Rhea Beddoe, Lex Schroeder, and I had the pleasure of participating in SHE Summit earlier this month in New York. After two inspiring days, more than anything else we heard people saying they wanted help on what to do after the event.
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It’s not easy to start over. It feels daunting, scary, paralyzing even. Yet, when you feel that tug for more meaning and fulfillment in the work you do, the truth is, sooner or later, you’ve got to answer it.
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At least, that’s what Mattel wants you to think. And we have to admit: with marketing like this, we might be convinced, too.
The company just released a new ad that rebrands the iconic doll as a source of inspiration for young girls. If your daughter plays with a Barbie, Mattel seems to be saying, she’ll grow up believing she can be anything she wants to be, whether that’s a professor, a veterinarian, or a football coach.
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Okay, so that’s probably not a shocking piece of information. But this report from The Upshot at The New York Times is still worth a skim for its insights into who’s wielding what political power heading into the 2016 election.
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Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code in 2012 to teach adolescent women computer science skills and inspire them to close the gender gap in tech. Three years and thousands of graduates later, the “teaching” part of that mission is humming right along. Next comes the part when these women—many of them in college now—land their first tech jobs, and they’ll have some impressive options open to them.
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Have you noticed the quality of your relationships declining? This is terrible because our relationships are what juice up our personal and professional lives!
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It’s a common misconception that women do not help other women in the workplace and that those who do make to the top it do so with little help. However, when navigating today’s competitive work environment, it’s important to reach out for guidance. With more and more women leaning in and entering the professional workforce, mentoring is an invaluable way to build up more successful and talented businesswomen.
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Israeli ad agency McCann Tel Aviv is known for its top-notch advertising work, but now it can add “brilliant women’s advocacy” to its list of company specialties. The agency recently rolled out a website, Persona, that lists nearly 700 Israeli women qualified to speak on panels on a wide variety of professional topics.
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Another week, another massive study on women in the workplace that will be cited for years to come (and we aren’t mad about it—please, keep them coming!). The Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation teamed up to ask 9,500 women in the G20 countries: “What are the top five challenges you face at work?”
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Anecdotally, we’ve been seeing a trend towards more men wanting to be involved at home, and research just bore that out in a big way. Bain and Company surveyed 1,500 MBA students and graduates about their career aspirations, and about half of women and men reported that they “plan to prioritize non-work commitments over career progression.” In fact, women and men were just about even on this measure, with 50 percent of women and 51 percent of men saying that the “life” part of “work-life balance” will win out when push comes to shove.
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I recently welcomed my first grandchild to the world—a beautiful baby boy named Greg. Shortly after he was born, I was asked what I would like his world to look like 25 years from now—in terms of gender roles and relationships both at work and at home.
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Jennifer Hyman and Jenny Fleiss know a thing or two about entrepreneurship. The Harvard Business School grads cofounded the fashion-rental service Rent the Runway, one of the most buzzed-about startups of the past few years (with $80 million in revenue projected for 2015), and now they’d like to help other women follow in their footsteps.
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