Beyond the rainbow merch, pride parades and events across the country marking June as LGBTQ Pride Month, fairness issues in the workplace remain stalled or blocked for millions of workers. Yet research shows that inclusive work cultures for LGBTQ workers increase recruitment, retentio

Straight answers. Truth. Not fibs. It’s what you want from a leader in the workplace, or anywhere. But how do you maneuver around a leader who habitually gives false responses to questions when you need to know the real facts? And how do you exist in a team where your colleagues are n

Most of us would agree that there needs to be a larger point to our work, a big picture as to why we do what we do. New research and a new book underline and reiterate that the shift towards a need for authentic leadership contributes to the bottom line and company satisfaction, as we

The fates of corporations, organizations and individuals sometimes rest on leaked information. We’re not talking here about inside intel on nefarious actions such as sexual harassment, violence, data breaching or anything illegal. This is about confidential personal information you ma

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