I landed in Phoenix @ 120 degrees. Or 122, but who’s counting. Yes, it feels like putting your head in an oven even if it’s a dry heat.
There’s lots of heat everywhere. They say if you can’t stand it, you should get out of the kitchen. I say this week gave us at least three more reasons why women need to stay in the leadership kitchen.
Read MoreNot every working father has a hint of the glamorous life of new dad George Clooney.He welcomed his twins Ella And Alexander recently when his wife, Amal (an international human rights lawyer), gave birth to the pair. This weekend will be his first Father’s Day as a father.
Sorry may be the hardest word, but sometimes sorry just does not cut it.
You would think most of these caveats about workplace behavior, language and communication would come down to common sense, sprinkled with ethics and a moderate showing of humanity. Never mind your mother or father probably told you all of this by the time you were 6.
Read MoreThe photo shoot recently at the NATO summit in Brussels with the sole male in the otherwise all-female group of world leaders’ spouses says a lot about the under-representation of LGBTQ leaders in politics, business and entrepreneurship around the world.
Read MoreRosie the Riveter may be an iconic American image of a woman working a non-traditional job, but this is not the norm across the globe. Women are not always paid the same as men in fields of home improvement service. One innovator wanted to change all that.
Read More“Bring a man with you.”
WE Design Think Founder and Chief Design Facilitator Karen Gordon asked each participant in the Chicago event of #50Action50 to bring a male colleague, friend, student, son, father or partner to the day of workshops, panels and networking.
Read MoreEvery May, Mother’s Day reminds us that as women leaders we all at some point are daughters or granddaughters or we ourselves are mothers and grandmothers. And for the best outcomes, we need to incorporate our full selves into our work lives.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the tech industry is disproportionately male. In 2014, just 18 percent of Bachelor degrees in Computer Science were given to women, down from a high of 37 percent in 1984.
Read More“You like me, you really, really like me,” Sally Fields oozed with euphoria in her 1984 Oscars acceptance speech for best actress for her role in “Places in the Heart.”
Read MoreAn editor at a newspaper where I worked more than three decades ago asked me if I had sex over the weekend as I stood waiting at the newsroom copier.
Read MoreIf you are like me, you have likely been chastised that as a woman in business, you cannot allow your private life to leak into your professional life. Keep your relationship business to yourself. Stay quiet on the home front. The fun front. The hobby front. The relationship front. The complications front.
Read MoreThere was the rise of the bro-palace open office space sparked by Silicon Valley with ping pong tables, video games and kegs of beer in the office lunchroom. Many women who worked in those spaces wondered when it would be time to flip the switch and honor the preferences of some of the women who might reside there. Most just went along with the male-heavy ride.
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