Fierce public speaking skills enhance the profile of your organization, mission or agenda– as we have witnessed in the past few weeks at both political conventions. Your effectiveness as a speaker can also alter the larger perception of who you are and broaden your reach in a larger public conversation.
Read More“Some of our workplace policies look like they are straight out of ‘Mad Men,’” President Barack Obama said at the first-ever United State of Women Summit earlier this summer.
Read MoreThe Republican National Convention this past week in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week gets us all thinking about conferences and network events beyond politics and the race for the White House.
Read MoreShow her the money. Please.
New research published in the Harvard Business Review reveals that female entrepreneurs are more successful when their start-ups are funded by female venture capitalists.
Read MoreNatalie Portman has no pants, the all-female leads in the remake of “Ghostbusters” were trashed before the movie came out and the TV women on all levels were snubbed for Emmy nominations.
Read MoreCome October, the capital of my home state of Arizona will appoint Jeri Williams as the first female Chief of Police in the city’s history. She will also be the second African American to hold the position in Phoenix.
Read MoreWith the race to presidential elections in the U.S. running full throttle and the possibility of a female president more probable than it has ever been before, most voters and spectators can’t help but wonder who really is better-equipped to run a country.
Read MoreSay you work with all foodies and paying that much attention to how your arugula is grilled doesn’t matter to you. Or what if everyone plays Pokemon Go and you wish Pokemon would just go away? What if each one of your coworkers rides a bike to work and you live too far to pedal plus you drop off children or carpool?
Read MoreSure, there was Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt starting in 51 B.C., and a sorority of Japanese empresses for a few hundred years starting in the 6th century.
Read MoreElizabeth Holmes’ fall from grace has a been a very fast and public one. The CEO of Theranos, Inc. was banned recently by U.S. regulators from “owning or operating laboratories for two years, a devastating blow for the blood-testing startup that’s come under scrutiny for risking
Read MoreWhen I was about 10 years old, six-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard visited my community swim team. We all sat by the pool as she passed around one of her medals and spoke to us about discipline, passion, hard work and the importance of giving it your all.
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