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responsiveness,
144

restlessness,
68

restrained response,
64
,
75

results-driven work world,
35
,
130

retail industry,
166

retention, talent,
124–25
,
124–27

return on equity,
88
,
89

retweet,
139

rewards,
5
,
58–59
,
64
,
70
,
73
,
79
,
91

Rice, Ray,
84–85

Richardson, Sarah,
19
,
67

Rick Mercer Report
,
2

ridicule,
81

risk-taking,
39
,
41
,
49
,
60–61
,
63–69
,
161
,
162
,
173
,
180
,
181–82

Rogers Communications,
70
,
95
,
97
,
79–80
,
185–86

Rothblatt, Martine,
27–28

rule by decree,
133–34
,
150

Ryan, Michelle,
158

salary

by gender,
190

conversations,
191–92

(
See also
wage gap)

Sandberg, Sheryl,
1
,
127–28

saviour effect,
160–61

schedulizer,
60

Schireson, Max,
115–16

science

job category,
174

under-representation of women in,
196

scrutiny,
7
,
20–22
,
25
,
26

second shift,
107
,
129

self-awareness,
80

self-doubt,
25–26

self-employment,
174

self-esteem,
84

self-made women,
2

senior manager/boss relationship,
92–93

sensitivity,
35

“Seventeen Magazine: Give Girls Images of Real Girls!” (online petition),
84

sex, and success,
24–25

sexism,
83
,
160–61
,
188

sexual harassment,
83
,
85

sexual violence,
84–86

shadow departments,
91–92

Shaikh, Zaib,
113–14

shareholders, total return to,
88–89

share-price stability,
158

shyness,
77–78
(
See also
introverts)

sick days,
153

Sigurdardóttir, Jóhanna,
159

Silent Generation,
148

Silicon Valley,
87

silos,
10
,
91
,
92–93

single parenthood,
119
,
122
,
123
,
192

skills, sought-after,
192
(
See also
soft skills)

Skinnygirl Cocktails,
147

Skype,
28
,
152

Slaughter, Anne-Marie,
1
,
116
,
129

small gestures, significance of,
171

smart teams study,
148–49

smartphones,
11
,
70
,
87
,
135
,
152

Smith, Nicole,
188–89

Snapchat,
28

So Good They Can't Ignore You
,
49–50

Sochi Olympics,
72
,
93–96
,
97
,
147

sociability,
145

social media,
11
,
26
,
28
,
83–86
,
135
,
136
,
138–39
,
172–73

social revolution,
119–20
,
201

social services, job category,
174

social situations, risk-taking,
65

soft skills,
35
,
39
,
55
,
96
,
163–64
,
200

solidarity, culture of,
171

sons, of working mothers,
106

Sony Pictures,
190–91

speak-up culture,
90
,
95
,
99
,
128
,
145
,
146
,
150
,
151
,
162
,
166
,
180
,
189
,
196
,
197
,
200

special projects,
91
,
92

specialty channels,
19
,
61
,
110

speed,
38
,
39–40
,
144

sports,
93–96

sports audiences, male,
183

sports coaches,
159

sports department,
92

standards, unrealistic,
108

star-making system,
19
,
62–63
,
67
,
180

start-ups,
195

status quo,
39
,
59
,
147
,
162

stereotypes,
25–28
,
78–79
,
81
,
115
,
126
,
133–34
,
163
,
193
,
196

stock prices,
88

Stop Playing Safe
(Warrell),
67

storytelling,
180

strategic thinking,
145
,
180
,
181

Strategy&,
164

Stroumboulopoulos, George,
20
,
24

Stursberg, Richard,
18–19
,
69–70
,
157
,
182

sublicensing,
95–96

suburbs, field trip to,
31–33
,
44

success

and dream job,
49

and job satisfaction,
178

and objective results,
96

and power shift,
136

and sex,
24–25

assets as sign of,
10

contribution to team,
96–97

definition,
36

gendered perception of,
193

how women measure,
161

path to,
6–8

personal perspective,
179–80

Super Bowl (2015),
8
,
140
,
141

superdads,
123–24

“Supergirl Syndrome, The” (article),
108

superwoman,
101–2
,
107–11

supportive vs negative communication,
22–23

suspicion,
7
,
18

SWAT (Super Women at Twitter),
75
,
86

tablets,
11
,
135

tact,
165

talent interchangeability,
63

talent retention,
150
,
153

“talked over,”
76
,
77

talking male vs quiet woman stereotype,
78–79

targets,
96–97

Tea Time (at Twitter),
75
,
86–87

team building,
31–38
,
55
,
91
,
165
,
180

team study,
148–49

technology,
2
,
9–10
,
50
,
73
,
83
,
121
,
135–37
,
151
,
152
,
154–55
,
166–67
,
174
,
196

