Recommended Reading
Engagement & Satisfaction
Why They Stay... Why They Leave... A Look at Preserving the Future of Structural Engineering
Note: This article, published in Structural Magazine in April 2015, summarizes the results of the 2015 ASCE/SEI survey which surveyed 741 individuals working in the structural engineering profession
7 Tips for Motivating Employees
The Role of Emotional Engagement in the Employee Engagement Imperative
Work Culture & Business Practices
10 Reasons Why Companies Should Invest More In Management Training
How many of your employees are suffering from burnout?
The five reasons you’re working overtime
Vacation - Not Just an Employee Benefit
A Toxic Work World
How To Properly Prepare First-Time Managers
What Is a 360 Review in the Workplace?
The Complete Guide to Running 360 Reviews
Tips to Help Managers Improve Performance Appraisals
Normalization Of Employee Performance Review Scores
Seven Ways To Build A Culture Of Employee Recognition
The Real Impact of Removing Performance Ratings on Employee Performance
How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out
Building a Culture of Employee Appreciation
Your Work-Life Balance Should Be Your Company’s Problem
Chief Happiness Officer Sounds Like A Bad Sitcom Title But It’s What Your Workers Want
Leadership Success
Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite are More Profitable
5 Steps to Cross Organizational Collaboration and Teamwork
Google Wanted to Know What Makes a Manager Great, So It Conducted a Study. Here Are the Results
The Central Role of Corporate Culture in High Performing Organizations
4 ways to Empower Your Team
People Are Not Your Greatest Asset
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance / Integration
Why Dads Don't Take Paternity Leave
Why I Put My Wife's Career First
Employees Like Flexible Work Programs - But Few Use Them
A Toxic Work World
The Flexibility Stigma
The science behind why paid parental leave is good for everyone
Advantages and Disadvantages of Flexible Work Schedules
Build Your Tribe - 8 Values for Leadership Success
Is Work/Life Balance a Myth? Here Are 10 Tips to Help You Do It All
The Work-Life Balance Myth
Diversity, Inclusion & Implicit Bias
Diversity in the Structural Engineering Profession
How to Build a Diverse Workforce: Lessons for Google and LinkedIn
More Companies Say Targets are the Key to Diversity
Arup: Boosting Gender Diversity in the Historically Male-Dominated Built Services Sector
What Goes into a Medal: Women's Inclusion and Success at the Olympic Games
How to Avoid Social Backlash in the Workplace
The Myriad Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
5 Reasons Why Workplace Diversity Is Good For Business
Why Diversity Matters
Why Diversity Is Good for Your Bottom Line
Businesses must promote diversity – not just because it's good for the bottom line
Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering
Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better
How Diversity Training Infuriates Men and Fails Women
Career Trajectory, Advancement & Promotions
Women Who Display Masculine Traits - and Know When Not to - Get More Promotions Than Men
Can We Have It All (TED TALK, June 2013)
What's Holding Women Back in the Workplace
Retaining and Promoting Talent of the "Other 51" Percent
Still a Man's World
Gender Equity
Steps For Conducting A Successful Pay Equity Audit
Ways to reduce the gender pay gap
Salary Transparency Is Key to Narrowing Gender Pay Disparities
Closing the Wage Gap - Equal Pay for Equal Work (YouTube Video, July 2016)
The Pay Gap Widens as Women Get Older
Men, women and work The gender pay gap Women still earn a lot less than men, despite decades of equal-pay laws.
Career Guidance, Mentorship
Examples of Great Employee Goals
Align Your Time Management with Your Goals
3 Steps for Aligning Your Organizational Goals
Strategic Alignment with Goals 101: Eleven FAQs Answered
The Career Advice You Probably Didn't Get (TED TALK November 2013)
How to Start a Mentorship Program
Mentoring: More Than Just a Match
Your Career Needs Many Mentors, Not Just One
Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors
Top Qualities of a Good Professional Mentor
Here's What to Look for in a Truly Great Mentor
A Guide to Being an Effective Mentee
It Takes Two: A Guide to Being a Good Mentee
Five Key Steps for Effective Mentoring Relationships
How to Break Up with your Mentor
Women in Engineering, Lean In
The Career Advice You Probably Didn't Get (TED TALK November 2013)
What's Holding Women Back in the Workplace
Pitching a Level Playing Field: Women and Leadership in Sports
Rethink What You Know About High Achieving Women
Women, Sports, and Development: Does it Pay to Let Girls Play?
Cisco's Lean In: How John Chambers is Walking the Walk
Female Leaders, 3 Strategies for Success in the Workplace
Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?
Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite are More Profitable
The Best--And Worst--Places to Be a Working Woman
Of Careers and Carers
There's A Talent Shortage - So Why Are We Chasing Away Half the Potential Workforce?
Blog Posts
How to Ease the Transition from a Parental Leave to Back-to-Work
For True Employee Engagement, Follow These 6 Steps
Why Do People Quit Their Jobs, Exactly? Here's the Entire Reason, Summed Up in 1 Sentence
Will 2018 be the year of Employee Experience?
#BigIdeas Change Performance Reviews To Continuous Coaching