Shared from Harvard Business Review, written by Amanda Weinstein. Read the original article here. (more…)...
Forbes: 11 Simple Ways to Practice Self-Love this Valentine’s Day (and Beyond)
Shared from Forbes, written by Noma Nazish. Original article here. ...
McKinsey & Company: COVID-19 and gender equality: Countering the regressive effects
Shared from McKinsey & Company, By Anu Madgavkar, Olivia White, Mekala Krishnan, Deepa Mahajan, and Xavier Azcue. Read the original report here. ...
SEEMA Magazine: Firing up the Phoenix
Uma founder Rita Kakati Shah helps re-ignite careers of moms who took time off to be with children (more…)...
WELUM: Develop Women and Minorities in the Workforce
MEET RITA KAKATI-SHAH, AN AWARD-WINNING, GENDER, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND CAREER STRATEGIST, SPEAKER, AND ADVISOR TO FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. (more…)...
GoCo: How to Stop Women from Leaving your Workforce
Over 860,000 women left the workforce in September of this year — a number four times the rate of men who left the workforce. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, women continue to be disproportionately impacted by the current circumstances. (more…)...
SEEMA Magazine: The Viral Risk of a Return to School
After more than eight months during which COVID-19 has cut a deadly swath through the U.S., South Asian parents are warily considering sending their children back to the classroom. (more…)...
Breaking Through, Rising Up: Strategies for Propelling Women of Color in Technology – Research Report with Citi and NPower
Foster inclusive leadership and establish organizational accountability metrics: Rita Kakati-Shah, Founder and CEO of Uma, notes that while many companies conduct trainings related to diversity and inclusion, the real question is what happens afterwards, “How are they being held accountable? (more…)...
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do”…or should you?
No matter where in the world we are, from an early age we have been conditioned to “fit in”. And if we don’t, it is our fault. We have been trained to keep our personal lives completely separate from our professional lives, our views to ourselves, speak only when spoken…...
Rita Kakati-Shah of Uma: 5 Steps We Must Take To Truly Create An Inclusive, Representative, and Equitable Society
Pledge a solution. Whilst advocating for diversity and inclusion publicly is a start, just posting a black post on Instagram one day and going back to business-as-usual the next day won’t change anything. (more…)...