Many women want to become a mentor and some want to find a mentor. Both tasks can be very challenging. In this article, Helene Lollis, Pathbuilders President, talks about the pros and cons of using a company-based mentoring program vs having an individual as a mentor. She does make a good point that your mentor […]
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We’re so used to it we’ve almost stopped noticing it. But although women were making progress in politics for several decades, they are losing ground in a big way! Only 9 out of 109 world leaders (including President, Chancellor, Queen) are women. Women hold just 17% of seats in Congress Women occupy 22% of state
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I recently went through a bag of handouts and notes from the Women In Communications national conference in Tulsa. So it was six months ago — so what? At least I went through them and found some gems to share with you. June Werdlow Rogers, a retired DEA special agent in charge, spoke from her
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If “impenetrable mess” is what you think of when you hear the word “technology”, listen up! At a time when women are struggling to make 77 cents to every dollar men make, there are jobs where women are paid more fairly. They are called STEM and they encompass a wide variety of fields that apply
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How to Make the Pay Gap Go Away Are you mad yet? Perhaps you are not willing to wait until 2076 for equal pay to creep into women’s lives? That’s actually how long it will take at the pace of the last 30 years. It doesn’t have to be that way. Women can take control
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Those crazy feminists, says Joslyn Gray posting on Strollerderby. Look what they did for us! 1. The right to own property. In 1948 New york was the first state to allow a married woman to control property. 2. The right to hold public office. Federal law granted this right to women in 1788, 132 years
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I recently read an article by Brock Cannon on “Why You Should Develop the Power of Focus” in the Genshai website. He explains that he is basically writing this for himself, but as with other articles that he has written, he gives a strong message that makes you really think. We have all had/have dreams
When I was a teenager, the James Bond films were all the rage. I was talking about the films with a family friend who happened to be a psychiatrist. As we talked I saw that he assumed that I was identifying with the sexy females that Bond seduced. “Oh, no!” I exclaimed in horror. “I
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If you could go back and tell yourself one thing at the start of your career based on what you now know, what would that be? That’s the question Media Specialist Tania Yuki posted in summer 2011 on the Women 2.0 LinkedIn Group. Since then more than 230 group members have responded with their advice.
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Do you play down your assets and shy away from power? Gloria Feldt says that she did and she sees other women defer to men every day. She wrote, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power—Tools for Leading an Unlimited Life. Her goal is to guide us into accepting leadership
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