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When FMLA Doesn’t Work

Two months ago, I gave birth to my first child, a beautiful little girl named Madelyn. When she was a week old, I was back to work. Because, as a freelancer, I didn't get maternity leave. Trying to meet a deadline while learning to be a new mom was exhausting. I was breastfeeding for the first...

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Women Getting to the Top: Change Culture vs Change Behavior

By: Natalie Runyon I attended a dinner with senior executive women leaders in financial institutions a few weeks ago at which a question was asked about the quickest way to increase the number of women in the C-suite.  Very quickly, the consensus was to change the culture of organizations because...

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Leaning Back to Part Time in a Time of Leaning In

By: Robert Waring For women who want to lean back a bit from their careers in order to focus on their families, their situations may in some ways seem more difficult since the publication of Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. Now that there is "a sort of" manual for how career driven women are...

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Executives: 10 Tips for Working With Them

By: Lea McLeod At some point in your career, it’s inevitable that you will discover the opportunity to work with executives. Whether it’s a joy or a trial is up to you. It could be an executive in your organization, the executive of a customer or maybe even a big donor in your non-profit. No...

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Fatherhood, Manhood, and Having It All

The most under-discussed aspect of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In is her recommendation to pay attention to your choice of partner when planning your career success. We don't talk about it much, but I agree with her that it's the dynamic between working women and their support network - especially...

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Stress Relief Through Music

By: Marlene Wallace   With life’s many ups and downs come varying degrees of stress. At times, I have actually used stress to fuel my drive as I strove for a promotion at work; but, at other points, mounting anxiety has had almost a crippling effect on my productivity and - more importantly - my...

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Do Women Prefer Entrepreneurship Over Board Positions?

By: Deborah Sweeney Women, despite all of the advances that our society has made, are still forced to grapple with the glass ceiling. While some women have made a name for themselves as directors and board members of major corporations, only 17% of the over 5,000 board seats for S&P 500...

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Female Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Business Success

By: Lee Washington Being an entrepreneur is all about empowering yourself to create a 
business that's right for you. It's about facing up and rising to
 different challenges, overcoming the day-to-day demands, learning and
 planning for the future. In a new campaign e-commerce specialists Alibaba...

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How To Be Unforgettable

By: Kristi Hedges It was never easy to leave a lasting impression on others. Now, it’s nearly impossible. The precious real estate in our brains is oversold, and as study after study shows, we’re becoming increasingly overwhelmed and distracted. Consider that the average American hears or reads...

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