As a British woman who has coached global leaders for over twenty-five years, I've long recognized how daughters who show an affinity for leadership roles at school and college, can change their father's thinking regarding women in positions of power and influence.
If you're putting off starting your life... don't. It's time to start making deliberate choices in your job, your city and even your love life to set yourself up for the life you want in your 30s.
As I sit in my current shoes, seven months pregnant with my second child, I look back over my career path and decisions with satisfaction. Do I miss the excitement of the consulting world, flying from place to place and fighting global warming with projects on the ground?
With the concern that women are significantly more affected by natural disasters than men, BRAC's disaster, environment and climate change (DECC) program recently launched a new initiative aimed at reducing the vulnerability of women affected by climate change through viable livelihood options.
What causes lead Randi Zuckerberg to speak up? In part 5 of my interview with her, Randi talks about: voicing support for women in business stopping...
To be a truly successful, ethical and powerful leader, knowing how you think and how your team thinks is crucial -- crucial for harmony, sustainability, robustness, the empowerment of others and the strength of yourself.
If a workplace is becoming more emotion-friendly, women certainly have at least something to do with it. It's with the greatest caution that I commit to print the idea that women are more emotional than men. Back away from that Tweet. Science is on my side.
One wonders if recording your life in blog form is your job, are you really enjoying a moment for what it is? Without having to sell stuff? Cupcakes says, "It's not just a blog, it's an entire company." I'm disgusted and impressed at the same time.
"Do you enjoy going to work every day?" might be one of the most pertinent yet most overlooked well-being questions ever asked. Turns out, whoever said that work isn't work unless it is tedious, tiring or just plain painful had it all wrong.
Are potholes jeopardizing your coffee (and your hubcaps) during the morning commute? How about graffiti, tarnishing storefronts in your neighborhood? Or do you wonder who in the bowels of City Hall to contact to get an overflowing public trash can emptied? PublicStuff is your solution.
WISE is a volunteer organization that formed in 1993 when founder Sue Rodin recognized that the sports industry lacked an outlet for women to come together and share stories, network, and grow.
As employers have gotten used to working parents leaving at a reasonable hour and not working weekends, they've gotten used to single staffers, particularly single women, picking up the work that employees with kids won't get to.
We find ourselves, as a society, at one of the greatest pivot points in our nation's history. The jobs of the future -- those high-paying jobs that on balance will drive families into the middle class and beyond -- will favor women.
Women are still paid less than men by the same employer for the same work and are still underrepresented at the executive level across a multitude of fields. Yet guess who a recent Gallup report found are more dedicated employees? Women.
The key to being a powerful woman in business lies in being truly authentic. By that I mean, not copying anyone else. Not behaving like the men and not mirroring another woman. We are all unique, and with that uniqueness lies our strength and authenticity.
As a beauty entrepreneur, I get asked frequently what a "normal" day is like. The short answer is there is no such thing as a "normal" day. No two days resemble each other; no two weeks are the same.