FOREWORD
June 2006 was a watershed moment—and for me quite magical. On the nineteenth and twentieth of that month, “change agent” teams from the thirty-four global companies that constitute the Hidden Brain Drain Task Force assembled in New York for our first annual Hidden Brain Drain Summit—to drive action on the ground. Two and a half years after its formation, the task force was ready to share cutting-edge research and spearhead a second generation of policy and practice designed to keep talented women on the road to success.
The summit succeeded beyond our wildest dreams—accelerating change, spurring new action. The reaction of Rachel Lee (vice president of human resources at American Express) was typical. In her words: “This summit provided ...
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