by Bonnie Marcus | Nov 27, 2024 | Badass Women, Women Empowerment
I started taking ballet lessons when I was four years old. By the time I was six, I was convinced that I was going to be a ballerina when I grew up. Yeah, I know. Many young girls have this dream. It’s nothing unusual. But I didn’t just see myself as the Sugar Plum...
by Bonnie Marcus | Nov 20, 2024 | ambition, networking, relationship building and women
We’ve all heard the advice that networking is important for our careers. And regardless of your profession, your industry or demographic, the message is loud and clear. If you want to be successful, you need to spend time networking. It’s great advice. But what’s...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 30, 2024 | Gender Bias, gender diversity, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
For those of you unfamiliar with the gender pay gap and the implications, let me start with the facts. As of 2024, women in the U.S. earn about 84 cents for every dollar earned by white men working full-time in comparable roles. This gap has widened for the...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 28, 2024 | ambition, Badass Women, Gendered Ageism, goal setting, Success, Women Empowerment, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
It’s a fact. Women in the workplace face many challenges at every stage of their career due to gendered ageism, the intersection of gender bias and ageism. We know this. We experience it every day, and at times it seems almost impossible to overcome the systemic bias....
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 16, 2024 | ambition, Success, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
Your hesitancy to embrace AI my cost you your job. True confession: I’ve been resistant to figure out the whole AI thing. Like many of my female colleagues, my belief in the importance of critical thinking has contributed to a reluctance to jump on the AI bandwagon....
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 16, 2024 | Entrepreneurs, goal setting, Success, Women in Business
Women are starting new businesses at a rapid rate. Currently, women are majority owners in at least 35 percent of U.S. employer firms, for a total of 13.8 million businesses. To give this some perspective, in 1972, there were only 402,000 women-owned businesses....
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 11, 2024 | Diversity and Inclusion, gender diversity, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
Just over half of American women twenty-five and older report that they do not consider themselves financially secure and are concerned and worried about their retirement. Financial struggles due to the gender pay gap, motherhood penalty, and systemic bias over time...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 5, 2024 | Badass Women, social media
The 2024 political campaign marks a notable shift from an exclusive reliance on traditional media to digital platforms. Social media influencers and content creators are emerging as powerful tools to exert influence and amplify political messages specifically in the...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 22, 2024 | ambition, Badass Women, Gender Bias, Success, Women Empowerment
The success of United States female athletes in the Paris 2024 Olympics was remarkable, winning 67 of the 126 total medals (with one still in question) and 26 of the 40 total gold medals. Their achievements were the highlight of the first gender equal Olympics. Their...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 14, 2024 | Diversity and Inclusion, Gender Bias, Gendered Ageism, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
As Women’s Equality Day approaches, we are reminded that women have made great progress in many areas yet still face gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Workplace discrimination based on race, gender, age and sexuality disproportionally affects women. Forty...
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