How does she know?
Well, She Knows, the new multi-platform digital media company with 81 million unique monthly visitors, apparently knows from a recent study of 1,622 of their online users that most of the respondents said they find issues at work because they are women. And women networking can definitely help.
Read MoreDiversity, equity and inclusion are just buzz words unless you put the plan into action. Some industries, companies and organizations are doing just that for women to reach equality for gender in the workplace.
Read MoreOf course the lunch featured a do- it-yourself, build your own salad plate because these 1,500 women (and a few men) at the 15th Annual Ultimate Women’s Power Lunch in Chicago are used to doing it for themselves. And each other.
Read MoreLet’s be honest, our collective relationship with women sucks.
In a work setting, organizations by and large want to do the right thing by women, but often struggle with two things: a) everybody’s relationship to women and b) a woman’s relationship to herself.
Read MoreThe paucity of women leaders in the tech industry is not news, but concrete efforts to make the male-dominated industry more diverse and inclusive is news, thanks to the introductory launch last week of Project Include.
Read MoreYears ago I interviewed author and life coach Gail Blanke on her book, “Between Trapezes,” advising those who are in the space between life phases to take a leap off the diving board and “invent the water on the way down.”
Read MoreTake The Lead Arizona is launching an intensive leadership training program in Maricopa County for women who work in the nonprofit sector. The deadline is approaching for applications to “50 Women Can Change the World,” an innovative program running August through December 2016 that includes five in-person training sessions, a robust online learning course and executive coaching.
Read MoreThis column originally appeared in TIME magazine.
“Having it all would cost her everything.” That’s the tweet-ready tagline of the 2011 remake of Mildred Pierce, this iteration an HBO series starring Kate Winslet. I never saw it.
Read MoreHere’s news to go well with the eggs benedict from the Mother’s Day brunch, and perhaps some of the moms can pick up the tab.
Read MoreThis is not just about a gender gap; it is about the combined barriers of a gender and racial gap in economic progress and how everyone can work to enhance the success rate of all women leaders. The good news is the recession was good for women entrepreneurs of color, but more movement to parity is needed.
Read MoreNumbers don’t lie. And until the numbers of women rising in leadership grow to a level of parity with men in leadership, women will continue to face challenges at all levels.
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