Finding Your Voice
It took my mom about 8 decades to find her voice. She was shy, married young, and always lived in my Dad’s shadow. But when he passed away over twenty years ago, she found her own strength and gradually her own voice. Now in her nineties, I am both pleased and amused...Sorry, Not Sorry. Why Women Need to Stop Apologizing for Everything (Fast Company)
This article originally appeared in Fast Company. I was interviewed for the article by the author, Gwen Moran. It’s been called the “hardest word,” but some women seem to use the word “sorry” as everything from a way to interject their thoughts into a conversation to...
Does ‘Pushy’ Need to be a Bad Thing?
When Jill Abramson was fired from the New York Times recently, it attracted a great deal of media attention. Abramson felt she was not compensated fairly compared to her male counterparts. And as a result, the issue about equal pay was raised. But what distracted many...New Study Reveals Senior Executive Women Still Struggle With Self Promotion
Just because you’ve made it to the top doesn’t mean you can rest on your laurels. A new study released last week reveals that senior women executives still struggle with some of the career advancement challenges that women in middle management do. The research...
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