If it sounds counter-intuitive, it is! Gender biases and stereotypes can be unconsciously embedded into the very talent management systems created to develop and promote the best and brightest. Even organizations with the most sophisticated TM systems are vulnerable to gender bias.
And when leadership characteristics reflect traits exhibited by a company's top, predominately male executives, the results may have profound impact on a company's long-term success in developing and promoting the best talent and disadvantage talented women, according to Catalyst's latest report, Cascading Gender Biases, Compounding Effects: An Assessment of Talent Management Systems. We'll hear from the author of the report in this webcast.