Childless Women in the Workplace Deserve Equality
The 2024 presidential campaign put childless women in the spotlight. Women without children have been labeled ‘childless cat ladies’ who are selfish, have less value to society. The comments caused serious backlash from women especially on social media. Even Taylor...
True Confession: I’m a badass and finally owning it!
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...
Are you wasting your time networking?
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...
The Gender Wage Gap Just Increased For The First Time In 20 Years. It Barely Made The Headlines
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...
Make Every Age The Right Age To Realize Your Ambition
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....
Are you setting yourself up to be blindsided by not learning AI?
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....
The Top Five Tried-And-True Lessons For Building And Scaling A Successful 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....
New Report Highlights How The Financial Burdens Of Black Women Affect Their Mental Health And Career Advancement
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...
Social Media Influencer, Leigh McGowan, Educates Her Audience About Democracy And The Importance Of Voting
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...