Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work

Research-based insights from two leading experts at Harvard Business School that help explain why, after 50 years and 2 generations of sweeping reforms that have resulted in women comprising the majority of college-educated workers in the US, women remain underrepresented in positions of power and status, and what we can do to finally overcome the systemic barriers that still hold women back.

• Explanatory power: Synthesis of the most important research findings over the last decade from multiple disciplines including organizational behavior, psychology, economics, sociology, and law about why the gender gap persists and how we can change it.
• Real-life, first-hand experience: Includes material from 300 interviews with men and women that help readers more fully understand the effects of the biases and barriers uncovered by the research. In addition, these examples show how both women and men are creating change in their companies and industries.
• Inspiring Profiles: A handful of trailblazers are featured in the book, telling their stories of how they overcame systemic barriers.
• Actionable advice at three levels: (1) the practices that companies put in place to address, prevent, and mitigate the systemic barriers hindering women's careers; (2) the day-to-day practices and micro-moments that anyone who manages people can implement to manage more inclusively and equitably and (3) the specific ways men can lead meaningful change at work.

Audience:

• Senior leaders and executives.
• Managers at all levels.
• HR, Diversity & Inclusion, and Leadership Development professionals.
• Consultants in D&I.
• Scholars in gender research and educators at all levels who teach courses on gender.