Female superheroes on view this summer are demonstrating what it takes for all of us to be powerful in the workplace. Without the weapons, of course.
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Graduation season is here and along with the uplifting cliches from celebrity commencement speakers may also come the feeling that you could perhaps get another degree or certification. You may want to augment your income, boost your career growth or change career paths completely.
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If it’s good enough for Mika Brezinski and Joe Scarborough, is it good enough for you? The co-hosts of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC are officially engaged, apparently proving that office romances can work out to everyone’s advantage.
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Chances are you are not going to find out you have been fired while you are watching a breaking news alert on the screen behind you as you give a speech to hundreds of your employees. Chances are if you are in a management position, you will not suddenly fire someone by letter without warning.
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Every May, Mother’s Day reminds us that as women leaders we all at some point are daughters or granddaughters or we ourselves are mothers and grandmothers. And for the best outcomes, we need to incorporate our full selves into our work lives.
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Walking the talk.
Several Leadership Ambassadors of Take The Lead are doing just that and stepping up with participation on “50/50 Day,” organizing events from California to Massachusetts and Missouri to Minnesota and Arizona demonstrating the Take The Lead mission to prepare, develop, inspire and propel women leaders forward to gender parity. Check out all The Take The Lead events here.
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She sees the glass as half full.
Raised by “two feminist parents” who were intellectuals questioning how the world worked for men and women, Tiffany Shlain says she grew up to be positive about the role women play historically, currently and in the future.
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“How do you think the world would change if there was more gender balance in politics? What about more gender balance in business leadership? Or in homes?”
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It’s no secret that the tech industry is disproportionately male. In 2014, just 18 percent of Bachelor degrees in Computer Science were given to women, down from a high of 37 percent in 1984.
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The persistent gender gap in academia is not directly about pay—though that is there, too—or about tenure. It’s about helping out, or service to the university. And it all leads to an imbalance up the ladder. So what can you do about it?
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During Small Business Week we can salute women entrepreneurs and business owners in this country who have done more than a small favor for the economy overall.
So your first 100 days at a new job in a new position will likely not land you as much scrutiny as the first 100 days in the Oval Office up this week for the chief executive officer of the United States.
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