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Why Does Equal Pay Really Matter?

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...

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Research Says: Women, Speak Up!

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...

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Is Sexism Still Holding Us Back?

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...

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Women, Burnout and Mindfulness

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...

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Why Women Don’t Make Less than Men [Infographic]

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:...

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You Can Have It All? Moms on the brink

  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...

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