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I n this issue of JGIM, Carr and colleagues remind us that our medical community has a way to go to close the gender gap that has been identified (and experienced) among our workforce for generations. Their report highlights key findings of all grantees of the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding vehicle to investigate factors impeding the professional advancement of women in medicine and science. The conclusions and recommendations are particularly compelling since these authors have generated most of the academic medical literature on this subject in the last five years. Given that half the members of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) are women, it is conceivable that many of us believe our own field has achieved gender equity. We realize that many JGIM readers and authors are deeply committed to addressing disparities in the workplace and are motivated to model best practices for themselves and their home institutions and for medicine writ large. Since culture change requires leadership alignment, organization-wide conversations, and supportive infrastructure that impacts individual behavior, we offer the following suggestions to ensure we continue to move the needle forward. Personal actions: