According to a recent TIME Magazine article, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair believes that “the art of leadership is saying no, not yes.” In fact, both Steve Jobs, the genius behind Apple, and Warren Buffet, the renowned investment guru, share that conviction. As Buffet puts it, “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.”
Read MoreMarlene Sanders, who paved the way for women in television journalism, passed away last week at the age of 84. Her remarkable decades-long career saw her become the first female anchor on a network television evening newscast, the first female journalist in Vietnam, and the first woman vice president of news at a major network.
Read MoreBoth of Taiwan’s major political parties have nominated women presidential candidates, so unless something strange happens, Taiwan should elect its first female president on January 16th.
Read MoreAchieving board diversity for tech companies just got a lot easier. Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy announced the launch of the BoardList, a database for female tech board candidates, at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen last week.
Read MoreI admit, the only Kathleen Turner film I’ve seen is House of Cards, a 90s film about a little girl who has completely stopped speaking, whom her doctor believes to be severely autistic. Then last week, I had the pleasure of hearing Turner speak with Gloria Feldt in NYC about the importance of a woman’s voice. No joke. It was pretty spectacular.
Read MoreWe were born for reinvention—to remake our lives, to bring back and revive our true purpose and potential. We are here to be changed and to make change, not remain static.
Read MoreWe’re hearing more and more men say they support gender equality, and many of those men genuinely mean it. But if that’s true, why aren’t women feeling the effects of all that support in the workplace?
Read MoreStarting in 2016, the UK government will force large firms to reveal the difference between what they pay their men and women, in an effort aimed to spur those companies to close their gaps.
Read MoreThough we haven’t reached gender parity among Fortune 500 CEOs yet, according to new research, our perceptions of CEOs are looking pretty darn gender-equal.
Read MoreLast summer I sold my first book, an art guide on how to draw Japanese comics, also known as manga. This came after years of writing about manga, including their feminist aspects, and adapting manga into English. Afterwards, my publisher asked me if I had any ideas for Minecraft books, and I let my imagination loose.
Read MoreWe are not raising our funny girls to be pretty enough. Or we are not raising our pretty girls to be funny enough.
Read MoreGood on Disney, which just appointed its highest-ranking woman executive ever! Christine McCarthy is the company’s new CFO after 15 years with the Mouse House. She previously served as Disney’s treasurer and executive vice president of corporate real estate and alliances.
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