Gender Diversity Would Greatly Aid In A Male-Dominated Field, Tech President Says There is plenty of data illuminating the positive effects regarding the growing share of women in the business world. The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America is women, who are launching businesses at 1.5 times the national average. When you let women be themselves […]
Why Neglecting Your Personal Brand Can Torpedo Your Career
AT&T understands the importance of promoting its brand. So do Toyota, Disney and McDonald’s, just to name a few. But individuals often don’t understand just how critical it is for them to promote their personal brands as well. In fact, their careers depend on it. “No one from the CEO to the secretary can afford […]
Why It’s Not “Better” to be an Introverted or Extroverted Leader
By Dominique Jones, Chief People Officer, Halogen Software How often have you been involved in a debate about the relative merit of introverts vs. extrovert as leaders? When we think about what makes a great leader, the ability to excite others about your ideas, to generate followership and inspire into action come to mind. Typically, […]
Who Does It Better? Men or women?
By Andrea Graziani, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of DUFL-http://www.dufl.com/ Business travel is different for everyone. Some of us plan well ahead, are completely organized and know exactly what we are going to pack and where each item goes in our suitcase, neatly folded and carefully placed. The rest of us pack 20 minutes before […]
When Your Brand Comes Under Attack, Apply These 6 Survival Methods
It’s not a question of “if” but most certainly a question of “when” your brand will come under attack for those career minded and success oriented women on the road called success! The real question is, will you be ready the next time? Have you ever been in a work situation in which you believed […]
When Women Lead, Companies Often Prosper
Often I am interviewed and asked about successful women in the workplace and my views on being one of the few to break the glass ceiling in the technology sector. My response has always been that I never saw a glass ceiling, so I did not provide myself an excuse not to break through it. […]
When Being Busy Isn’t Enough
Embrace Your Dream and Do What You Love MJ Marggraff My day planner was filled—line by line, day by day. Each morning I consulted it and prepared for the list of duties it dictated about how I would spend my time. Blank lines on its future pages didn’t wait long for ink to fill them. […]
What’s True: Setting the Record Straight on a Long-Held Misconception
There’s a narrative out there in the world, a deeply held belief that is holding back half of the available potential and creativity in many countries. It emanates from what would seem like an unlikely source: Religion, and more specifically a misreading of the very scriptures that underpin Christian belief and dogma. This misreading has […]
Welcome to the Age of Real
by Nicole Ertas What started as the Campaign for Real Beauty by Dove, has been growing like a vine and changing many of the ways brands are relating to women. As Millennials continue to exert their spirit and force in recreating the world we live in, modern brands are either stepping up or getting left […]
Want It, Claim It, Own It
By Jena E. Abernathy (Adapted from The Inequality Equalizer) A recent study by McKinsey & Company of sixty large organizations, including Aon, Baxter, Coca-Cola, General Motors, and United Parcel Service, showed that women make up about 56 percent of entry-level employees in those leading companies. According to the study, “Nearly 140,000 women have already made […]