2011 Catalyst Annual Report

Building Trust Between Managers and Diverse Women Direct Reports revealedthat trust between managers and their direct reports is essential to formingproductive workplace relationships, facilitating employee engagement,navigating the workplace, and improving organization-wide performance.This report was released with the tool Building Trust Between Managers andDiverse Women Direct Reports: Recommendations for Human Resources Departments,Managers, and Individuals, which includes recommendations on suchtopics as assessing trust in work environments, improving the effectivenessof diversity training, providing effective feedback, and developing andmaintaining open communication.Navigating Organizational Cultures: A Guide for Diverse Women and TheirManagers shows that while diversity and inclusion programs have long beenin place throughout many organizations, many have not been entirelysuccessful at eliminating bias. This report provides practical advice andstrategies for leaders who wish to promote diversity and inclusion withintheir organizations, as well as for diverse women seeking to advance theircareers.NAVIGATING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES:A Guide For Diverse Women and Their ManagersEXPANDING OUR GLOBAL KNOWLEDGEIn preparation for the opening of our new office in Mumbai, in March wereleased our first 2010 India Benchmarking Report, which showed India-basedcompanies how to gain the competitive edge by accelerating the rate atwhich they advance talented women. According to the report, 68 percentof companies in India have formal strategies for women’s advancement in2010 INDIA BENCHMARKING REPORT:place—yet these programs lack elements crucial to their success, such asDIVERSITY & INCLUSION PRACTICESmanagerial accountability and the engagement of men. Catalyst membercompanies that completed the benchmarking survey received online accessto the Catalyst India Benchmarking Tool, enabling them to compare theircompany’s responses to those of other participants, India-headquartered respondents, foreignheadquarteredrespondents, and industry peers, as well as to view valuable workforce data anddownload additional Diversity & Inclusion Practices.Extending our base of knowledge in Europe, Unwritten Rules: Why Doing a GoodJob Might Not Be Enough (Europe) examined European respondents’ perceptionsof the unwritten rules to advancement and how they learned to navigate thoserules within their organizations. Among other findings, European womenwere more likely than European men to rate visibility-building as essentialto career development. This report was released with the members-onlyUser’s Guide: Approaches to Learning the Unwritten Rules, which helps individualUnwritten rUles:why Doing a Good Job Might not Be enoughEUROPECatalyst Annual Report 2011 | 10