As a successful NYC advertising professional, Cheryl Benton knows a thing or two about creating media images that create public perception, which is why she was disturbed when she saw a survey that reported US adolescent girls still perceived the #1 value for girls and women is their appearance. No matter how hard we’ve tried […]
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Kathy LeMay is an expert fundraiser and has helped raise over $175 million for social change. Yet she is the first to admit that everyone has a complicated relationship with money. People either think they don’t have enough money, or they feel guilty for having too much. Kathy says that she was raised in a
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Dr. Sheila Robinson says her experience working together with a united team of women inspired her to found and publish Diversity Woman Magazine and create the Diversity Women’s Business Leadership Conference. That team united women from Asia, South America, and North America to create the Lycra® brand for DuPont, and brought together a sisterhood of
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Award-winning journalist Michele Weldon used to ask her students at Northwestern University what the most powerful three words are. No, they are not I love you, as many would have guessed. They are “I don’t know.” This was how she taught the future reporters the importance of finding answers by asking questions. She contrasts it
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As a self-proclaimed media maven, speaker and visionary for women and social justice, Elisa Parker has co-founded several organizations to support women, including the award-winning multimedia program “See Jane Do,” the women’s conference Passion into Action, Indivisible Women, 50 Women Can Change the World in Media & Entertainment, and 100 Women Change Hollywood. Elisa defines
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As a bestselling author and President of Selling in a SKIRT, Judy Hoberman’s goal is to help one woman a day. Her newest book, Walking on the Glass Floor explains that once women have crashed through the glass ceiling, they are walking on the glass floor and have a responsibility to help other women do
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Workplace culture expert Danna Beal contrasts the qualities of great leaders with the fear-based leadership often encountered in the workplace. You know, “the boss from hell.” Dr. Nancy’s new book, In This Together, quotes Danna’s guidance for the enlightened leader. In this interview, she summarized her advice and talked about the benefits of all the
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Women’s rights advocate Gloria Feldt says the current wave in history with #metoo and #timesup didn’t just happen. “It takes people coactively and intentionally having a vision, having the courage to take action, then having the persistence to stay with it until it’s done,” she said. That’s a key idea in this interview with Dr.
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Susan Kellogg points out that when she began her career in fashion 30 years ago, only 15 percent of the CEO positions at Fortune 500 companies were filled by women. When she left her job as group president of VF Corporation, the needle hadn’t moved—still only 15 percent. In spite of the fact that women
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Who are you is the first question coach and author Elizabeth Suarez asks her clients. She said that women almost always answer in terms of who they are married to, or who their children are. Elizabeth said the key is you can’t have what you want until you decide who you are as an individual.
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