| The Hidden Brain Drain Task Force: Women and Minorities as Unrealized Assets
In early 2004 we launched “Hidden Brain Drain” — a private sector Task Force which is focused on policies that realize female and minority talent over the lifespan. The Task Force will both examine key policy challenges and develop a second generation of policy and practice with enough heft and traction to drive change. The Task Force now has 36 global corporate members representing over 2.5 million employees, operating in 152 countries around the world and is led by co-chairs from an impressive roster of companies – American Express, Booz Allen Hamilton, Ernst & Young, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Johnson and Johnson, Lehman Brothers, and Time Warner.
The Task Force has had both enormous research impact and spawned 18 models of best practice around the world—highlighted in Sylvia Hewlett’s book Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success (Harvard Business School Press, 2007). In addition, the Harvard Business Review has published three articles over the last two years including “Leadership in Your Midst” and “Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek.” This research has struck a nerve: media coverage includes articles in the Financial Times, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Business Week, and Time magazine and appearances on The Today Show, ABC World News and the BBC.
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