teenagers,
84
,
116
,
172

telecommuting,
152–54

television industry, post CBC cuts,
73

television licenses,
38

television news,
37

television, and risk-taking,
61

territorialism,
92

The Hour
,
20
,
47

The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
,
37

The National
,
38
,
42

Timms, Henry,
142

tokenism,
197

“Top
40
Under
40
,”
10
,
12

Top management,
3
,
90
,
133–34
,
142
,
150
,
195

highest representation of women,
88–89

lowest representation of women,
88

return on equity,
88
,
89

three women or more at top,
88

total return to shareholders,
88–89

Toronto Women in Film,
82

town halls,
35
,
37

Traders
,
57

traditional leadership profiles,
10

transparency,
18
,
90
,
96
,
135–36
,
143
,
170
,
172

trust,
16
,
24
,
37
,
55
,
66
,
72
,
96
,
135
,
140
,
143
,
170
,
171
,
185

Twitter,
7
,
8
,
26–27
,
66
,
75
,
80
,
97
,
120
,
127
,
137
,
154
,
168
,
173
,
186
,
200

Uber (taxi co),
10

uncertainty, climate of,
137
,
167
,
173

“Understanding ‘New Power'” (Heimans),
142

“Understanding the four generations to enhance workplace management” (article),
134

unions,
188

university degrees.
See
academic attainment

university graduates,
121–22

upfronts,
15
,
16
,
18
,
19–21

urgency, sense of,
66

user experience,
94
,
97

vacation policy, unlimited,
154

value as employee,
189–90
,
191–92
(
See also
wage gap)

values,
34
,
88
,
146

vamp stereotype,
25

variety show ( CBC),
44–45

vehicle emissions,
153

venture capitalism,
43

video conferencing,
141

viewer base, research,
60–61

virgin stereotype,
25

visible minorities,
148
,
160
,
162
,
174
,
183

vision,
10
,
17
,
34
,
139
,
166

voice,
83–86
,
146
,
197
(
See also
speak-up culture)

wage gap,
122
,
186–92

web uprisings,
136

websites,
83

whistleblowers,
84

white knight persona,
62–63
,
160

white man's world,
27
(
See also
man's world)

“Why Women Still Can't Have It All” (Slaughter),
116

Wi-Fi,
135
,
152

“Will
LMOP
Save the CBC?,”
42

“woman's issue” (work–life balance),
115
,
117
,
119

women competing with women,
4–5

Women Matter
report,
88

women of colour,
174

women writers,
81

Women's Leadership Program (Columbia),
39

women's movement,
82
,
102
,
119

women-owned firms,
173–74

work, transformation of,
152

working mothers,
12
,
105
,
106
,
114
,
117
,
123
,
125

work–life balance,
107–17
,
119
,
121
,
127–31
,
152–53
(
See also
flow)

workplace turmoil,
165
(
See also
glass cliff)

writers' room,
81–82

Xerox,
160
,
163

Yahoo,
21
,
127
,
160

younger demographic,
151
,
152–53
,
172

YouTube,
28
,
101

KIRSTINE STEWART oversees Twitter's North American media partnerships across all vertical channels, including television, sports, music and news. Previously, she served as managing director for Twitter Canada, leading Canadian operations and advertising business and partnerships. Prior to joining Twitter in May 2013, Stewart was the executive vice-president of CBC's English services, CBC/Radio-Canada, where she oversaw the network's English-language radio, television and digital operations. Earlier, she was senior vice-president of programming for Alliance Atlantis, overseeing HGTV, Food Network, National Geographic, BBC Canada and others. Stewart earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Global Leadership in the 21st Century program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She is
@kirstinestewart
on Twitter.

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