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title: "Women’s Leadership"
url: https://carolynbuckluce.com/leadership/
description: "In addition to her Life Sciences expertise, Carolyn is also a thought leader in the area women’s leadership, particularly looking at why diversity within management is."
published: 2026-08-10
updated: 2026-08-10
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# Women’s Leadership

Published 2026-08-10

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In addition to her Life Sciences expertise, Carolyn is also a thought leader in the area women’s leadership, particularly looking at **why** diversity within management is important. Carolyn focuses her efforts on discussing and accelerating courageous leadership that fuels important, long-lasting community and organisational change.

Carolyn currently serves in a variety of capacities in the area of advancing women’s leadership, including recent Chair of the Board of the [New York Women’s Foundation](http://www.nywf.org/), member of the Global Advisory board of the Healthcare Women’s Business Association, and, in 2007, she was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg as a Commissioner of the [New York City Commission on Women’s Issues](http://www.nywf.org/). She is also the co-Founder of a multi-company task force exploring “The Hidden Brain Drain – Women & Minorities as Unrealized Assets” at the [Center for Work-Life Policy](http://www.worklifepolicy.org/index.php/section/initiatives), and is the co-author, along with Dr. [Sylvia Hewlett](http://www.sylviaannhewlett.com/site/), of multiple articles published in the Harvard Business Review, listed below.

Harvard Business Review Publications:

- [“On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success”](http://hbr.org/2005/03/off-ramps-and-on-ramps-keeping-talented-women-on-the-road-to-success/ar/1), 2005
- [“Hidden Brain Drain — and What Your Organization Can Do About It: A Conversation with Slyvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce](http://hbr.org/product/hidden-brain-drain-and-what-your-organization-can-/an/1062CD-AUC-ENG?Ntt=Off-Ramps%2520and%2520On-Ramps)
- [“Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Talents of Your Minority Executives”](http://hbr.org/2005/11/leadership-in-your-midst-tapping-the-hidden-strengths-of-minority-executives/ar/1), 2005
- [“Extreme Jobs: The Danger and Allure of the 70 Hour Work Week”](http://hbr.org/2006/12/extreme-jobs-the-dangerous-allure-of-the-70-hour-workweek/ar/1), 2006
- “[The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology](http://hbr.org/product/the-athena-factor-reversing-the-brain-drain-in-sci/an/10094-PDF-ENG?Ntt=reversing%2520the%2520brain%2520drain%2520in%2520science%252C%2520engineering%252C%2520and%2520technology)”, 2008

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