For Women – Insist on Sitting At the Table
If there is going to be equality in the world, it will be because women are representing themselves proportionately to their numbers in society. Women represent 50% of all human beings on the planet but they lag behind men in almost every category except one (motherhood) when compared to men. View Sheryl Sandberg’s Ted Talk from December 2010, on why there are so few women leaders. (Join the conversation on TED.com) Sandberg is a significant force at Facebook, which automatically makes her one of the most influential women in world. Being seen as a “Powerful Person” provides for an...
Read MoreKristi Lee – Speaking with F.O.R.M is Second Nature in Selling
Kristi Lee uses FORM (Family, Occupation, Recreation and Motivation) in helping her to develop relationships that stand the test of time. FORM represents four extremely important areas in everyone’s life and having a better understanding of each area will enable you to serve people well. “I align myself with people who I feel I can contribute to and/or learn from” says Kristi. As she explained at the 2011 Positively Powerful Women Awards Luncheon and Conversation on Leadership Workshop, Kristi spends a good deal of time first understanding who her customers are and then in...
Read MoreCathleen P. Black
Congratulations to Ms. Cathleen Black, who was just appointed as New York City Schools Chancellor by Mayor Bloomberg. There are tons of questions on why she was picked for this position. They range from “was she someone he was comfortable with and who was already part of his personal network?” to “will there be a effort to run the school system as if it were a publication (a significant success in her career)?” And so on. We suspect that one of the reasons she was picked is that she may believe that students should be inspired by teachers who want to teach and teachers who are...
Read MoreThe Challenge For Women 2011-2020: The Economy
It has been noted that women are very close to representing the majority of the workforce in the United States. This milestone can be accredited to a number of factors. One being the effort to interview, hire and promote women in the workforce without bias. Another reason is that jobs that were thought to be, without question, best suited for males, are the very types of jobs, heavy manufacturing, mining etc. that have become scarce in this country. More and more of those types of jobs have either been outsourced, automated (robots and computers), or completely eliminated. Where they have...
Read MoreOne Reality for Equal Opportunity for Women
Alice Eagly, Professor of Social Psychology at Northwestern University, speaks about what is missed when talking about the “Glass Ceiling” for women and that, she says, is that there are challenges faced by women at all levels of the workforce – not just the “C” suite. It is understandable that women want to downplay and ignore gender differences early on in their careers. And it’s understandable that they want to plow ahead as if challenges don’t exist. However this might be exactly why there are fewer women at the top. “A strong...
Read MoreShrinking the Salary Gap For Women-Diversity Women’s Leadership Conference
These professionals are experts in developing the best ways to make diversity work for the good of their corporations and internal and external customers. They are successful in creating inclusive environments in which every individual’s contributions are valued.
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