Closing the Gender Gaps: Advancing Women in Corporate America

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🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode, we sit down with Amanda Hindlian and Sandra Lawson, two of the authors of a Goldman Sachs Global Markets Institute report called "Closing the gender gaps: Advancing women in corporate America." The report aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue surrounding gender equality by analyzing some of the drivers of the gender gaps in seniority and pay and by helping clients to address these obstacles and biases. This podcast was recorded on November 2, 2018. All price references and market forecasts correspond to the date of this recording. This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute research or a recommendation from any Goldman Sachs entity to the listener. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefor (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed. The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs is not providing any financial, economic, legal, accounting or tax advice or recommendations in this podcast. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any listener is not to be taken as constituting the giving of investment advice by Goldman Sachs to that listener, nor to constitute such person a client of any Goldman Sachs entity. Copyright 2018 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. All rights reserved.

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0:00.0	Welcome to exchanges of Goldman Sachs. I'm Jake Seawert, global head of corporate communications here at the firm. Today I'm here with Amanda Henlin and Sandra Lawson to talk about a new report that you co-wrote with some other women at the firm from the Global Markets Institute or GMI called Closing the Gender G.
0:25.7	Advancing Women in Corporate America. GMI is the independent public policy and
0:31.2	corporate advisory think tank for Goldman Sachs.
0:34.0	Amanda is Chief Operating Officer for Global Investment Research and the President of GMI, and
0:39.1	Sandra is Executive Director of GMI.
0:41.5	Sandra, Amanda, welcome to the program.
0:44.0	Thanks for having us.
0:45.0	Yes, thanks for having us.
0:47.0	So let's start at the beginning, Amanda.
0:49.0	Why did GMI decide to write on this topic and was there a particular catalyst?
0:53.6	There's no topic that is more front of mind today
0:56.9	than gender equality and equality in general.
1:00.5	It doesn't matter whether you open your newspaper, Twitter feed your inbox you talk to your friends you talk to clients colleagues
1:07.6	This is a topic that people are focused on and not only is it a topic that people are focused on, but our clients in particular
1:15.4	have begun to ask us questions around how do they move the needle on the issue of gender equality
1:22.1	and promote more women inside of their
1:24.4	organizations and see better gender-related outcomes and so really for us
1:28.8	from an advisory perspective the principal catalyst was demand from our clients.
1:34.0	And then of course it's something that we find personally interesting as well and also happens
1:38.5	to be one of the topics that is front of mind for our society at large today.
1:44.4	Those were really the fundamental underpinnings
1:46.4	for the reason to write the report.
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