There is no question that women and minorities are not at salary parity with white males in our business culture. They are not. But the prevailing myth that this is an evil plot to oppress us doesn’t fly with me, because when you look under the covers of equal pay, things get much more complex. In...
So many times when we're thinking about balancing our work-life ideas of success, we think about juggling the meetings and the soccer games, but we forget about the other important parts of our life - like finances! Christy enjoyed reading Michelle Perry Higgins' approach to this more...
Study: Women, Find Your Voice (Heath, Flynn, Holt, Harvard Business Review, 2014) Finding: Women and men view women's participation and communication in meetings differently, when both understand the other and move towards the middle, and women learn to speak up, change can happen. Note about The...
The discussions about women in leadership usually don't point the finger at sexism by men directly these days, and with good reason. This article from Kathryn helps us understand how today's sexist cultural trends are much more complex than it's "Mad Men" stereotype. We can't just blame the men...
Burnout isn't working for anyone in our business culture - especially not women, who so easily burn out from family + work duties. Emily raises our consciousness with this post to remind us that we have the choice. - InPower Editors Two years ago I wrote about a former boss who casually mentioned...
We hear a lot about the pay gap and there certainly is one. The official data says women earn $0.77 to the dollar that men do, but what we're learning is that the pay gap isn't all about discrimination. The choices women make matter too. Nothing is all or nothing! - InPower Editors Source:...
It's no secret that being a working mom is a tough job, and everyone seems to have an opinion on the downsides. When many working mothers hear, "you can have it all," they also hear, "and since you don't have it all you must be doing something wrong." We want to honor Shana, at the...
We are thrilled to announce that InPower Women partnered with TaketheLead.com to host a keynote speech by Sheryl Sandberg - right on InPowerWomen.com! Sheryl was joined by other heavy hitters in the women's empowerment movement. Together they discussed the challenges we face, and the opportunities...
Title: Women on boards get better deals in mergers and acquisitions Study: Women directors get better deals in mergers and acquisitions (Li, Sauder School of Business, 2013) Finding: The more women on a corporate board the less a company pays for its acquisitions. InPower Insight: Women's...
Title: Women in Philanthropy Have A Big Impact Study: The 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women's Philanthropy (Osili and Mesch, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University 2011) Finding: Women are actively involved with the charities they support. InPower Insight: Women in...
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October 2024 Leadership Development Carnival
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