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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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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Women are being punished for being forceful, and it’s costing them in several ways. According to a new study by New York Times bestselling authors, Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield, a woman’s perceived competency drops by 35% and her perceived worth falls by $15,088 when she is judged as being forceful or assertive. Compared to the
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For Immediate Release For a review copy of the book or an interview with Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly, please use our contact page. A New Women’s Movement? Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly Says Women Are Sharing What They Know—and Changing the World If you want to be part of the women-helping-women movement, there are specific tactics
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For Immediate Release For a review copy of the book or an interview with Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly, please use our contact page. Women, This Is Our Time: Six Ways to Take Your Power Up a Notch Often, we allow our circumstances, routines, and self-imposed obligations to become barriers between ourselves and our dreams. Here,
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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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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Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression – Margaret Sanger Ten years ago researchers began to notice that the image of working women was changing. The employment firm Lee Hecht
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If you watched the recent Women’s World Cup Final, you saw some amazing leading women on the field. As Leslie Grossman pointed out on her Leadership Blog, they radiated leadership during the finals from the very first second of play. Like her, I could feel the energy coming right through the TV screen. And the
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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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