Management Tip of the Day: Reducing Female Employee Flight Risk

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile JANUARY 14, 2010 Reducing Female Employee Flight Risk In the wake of the recession, high-powered women are disproportionately thinking about or actually leaving jobs. This is bad news for business given that research shows women in senior positions equates to higher productivity, higher return on investment, and greater resilience to downturns. Stop the female flight before it happens by developing programs for your high-potential women. Successful programs at Intel and Johnson & Johnson have focused on career development, networking, and building the skills needed to reach the highest levels of the organization. By launching these types of programs, you're not only giving women the opportunities and skills they need to succeed, but you're also showing them that your company cares that they stay. Today's Management Tip was adapted from "Are Your Best Female Employees a Flight Risk?" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. Read the full post and join the discussion » Share Today's Tip: RELATED PRODUCT Why Women Leave — And What Corporations Can Do About It Harvard Management Update Article Research indicates that women are leaving corporate America at twice the rate of men. Many of these women go into business for themselves. This article provides suggestions for corporations who wish to attract and keep top women. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Tip: ALSO OF INTEREST Reach for the Top: Women and the Changing Facts of Work Life Memo Every Woman Keeps in Her Desk Women as a Business Imperative Women and the Vision Thing My HBR Success Story: Win an Amazon Kindle! PREVIOUS TIPS The Secret Ingredient in Turnarounds: Buy-In Choose Clarity over Brevity Use Social Media to Reach the Right Job Applicants 3 Ways to Energize Your People How to Deliver Bad News to a Group 3 Ways to Prepare Yourself for Impending Layoffs Pause, Breathe, and Then Act 3 Tips for Handling Work Overload 4 Steps for Managing Your Invisible Résumé Dos and Don'ts for Managing Your Smartest People HBR Online Trial Access HBR's in-depth business archives FREE for 14 days. Register today » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "Management Tip of the Day" email newsletter from Harvard Business Publishing. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Publishing Email Newsletter Preference Center. Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 1-800-545-7685 (617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)