The Top 5 Challenges Women Entrepreneurs Face Today
Women entrepreneurs in New York are launching new businesses at an astonishing rate. In fact, New York has far more women- owned businesses than other major cities in the United States. A new study, “Breaking Through: Harnessing the Economic Potential of Women...
Let’s Engage in Positive Politics
The 2016 presidential campaign has reached an all-time low. The name calling, insults, and belittling jabs between Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz do not reflect well on these candidates seeking a vote of confidence from the electorate. For those of us who...
How Big Data Is Helping Move Women to the C-Suite
This is the second in a two-part series about how technology is helping companies reach gender equality. Although the headlines focus our attention on the lack of diversity in business, especially in tech companies, many organizations are diligently working to create...
Will The Toy Industry Help Empower Young Girls?
I grew up playing with Barbie dolls and my body image still suffers. After all, how can any human being possibly have a body with those proportions? It’s unrealistic and certainly damaging for young impressionable girls. I was one of them. Research supports the fact...
Do You Feel You Have Control Of Your Career?
Every week we learn of more research about how the current workplace culture affects women’s ambition. There is a consistent message that a lack of gender equality and pervasive bias and discrimination sabotages women’s careers. Certainly the reports validate our...
The Dark Side of Female Rivalry in the Workplace and What to Do About It.
This week one of my coaching clients shared with me that she was ambushed by her female boss in an executive meeting. It’s not the first time. It happens pretty regularly. Her boss will chastise her, belittle her, and unjustly accuse her of committing some horrific...
10 Tips To Get Unstuck And Move Your Career Forward in 2016
Starting the new year with new goals? If your intention is to move your career forward in 2016, here are some tips to get unstuck and get promoted. Manage your career Are you focused more on managing your job than your career? It’s time to get over your limiting...
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself
This is a busy time of year! We are tying up loose ends at work, making holiday plans with family and friends, and if we’re lucky, taking some time off. We enjoy delighting our loved ones with special tokens of our love and appreciation. That’s the holiday spirit! But...
Are you comfortable using your vacation time?
How comfortable are you taking vacation? Your answer to this question may reveal something about your work ethic. But most importantly, your response is more likely an indication of the culture of your organization. The reality is that in a high performance culture,...