Gender issues

Family Leave Helps Women Find Work-Life Balance

While many women struggle to find work-life balance, Representative Paul Ryan made news this week when he told his colleagues he would run for speaker of the House IF the job would not interrupt his family time. Known as a “family guy” Ryan makes it a point to fly back to Wisconsin every weekend to […]

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Walk Right In, Sit Right Down: It’s Time For Women To Lead

Without question the time has come for women to lead. Women have so much to offer and are ready to change the world for the better. The world desperately needs women to step up to the leadership plate. This requires cooperation and collaboration. Leading Women co-author Gloria Feldt points out in her book, No Excuses,

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Why Are Women Leaning Out At Work?

Responsibility? Some women think they already have enough. According to a new study by researchers at Harvard Business School, there’s no gender gap when it comes to thinking that a promotion is within reach. But women are more likely than men to view the path to power as less desirable, and paved with potentially negative

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Making The Workplace Work For Women

Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, recently wrote in the New York Times that today’s fast paced, ultra competitive workplace is losing women. America has unlocked the talent of its women in a way that few nations can match; girls are outpacing boys academically and are now entering the work force

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Sharon-Hadary

Successful Strategies for Women Leaders

Women lead differently than men, but their leadership style makes them very effective and successful leaders. They need to own their success and take credit for what they do well. Sharon Hadary has many more strategies to make women successful leaders. She calls her first 20 years at IBM, a “world-class education in leadership.” Her

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Why You Need To Take Credit For Your Work

Today’s women-helping-women movement is all about collaboration, not competition. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take credit for your work. In fact today it’s more important than ever to know your value and to give credit where credit is due—and that includes yourself. A recent article at DailyWorth.com addresses this very thing and while your

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Women-Helping-Women Movement Is All About Connecting

For Immediate Release For a review copy of the book or an interview with Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly, please use our contact page. The Women-Helping-Women Movement Is All About Connecting.  Here Are 11 Ways to Do It Better. Making meaningful connections with other women can change your life (not to  mention the world). Problem is,

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Why Leading Women Are Better for Congress

For Immediate Release For a review copy of the book or an interview with Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly, please use our contact page.   Why Leading Women Are Better for Congress Women in Congress are getting things done, says a new study. Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly explains why women in Congress are so effective at

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Female Entrepreneurs Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands

That women have yet to achieve equity in earnings is old news and getting older by the decade. Look at the facts – women make up half the workplace but only 18% of top leadership positions across all sectors, and they’ve been stuck there for almost two decades, earning 78 cents for every dollar a

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Roxi-Hewertson

Roxi Hewertson – Be the CEO of Your Own Life

Whether you’re managing people or your own life, the key to masterful leadership is knowing who you are and becoming very good at understanding the people you come into contact with. This is just one nugget of leadership wisdom Roxi Hewertson, CEO of The Highland Group Consulting, Inc., has learned during her 30 years of

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