by Bonnie Marcus | Nov 2, 2023 | ambition, leadership, Mentoring, Success
Professional women who seek to advance their careers face challenges in a workplace that struggles to support and promote them. Gender bias, still prevalent across all industries, results in an unlevel playing field that is difficult for women to navigate...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 20, 2023 | Ageism, Diversity and Inclusion
The world’s population is aging due to a lower birth rate and increased longevity. This has important implications on the economy, healthcare, as well as the workforce. In the United States, the number of workers 50+ has, in fact, increased 80% in the last 20 years...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 10, 2023 | Entrepreneurs, Gender Bias, Interviews, Women Empowerment
Growing up in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the early 1990’s, Nasreen Alissa realized from a young age that she was different. As a young girl who wanted to play soccer and learn karate, activities she was told were for boys only, she was constantly chastised and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 19, 2023 | friendship, life lessons
I can still smell the freshly fallen leaves from the maple trees that lined Dogwood Lane. Every house on our little block had one of these beautiful trees whose leaves magically turned vibrant yellow and red and eventually covered our yards with a fall palette. It was...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 27, 2023 | Gender Bias, leadership
In April 2014, 276 young girls were kidnapped from their school in the Chiba Village of Borno State, Nigeria by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Two hundred nineteen of the girls survived, many sexually abused, raped and forced to marry their captors. Many have been...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 18, 2023 | life lessons
I inhaled deeply. The air, pungent with salt water, filled my lungs as I watched the birds frolicking above the waves, mesmerized by their dance. The diamond studded water, whose treasure was ignited by the hot August sun, was calm that day, which made the crossing...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 29, 2023 | Diversity and Inclusion, workplace
The dramatic increase in anti—LGBTQ+ legislation this year, prompted the Human Rights Campaign to declare a state of emergency for the first time in its 40 year history, citing more than 75 bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community that have been signed into law. How do...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 13, 2023 | ambition, Books, Gender Bias, leadership, Women in the Workplace
In 2015, Francesca Gino, Caroline Ashley Wilmuth, and Alison Wood Brooks published their research at Harvard that indicated women don’t really want power, at least not power as it’s currently conceived. The costs of getting power for women are high. The compromises...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 8, 2023 | Ageism, Gender Bias, gender diversity, Gendered Ageism, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
In 2022, Phillip Morris International reached their goal of 40 percent female representation in management. They were also recertified as an EQUAL-SALARY organization, meaning female and male employees are paid equally for equal work, in 90-plus global markets in...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 9, 2023 | ambition, Badass Women, Diversity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Mentoring, Success, Women Empowerment, Women in Business
At fifteen years old, the only thing Irma Olguin Jr knew about the PSAT test was that it was a ticket to get out of class for a half day. Little did she know, that the PSAT was also her ticket to a future she never dreamed of. The daughter of immigrant farm laborers...
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