Leadership is first and foremost about developing others. I wrote this post to our fabulous and diverse and talented participants in our Train-the-Trainer program (we held the training at the beautiful Omega Institute) to share why my core workshop is so necessary for women now—how their role as certified “Take The Leaders” can accelerate women’s advancement to leadership parity.
Read MoreIf there is to be true equity in the workplace, men need to get on board the parity train. And they need to not just talk about a goal of pay equity in leadership, but walk the talk as a solution for gender bias. And do it every day of the year. Not just on Equal Pay Day April 12.
Read MoreIt seems that stereotypes about women, what they want to do for work and what women can do for work has produced roadblocks to entry for millions of women in scores of different fields. Yet some women have gone against stereotype to do what they dream of doing. And scored big.
Read MoreKerry Washington is involved in another scandal, but this one is not her fictitious Thursday night shocker from Shondaland. This week Kerry is playing real life Anita Hill in HBO’s “Confirmation,” a film reenactment of Anita Hill standing up in 1991 to then- U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas.
Read MoreSilicon Valley is applauded for its disruption and innovation, but it remains light years behind when it comes to diversity. As Roxane Gay wrote in a 2013 essay, “The tech industry is consistently embroiled in one misogyny-related controversy or another.”
Read MoreAt a recent networking event, I talked to a group of male bankers. They were saying: “We’d definitely like to see more women leadership in the higher echelons of our organization. But we can’t find enough women who want to move up to the top.”
Read MorePerhaps file this first piece under “Unhelpful Advice,” along with the tidbits from your great aunt who tells you that you’re much prettier when you don’t speak. Because that surely does not help women leaders.
Read MoreHowever you measure leadership and in what field or discipline, a distinct women leadership gap exists in this country and around the world.
Read MoreEven President Barack Obama called the U.S. Women’s Soccer team “badass.” So it makes no sense they are paid 40 percent of what players on the U.S. men’s soccer team earn. The women’s soccer team took their complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, just in time for Equity pay Day April 12.
Read MoreI’m getting tired of the modern work-life conversation—including the “can women have it all?” question—because so much of it is self-defeating. That’s because it often starts from the premise that we either need to choose between being good parents and being good workers or else have to make strategic sacrifices in order to keep both sides of that equation properly “integrated” or in “balance.”
Read MorePhilanthropy is what makes the greatest missions in the world possible. But what makes for a great nonprofit? And how do female leaders in nonprofits change the world?
Read MoreIt’s not half yet, but it’s pretty darn close.
In its annual list of the World’s Greatest Leaders, Fortune magazine applauds the accomplishments of 23 women leaders in the coveted list of 50. That’s 46 percent women on this list of top leaders in government, business, activism and cultural influence. It’s the most women lauded this way ever (a 53 percent jump from last year’s list) when only 15 women made the notable group.
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