by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 19, 2019 | Women in Business
On July 22, the Mighty Mermaids relay team will swim across the English Channel. This six women team, each over 50, will attempt what only 1,832 other swimmers have done successfully since 1875. Elaine Soloway is a PR consultant, author, writing coach and tech tutor....
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 8, 2019 | Women in Business
Bias is alive and well in the workplace despite many companies best efforts to eliminate it. Some organizations are earnestly trying to understand how pervasive bias is in their culture and how it influences hiring, firing, promoting, and compensating employees. It’s...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 20, 2019 | leadership
As the world becomes more connected, more transparent, and more diverse, businesses need a new type of leadership. This new leadership requires different skills to lead organizations into the future successfully. The challenge is that few businesses are...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sexual discrimination has received a lot of attention in the past couple of years due to the #MeToo movement and ongoing allegations of sexual misconduct by well-known celebrities and politicians. But these issues are not new. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 24, 2019 | Women in Business
You’re driving home from work. Maybe you’re stuck in traffic and you’re cursing the commute you have each day. One way to make really good use of your time is to tune into a podcast. Your time in the car can be well spent listening to something entertaining or...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 18, 2019 | ambition, gender diversity
Susan told me in confidence that she sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night in a panic. The fear that someone will discover her age consumes her. At 62, she uses Botox and filler to hide the signs of aging and takes her birthday off from work each year to avoid...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 17, 2019 | gender diversity, leadership
Dr. Bernice Sandler never thought of herself as a feminist, but she dedicated much of her adult life to fighting sexual discrimination. She was an advocate and warrior for women’s equality. Her dedication to this cause resulted in Title IX, civil rights law of 1972...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 9, 2019 | ambition
When Glenn Close accepted her Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Wife, she shared why the movie’s theme of a woman living in the shadow of her husband resonated so much with her. Close’s mother took a back seat to her husband’s career and as a result, when...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 3, 2019 | goal setting, Success
Words matter. Words are powerful. Yehuda Berg says, “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power...
by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 18, 2018 | Office politics, Success
Wouldn’t it be great to work for a boss who is competent, understanding, and supportive? Unfortunately, that’s not always reality. From my own corporate career as well as the experiences of my coaching clients, I know that having the perfect boss is nearly impossible....
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