The career mobility gap for women is growing in 2026. Millions of professionals want to advance their careers, earn higher salaries, and move into leadership positions. Yet many feel trapped in roles that no longer align with their goals. New research from Resume Now's Career Gridlock Report reveals that 60% of workers have stayed in jobs longer than they wanted because … [Read more...]
Best High-Paying Careers for Women: Data Reveals Where Women Are Thriving
Women have made some progress toward gender equality in the workforce and more high-paying careers for women have become available over the past several decades. Today, women are increasingly represented in leadership, healthcare, technology, and professional services roles that offer strong salaries and long-term career growth. A recent report from Resume Genius analyzing … [Read more...]
Best & Worst States for Women (2025)
In recognition of Women’s History Month this March – and with seemingly never ending gender disparities in earnings and leadership roles – the personal finance website WalletHub has published its report on the Best & Worst States for Women in 2025, featuring expert commentary. The study compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia, using 25 key metrics. These … [Read more...]
Overlooked for a Merited Leadership Opportunity? Here’s How to Overcome the Rejection
I am curious why, if what her close aides and advisors said was true, Kamala Harris was reluctant to put her female identity as part of her presidential campaign when Hillary Clinton partly staked hers, when she ran, on being the first female president. I suppose the fact that some of Clinton's supporters were attacked as 'vag*** voters' and that she didn't succeed did not help … [Read more...]
The Inequity of Equal Pay for Equal Work
From the very moment I decided to jump headfirst into an industry nontraditional to women, I was always clear about needing to show up with my full self. There was never a time when I believed in not giving my very best in pursuit of professionalism and skill mastery. Because of the intrinsic nature of wanting to be the very best at whatever it was I was doing, there was never … [Read more...]
Women Lead Differently to Men But Leadership Diversity is Key to Success
According to a study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, women display a more collaborative leadership style, listen better, and encourage more participation. This is backed up by evidence from other studies which show that having a transformational, collaborative model of leadership is highly effective in large organizations with women-led companies … [Read more...]
Why We Need More Women on Executive Boards
This January, Germany has dominated the news for women in business, with their bold step to require stock exchange-listed companies with executive boards of more than three, to have at least one woman on those boards. The cabinet have approved draft legislation to this effect, which according to the Justice Ministry, "would affect about 70 companies – of which 30 currently … [Read more...]
Media Bias: A Leadership Barrier For Women
In this day and age, we absorb media constantly, and the messages it gives us skew our worldview and perceptions of important topics. As I've gotten older and more observant of media messages, I've noticed distinct trends in how the media talks about leaders. I believe the media we consume has a direct impact on how we're viewing our leaders and their leadership styles … [Read more...]
Why AI Spreads Gender Bias and How To Change It
AI is permeating the business world today the way electricity did at the turn of the last century. We can already see that businesses that put AI at their core can reach more people, more quickly and make more money. As Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani show in their book, Competing in the Age of AI, Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms And … [Read more...]
Women Hold Less Than 25% of Seats on S&P 500 Boards
Despite all of the attention that the lack of diversity on S&P 500 boards has been getting in recent years, there is still a significant gender gap, and that gap is closing extremely slowly. At the current rate, it will take years to get close to gender parity on S&P 500 boards according to new data released by CGLytics, a corproate governance company. According to … [Read more...]