Women in leadership: can they take the heat?
[... The 'glass ceiling' that prevents women's career progression is as much of a problem in the development sector as others, and largely for the same reasons. It is concerning that liberal industries...
View ArticleLeave the stiff upper lip to the dinosaurs
[... Having a bad day? Don’t be afraid to admit it, especially if you are a woman. You will be doing a service to future generations of leaders. Women bosses need to open up to give others the courage...
View ArticleWhere Are All The Women Tech Entrepreneurs?
[.. A recent piece cited the number of technology companies founded by women at 3%. I asked other (male and female, seasoned and new) entrepreneurs for potential explanations. Here’s the three general...
View ArticleAre Women and Minority Leaders Set Up to Fail?
[... Women and minorities tend to become CEOs during rough patches, and they receive limited support to clean up the mess they’ve inherited. What’s going on here? In large part the problem has to do...
View ArticleWomen in leadership: ‘It’s not going to work the way we’re doing it’
[... Despite advocacy in international development organisations to alleviate poverty for the world's women, the sector has still not come of age with respect to women's leadership. While the staff is...
View ArticleFemale Leaders, 3 Strategies For Success In The Workplace
[... When working to incorporate the necessary masculine behaviors, such as being assertive, into their leadership styles to achieve their career goals, female leaders often encounter two distinct...
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3 tips to surpass traditional gender clichés
Career advancement is a passionate challenge for most professionals. For women, however, it can also mean defiance. Gender discrimination in the workplace is related to deeply rooted social mores....
View ArticleWhy Are LinkedIn’s ‘Influencers’ Mostly Men?
[... Turns out, all but one of the LinkedIn influencers recommended to her were men. And her one influencer that is a woman -- Martha Stewart -- built her career around excelling in traditionally...
View ArticleECB to introduce gender quotas after Mersch row
[... The European Central Bank (ECB) is to introduce gender quota targets in a bid to double the number of women in management posts. MEPs and ministers are also currently considering a bill aimed at...
View ArticleCan women ‘leaning in’ break the glass ceiling?
[... Debate over the existence of a glass ceiling for women aiming for top leadership positions has been renewed by the publication of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg,...
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Gender diversity on boards
Gender balance in the workplace is without a doubt one of the most outstanding topics in the area of Diversity & Inclusion. Companies are increasingly realizing that the incorporation of a greater...
View ArticleWorrying Hurts Women’s Career Chances: Study
[... Most female executives apparently retreat to analyze their options while their male counterparts charge right ahead and take the bull by the horns, so to speak. The approach that women leaders...
View ArticleAmbitious Women Face More Obstacles than Just Work-Life Balance
[... For the past year and change, the American conversation about women and leadership has revolved around challenges of work-life balance — which most of the time actually means "work-family...
View ArticleHow One Business Plan Competition Helps Break The Glass Ceiling
[... Having role models is the basis for educating, motivating and inspiring more women to become entrepreneurs. Now a business plan competition is offering women the opportunity to become role models....
View ArticleThe Paradox Of Playing Nice For Women Leaders
[... How many times have you stopped to reconsider what you wanted to say because you were concerned about how you would be perceived? Research suggests that women get penalized more if they offend...
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German women leaders open Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurt, September 30, 2013) – Fifty women board directors and executives opened the Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt on September 30 to salute German women’s contributions to the country’s economy and...
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Gender diversity at the top in Latin America and how to overcome the...
The reasons behind gender imbalance in top management positions are not always perceived in the same way across regions, sectors, and genders. A recent survey on workplace diversity by McKinsey...
View ArticleFour Executives on Succeeding in Business as a Woman
[... Given that the arguments surrounding work-life balance have been so fully voiced, I decided to take a different tack, and add more insights to the discussion of leadership challenges that women...
View ArticleAre women in the West being left behind on leadership?
[... When we talk about women in leadership we often mean women in America and Europe. And yet some of the latest trends in women's leadership internationally and in emerging markets may tell a more...
View Article7 Things I’ve Learned Listening To Women
[... For the most part, women enter the workforce with ambition and optimism. We are better educated than our male counterparts yet do not achieve equal compensation or leadership positions. The women...
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