Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to leadership.
Leadership: Be more open and less directive, start with these words
GATE Faculty Research Fellow Andras Tilcsik's book, Meltdown, is mentioned in this BBN Times article.
4 Short Talks About Next-Level Leadership
GATE Faculty Research Fellow Sonia Kang speaks at the Rotman Management Magazine spring launch about effective leadership. | May 23, 2023
How companies can best support observers as Ramadan begins
GATE Faculty Teaching Fellow Nouman Ashraf speaks to The Globe and Mail about ‘inclusion without intrusion' and how companies can best support observers as Ramadan begins.
Women Lead Here: a snapshot of executive gender diversity in corporate Canada
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to The Globe and Mail about gender-diverse leadership and the need to jolt the system with deliberate and meaningful changes.
Biting the hand that feeds you?: The isolation of women and racialized managers
Top managers may have trouble keeping the support of managers who helped them as they moved up the corporate ladder. This study shows that these challenges are especially salient for women and racial minority executives.
What the Ardern, Sturgeon resignations show about the ‘tightrope’ women walk in politics
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to Global News about the ‘tightrope’ women walk in politics.
The Behavioural Approaches to Diversity (BAD) Conference: An audio series
This four-part audio series features the four panel conversations hosted at The BAD Conference. These panels focused on the roots of inequality, how to move towards real change, masculinity, and lessons from practice.
Professionals Awards
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan is mentioned by the Financial Post as part of a group of women who are professionals in practice and play a leadership role within their organizations.
Sarah Kaplan appears before Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Sarah Kaplan spoke before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on September 28, 2022, regarding the role of gender-based analysis plus in the policy process.
LGBTQ+ inclusion opens new markets for Cheerio Corporation Co., Ltd.
This case studies Cheerio Corporation Co., Ltd., a Japanese beverage company, and how its decision to advocate for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in Japan allowed the company to tap into a profitable, underserved market segment, as well as to create a unique value proposition in an increasingly competitive market.