Women excel academically. We are currently earning almost 60% of college degrees, about 50% of doctorates, and roughly 45% of MBA’s. We are more prepared than ever to assume leadership roles in business. Yet just 4.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. So...
It’s ok to “lean in”. It’s ok to “lean out”. It’s ok to opt-out. As I was writing this, I had a visualization of doing the hokey pokey. Do you remember that from your childhood? “You put your whole self in. You put your whole self out. You put your whole self...
We all do it. We make mistakes every day; some big mistakes and some minor ones. It’s part of life. Do you know that if you Google “learning from failure”, you will get about 129 million results? So you are not alone. We can’t avoid our missteps but we can...
Many companies are now offering more flexible work options in order to retain their top talent pool, especially women. But does this flex time work for or against women’s career advancement? And how important is this to women? According to a recent survey by...
Are you “leaning in” or hanging on? That’s the question addressed in this recent New York Times Article. According to the article, many women (and men) with children under 18 would much rather have flex time and/or work less hours than have the corner office and more...
This past week I led a discussion for senior women at an 85 Broads event in Boston about politics in the workplace. As we exchanged ideas about the best way to build relationships and alliances with men in the workplace, the subject of golf came up. Many of the...
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