For many working women, whether at the beginning of their careers or comfortably moving toward the top, that ancient discussion of work/life balance might feel like a perennial nuisance that no one can get quite right.
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In Take The Lead’s April Virtual Happy Hour, Nancy Lublin, CEO of Crisis Text Line and creator of Dress For Success, shares how philanthropy is changing the world and offers solid office for women entrepreneurs. The author of several books, Lublin has won awards for her contributions to the nonprofit sector.
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Restructuring your office, company or organization to be more inclusive and female-supportive involves way more than adding pillows to the lounge in the restroom.
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Millennials get a lot of buzz– about what they’re doing, where they work, what they buy, what they think, what they click. And it’s mostly all good. But sometimes just listening to the stories of Late Blooming Baby Boomers who are leaders in their fields can be an inspiration for all women entrepreneurs in the workplace of any age.
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In the late 90s, armed with all the tips I thought I needed concerning salary negotiation advice, I asked for a pay raise after discovering that the man down the hall with the same job title (and less experience) was making more than I was. So I told my supervisor I needed a raise to compensate for the difference.
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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.
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If 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.
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It 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.
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Kerry 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.
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Silicon 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.”
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At 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.”
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