Taylor Swift had it right. In her performance at the recent American Music Awards, where she won Artist of The Decade as well as Artist of The Year, she sang, “The Man,” with particularly fitting lyrics. “If I was the man, I’d be the man,” she sang, surrounded by a choir of young girls. Alas, she is not. And the gender gap in all music is wide.
Read More“Oh, OK, I invented Post-Its,” Michele, the Lisa Kudrow character blurts out in the 1997 movie, “Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion.” She gets found out, of course, even if she slides through an explanation involving viscosity. But most people get caught with resume and experience enhancements. Recently, U.S. State Department official Mina Chang was discovered to have lied on her resume, and with some big lies, including a fake Time magazine cover. She has resigned.
Read MoreI have been secretary of almost every organization I’ve ever belonged to. It started with when I was a Girl Scout. I suppose I was chosen to be secretary because throughout elementary school I carried around a notebook and pencil to write stories. And I quickly learned that she who holds the pencil gets to tell the story of the meeting her way, even with the constrictions of Roberts Rules of Order.
Read MoreFor anyone who has been told she is “difficult,” “tough,” “has a big personality,” and needs to tone it down, calm down, be a little less whatever, all this popular rhetoric on being your authentic self at work can be, well, inauthentic and not true. Research shows that authentic works at the top, perhaps, and in some company cultures where inclusion is a value, not a hiring tool.
Read MoreIt was the first of many smart choices for the team that created Unqork, a software development app, that recently raised $80 million in venture capital and has grown to 160 employees in two years. Jane Tran, vice president of strategy, says that the url name “Uncorked.com” costs $500,000, and the url “uncorq” cost $14.99 on GoDaddy.com.
Read MoreThe last seven days have been nothing short of amazing. So my column this week is largely a pictorial with brief commentary on several categories of advances for women and gender equality unrolling before our eyes if we can only see and appreciate them. Yes, I know the news is full of narratives about difficulties and disparities women face, and they are real.
Read MoreGeorgene Huang, CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, says that a decade ago networking was about attending events and talking to as many people as you could in one space. Today you need strategies and support, taking advantage of online mechanisms and virtual connections.
Read MoreIf you suggest something to Abigail Ingram, she will follow through and do it. The director of The Women in Entrepreneurship Institute, at DePaul University in Chicago, since its launch in July 2018 heads the first comprehensive institute for women founders that integrates academic learning, research, incubation, funding and public policy.
Read MoreSuper good news for your wallet if you work in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin or Pittsburgh. Awesome if you are in transportation, marketing and advertising, or IT. PayScale Inc.’s latest Q3 2019 PayScale Index, which tracks quarterly trends in compensation, shows that overall wages in the U.S. increased 2.6 percent in the past year, with job growth averaging 161,000 new jobs per month for the first nine months of the year.
Read MoreLaverne McKinnon loves the underdog. And she also loves to persuade. A film and tv producer, leadership coach and adjunct professor with two decades of programming experience, McKinnon is all about telling stories of triumph—especially the ones we tell ourselves.
Read MoreAs the rights of LGBTQ workers were recently considered in two cases before by the U.S. Supreme Court, there are other business initiatives to support LGBTQ employees and be more inclusive. But workplaces and companies need to do more.
Read More“Appoint yourself,” Elaine Welteroth, author, journalist, “Project Runway” judge and former editor in chief of Teen Vogue, told a crowd of close to 2,000 at the 34th annual Chicago Foundation for Women luncheon. “We have a responsibility to make a difference right where we are.”
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