In her first job in 1990 after graduating from a small Iowa college, Rae Shanahan worked in human resources for Maytag in Newton, Iowa. At the manufacturing company, she says all the women employees were told they had to wear a skirt every day to work. Pants were not an option. Now Ch

Are you thinking about deleting your Facebook account in the wake of revelations about how your personal data may have been misused? I’m not. I’ll be honest. Social media is my water cooler. It came of age about the time I traded a position where I interacted face to face with hundred

Who Says Women Can’t Rule Stem? I’m so glad I didn’t let the nasty rain and snow deter me from attending a Women’s Forum of New York-hosted panel called BRAVE ENOUGH: INNOVATORS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD at one of the fastest growing and chicest women’s workspaces, The Wing, in New York’

2018 looks to be an interesting and, dare I say,  hopeful year for women in the professional realm. We’re finally seeing sustained engagement to end sexual harassment in the workplace, and gender gaps in pay and promotions continue to be an active topic of discussion. When it comes to

The Sum of this week is dismantling to rebuild. Feminist academic Audre Lorde is famous for having written: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” It’s a quote often shared in movement spaces, but in the wake of this #metoo uprising, there is a more relevant que

It’s not about the bike. Though that’s a phrase Lance Armstrong used for the title of his 2001 memoir of cycling and life, for the company Leslie Heyer founded in 2002, it was at first but now isn’t at all about the bike. Heyer named her Washington, D.C.- based consulting firm Cycle T

Politics in the workplace is an unfortunate yet inevitable aspect in office life. Throw national political views into this mix and you’ve got a high-tension workplace that can tip over into something much more dangerous. According to a survey done by Clutch, about 31 percent of employ

“Perfection is overrated.” That is one of the truths Kelly McNelis, founder of Women For One, wants every woman on the planet to know and internalize. You can redefine power in your mess. The author of the upcoming book, Your Messy Brilliance: 7 Tools for the Perfectly Imperfect Woman

What compels a politician to throw his or her hat in the ring and run for president? And once in a position of power, what is the strongest factor that can bring about their demise? The answer, according to research from PsychTests, is self-esteem. For those men and women with high se

Five-year-old kindergartner Lola dressed up as a different historic black woman leader each day recently to honor Black History Month. And one of her most beloved characterizations may well have been when she posed for the photo dressed as Harriet Tubman. In honor of Tubman’s birthday