NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Is Apple a men-only club? That's what Jonny Evans of Computerworld wondered as he perused the Apple executive profiles this week. He found that 100% of the Apple leadership team is male, and just one woman, Andrea Jung of Avon, is an Apple board member. In fact, Apple's leadership lacks diversity overall, not just gender diversity. However, diversity … [Read more...]
5 Leadership Lessons for Women
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Each year, women bloggers around the world meet up at the BlogHer Publishing Network conference. BlogHer '12 inspired Hillary Batchelder of SmartBlog on Leadership to share five women's leadership lessons that she learned while attending the conference: Strength comes in numbers, but it only takes one voice to lead. Value your voice -- and in your own … [Read more...]
Building on Common Purpose for More Powerful and Effective Leadership
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: How do you create teams that employees actually want to be a part of and are excited and motivated to participate in? Georgia Feiste of Lead Change Group says that the path to powerful and effective leadership iscommon purpose. She explains: ← Leader Athletes: Training Long for the Long Run Lead Yourself First: The Empowering Magic of Detachment … [Read more...]
The Evolving Role of Women in Sales
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: How do women become successful in sales? Author and sales expert Jill Konrath spoke with Corey Eridon of HubSpot about the role of women in sales, including sales success, gender quotas, and getting ahead. Corey shares some of Jill's insights that were captured during the interview: Corey: What are some of the challenges women face in a sales role? … [Read more...]
Helen Gurley Brown – Left Us Life and Career Lessons
Helen Gurley Brown Passes Away at 90 Helen Gurley Brown, passed away this week. She was an author for a well known book for shocking the public of the early 60's "Sex and the Single Girl" and Editor at Cosmopolitan magazine for many years. Her role in the fight for women's liberation was debated for years. She called herself a feminist , she showed women of so many ages … [Read more...]
Discrimination is an Equal Opportunity Offender
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE Discrimination can take many forms, and "good-looking" women are not immune to its reach, despite what most people think. It turns out, everyone can be affected by discrimination and it's never justified. Mark Henricks of American Express Open writes: A 2010 paper by a University of Colorado Denver Business School researcher found that attractive women … [Read more...]
The Growing Influence of Philanthropic Women
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE The population of philanthropic women is growing as women's wealth and clout grows. As a result, the world of charitable giving is changing. Reuters reports: As more women give, they are likely to change not only what is funded but how they raise money, because female philanthropists often prefer to raise money in a group. Three years ago, the Red … [Read more...]
GUTSY WOMEN and MEMORIES
Tonight we start a new GUTSY WOMEN WEEKEND. We are doing them every other month and they are making a difference for women who are in leadership positions or are emerging leaders. So, what does that have to do with memories? Nothing….. and everything. You see most programs want to stay with present situations and move forward. We believe that we need to clear the past … [Read more...]
Leadership Development: Throw the Ball and Catch It Too
Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele, will go down in history with a quote that goes well beyond football. Walking down the corridor to the safety of an elevator, she was taunted by fans about how the Super Bowl game ended and out came the now famous words about not being able to throw a ball and catch it at the same time. Maybe it was the shame of losing (someone had to), maybe it … [Read more...]
GUTSY GALS are Electricians
Sue was not feeling GUTSY; she was still in pain as she talked about an ugly spill that ended with a badly injured ankle. Several doctors told her she would have to be CAREFUL, very, very careful for, well…forever. Diana, sitting across the circle from Sue is a nurse. How could it be that she had the same ankle injury with that big, long medical name, a year ago? And she was … [Read more...]