Mentors matter, and many women in business today can attribute part of their success to lessons learned through a mentoring relationship. On one level, a mentor helps women become empowered, with more self-confidence and resolve. On another, mentors serve as a guide, role model and advisor. Women Are Losing Their Momentum Just As They’re Ready
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Studies show that men are doing more housework, taking an active role with childcare, are more compassionate, and some are even joining women in the fight for equality. We still have a ways to go, however, because sexism is alive and well and blocking women from reaching pay equality, job equality, and often denying women full industry access.
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As women we have often been taught that if we keep our heads down and play by the rules, our talents will not only be recognized, they will be rewarded. Empowered Women Have Made Great Strides In some areas, that has worked well for us. In the U.S., women now earn more college and graduate
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We’ve Come A Long Way As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day and the passage of the 19th Amendment, it’s easy to see that through the hard work of a number of empowered women, we’ve come a long way in a relatively short period of time. We aren’t crossing the finish line just yet though. When
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Mentors Matter Many empowered women in business today can attribute their self confidence and resolve in part to lessons they learned through a mentoring relationship. However, studies show that women have a more difficult time finding mentors than their male counterparts. Why Do Women Have Difficulty Finding Mentors? According to a survey conducted by LinkedIn, 1
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We all know that women can work very well together, but a new report indicates that is not always true. A study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that the benefits of adding women to workplace teams increased collaboration and creativity, but only when competition isn’t involved. Researchers discovered that men benefit creatively from
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Women can benefit from a female mentor who has knowledge and experience and can show them “The ropes.” The mentor can be a guide, a role model and a good adviser. In today’s increasingly competitive workplace, a mentor can help a woman not only survive, but thrive in the corporate culture. Mentoring relationships can also
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For decades we have faced a “glass ceiling” when it comes to sports. Empowered women have been working to help other women become aware of the barriers, and help women understand the battles they will face if they want to be coaches or administrators in sports programs or to even be a part of the sports world. In fact,
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Is your head buried in the sand? If not, then you probably know that women lag way behind men when it comes to being recognized in sports.
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Yes, people lie. And according to a new study, they especially lie to women because they perceive that women are easily deceived in negotiations. According to Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, women are more likely to be lied to than men, and negotiators opportunistically deceive them to get ahead. Lies told to women Laura
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