While there has been a lot of talk recently about the shortage of women in STEM professions, I recently spent some time preparing for a speaking engagement and found some disturbing facts about women working in the legal field. Women attorneys often have difficulty getting their ideas and opinions heard, which creates a barrier to […]
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Sandra Ford Walston claims the title of “The Courage Expert” because for years she has researched the full meaning of the word: first, from Aristotle, who called it the first of all virtues without which the others could not exist, then through its French roots, “from the heart and spirit,” and finally through the process
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Leading Women co-author Dr. Lois Frankel says that even though women lead every day, they often think it’s presumptuous to call themselves leaders. Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message agrees, and was recently quoted in Forbes as saying that women need to see their own brilliance and act
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As women continue to struggle to break the glass ceiling in their professions, female clergy say some women are coming up against a stained-glass ceiling as they answer the call to work in ministry.
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Talking about something you saw on Facebook has almost become a social norm. Whether it’s your high school locker partner’s first grandchild, or you daughter’s third grade BFF’s wedding, social media has transformed the way we communicate with the larger world. Facebook is a great way to keep up with one another and Twitter is
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Women’s empowerment is my mission, and that’s why I’m always on the lookout for ideas that will help us succeed at work, at home, and in our communities. Women Feel Like They’re Falling Short A recent article in FastCompany points out how women have greater opportunities than ever before, but are feeling stressed out, anxious, and
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Longtime activist Gloria Feldt encourages women to embrace their power and take the lead in business and in politics. She became obsessed with the subject, when she was asked to write an article for Ellemagazine in 2008. She thought it would be a puff piece about women running for office (since our first woman U.S.
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When Ali Warren discovered firefighting, she thought she had found her life’s work. But other firefighters had different ideas. She had to gain self-confidence to overcome the prejudice against the one thing she could not change, being a girl. Ali told her classic story of empowerment in her book, Where Hope Lives. Empowering Women to
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If we are to grow strong resourceful women, we must start parenting in the womb, says Anea Bogue, author of the new book, 9 WAYS WE’RE SCREWING UP OUR GIRLS AND HOW WE CAN STOP: A Guide to Helping Girls Reach Their Highest Potential. Parenting is the hardest job in the world and we are
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Janet Yellen, Ph.D., made history this month as the first woman ever to be chosen to head the Federal Reserve. According to some accounts, this makes her the second most powerful person in the world and the most powerful woman. The person who controls the purse strings of the most powerful economy affects economies world-wide.
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