By: Payscale Yes, over the course of their lifetime, on average, men earn more than women. But looking at the devil in the details of certain industries when similarly qualified, we see a different story. What does this mean for you? It means you often can bring in the same bacon, so make sure...
InPower Women Blog
Women and Happiness: Is It Still Declining?
This is a great time for women. Women all over the world are running countries, companies and universities. The most recent U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House were women. Women make up about half of the workforce and can now fight side-by-side with their male counterparts in the...
Research Summary: Women and Risk – What if Women Ran Wall Street?
Title: What If Women Ran Wall Street? Study: What If Women Ran Wall Street? (Sheelah Kolhatkar, New York Magazine 2010) Finding: A certain amount of risk-taking is biologically driven by testosterone, and women can use this to their advantage in producing less emotionally-driven results. InPower...
Podcast: Young Woman Doing Well By Doing Good
I had the pleasure to chatting with a young woman recently who is living an amazing life and doing amazing things for a truly innovative organization here in D.C. called DC Central Kitchen. Abby Elsener has lived an exciting life, vising South Africa and exploring her personal drive to succeed....
4 Pieces of Advice for Female Social Entrepreneurs
by: Laura Calandrella Ten years ago, social entrepreneurship was a pretty lonely field. There weren’t degree programs or associations; impact investing and microfinance were barely even recognized terms. Even organizations like Ashoka – which has a 25-year history of investing in entrepreneurs...
Cultivate a Feminine Presence
Women’s history month celebrates the accomplishment of women in history, many of them unsung and many still unknown. But it is also a time to consider how women can continue to make history. One way to do that is to redefine leadership by cultivating a feminine presence in the workplace and in...
You Know That ‘Special Place in Hell?’
Two weeks ago at the launch of Who Says It’s a Man’s World, I shared the “real” reason I write about career success. I decided to talk about it because, for years, whenever I was asked in interviews how I got started in this work, my answer was pretty much the same: I graduated from college and –...
To-Be List for Aspiring Women Leaders
By: Angela Maiers I speak often to groups of aspiring young leaders. Typically, the question on their minds when I begin is "what do I need to DO to become a leader?" I quickly aim to change their orientation from what they must DO to what they must BE. Success in leadership is attributed not only...
Is It Time To Lean In To Feminism? [Video]
Important points that came up - watch for more! You'll see different perspectives on all these things across the generations. What a great conversation & thank you to my InPower panelists! Emily Bennington, Gloria Feldt and Eva Swanson - You guys rock! Highlights from the video...
Research Summary: Women on Boards Make More Generous Companies?
Study: Who Is Governing Whom? Senior Managers, Governance and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms (Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee, Harvard Business School, 2011) Finding: More women on boards and senior management teams correlate with greater giving by their companies. Note about...