Scotiabank, is interviewed on Market Morning in advance of The Catalyst Canada Honours and after joining Catalyst to open the Toronto Stock Exchange. (Video)
09/30/2010 Gender Pay and Leadership Gaps Are Real — and Impact Our Economy, The Hill

In this op-ed piece, Catalyst President and Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang outlines the challenges women face in the workplace, including pay gaps, stereotyping and ingrained biases. “Too much is at stake to ignore the problem of gender inequity,” she said.
09/29/2010 US Government Report: Women Managers Paid Less than Men, Gather

A news outlet that tailors its reporting to what consumers demand quotes Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer in an article on a study that finds a pay gap between women and men managers.
09/28/2010 Women's gender gap in pay continues, ABC News

"Women are stuck," says Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang in this news feature showing that the wage gap between women and men has yet to close. (Video)
09/28/2010 Report Finds Women with Children Make Less Money than Men, Fox 5 Atlanta

This news feature references Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang's testimony before Congress in its report on a government study showing a pay gap between women and men. (Video)
09/28/2010 Pay Grade Researcher: 'Women Are Stuck', ABC News
The testimony of Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang before the Joint Economic Committe, U.S. Congress, on pay equity is captured in this broadcast. (Video)
09/28/2010 Women Managers Still Make Less Than Men, ABC News

This World News with Diane Sawyer broadcast quotes Ilene H. Lang's testifying before U.S. Congress in a report on pay inequity between women and men managers. (Video)
09/08/2010 Women at work: still behind on the bottom line, The Globe and Mail

Catalyst research is cited, and a Vice President quoted, in this news story on a government report indicating that Canadian women earn 63 cents to every man's dollar.
09/01/2010 Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women, Harvard Business Review

Two Catalyst researchers, along with a professor of organizational behavior, explain that sponsorship rather than mentorship is the ticket to promotions for women.
08/27/2010 Mentors fall short in giving concrete help to careers, The Times (Shreveport)

This article names the two Catalyst researchers and a co-author who posed in a Harvard Business Review piece that sponsorship rather than mentorship advances careers.
08/26/2010 Women Are Over-Mentored (But Under-Sponsored), HBR IdeaCast

The co-author of a Harvard Business Review article based on Catalyst research showing that sponsors rather than mentors enable advancement argues the case in this interview. (Audio)
08/18/2010 New Solutions: Developing Diverse Leadership at ING, The Glass Hammer

The representation of Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang on a panel exploring women's advancement at ING was referenced in this article on the topic.
08/11/2010 Do kids kill women's careers?, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The blogger, advocating for part-time work for women, references the Catalyst position in a recent media debate that gender inequity and not parenthood derails women's careers.
08/11/2010 Dynamic Trio: Having three women on the Supreme Court bodes well for the future, The Houston Chronicle
Catalyst research suggesting that three might be the critical mass of women board directors correlating with corporate performance is cited in this editorial postulating that a third woman on the bench "will broaden the perspective of all the justices."
08/11/2010 MA Supreme Court Reaffirms Maternity Leave Limit, Ms.
A Catalyst Quick Take on parental leaves is referenced in a news brief on a Massachusetts court decision to limit maternity absences to eight weeks for a job to be guaranteed.
08/10/2010 How to Achieve Workplace Equality, The New York Times

In a letter to the editor, Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Offier uses Catalyst research showing women M.B.A.s trail men in advancement regardless of parental status to rebut a columnist who argued that motherhood was the culprit.
08/10/2010 Do Kids Kill Careers?, The Huffington Post

In a rebuttal to a column in The New York Times, Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer draws from Catalyst research to argue that gender inequality and not parenthood slows women's careers.
08/10/2010 Outraged moms, trashy daughters, Maclean's

Catalsyt research on women's representation in corporate leadership in Canada is cited, and a Catalyst Vice President is quoted, in this article bemoaning the tendency of young women to believe the fight for equality is over.
08/09/2010 Kansas City-area companies back new campaign to add women leaders, Kansas City Business Journal

Catalyst research tying women's representation in corporate leadership with performance is referenced in this news report that local companies support an effort to get more women onto boards and into executive jobs.
08/05/2010 And Kagan Makes Three, Forbes

A Catalyst finding that three appeared to be the point at which women's representation on corporate boards correlated with performance was cited in an article examining the implications of a third female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.