How Working Women Can Achieve Success

There is no doubt that women are a significant part of today’s workforce. They are taking charge of their careers, while maintaining their households, in some cases on their own. While women have made progress in the workplace including owning businesses and obtaining high level executive positions, they still face obstacles such as receiving equal pay compared to men, according to a recent report. Continue Reading

Want to Invest in the Real Job Creators? Invest in Women.

Women aren’t micro–so why do they only get micro-loans? At TEDxWomen reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms– from home businesses to major factories– are the overlooked key to economic development.

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Women in the Workplace: How to Get Ahead By Better Singing Their Own Praises

A new study reveals that men are better than women at talking up their accomplishments, a factor causing women to be overlooked in the workplace. Vickie Milazzo teaches women the art of confidently positioning their achievements and abilities and sets them on the path to wicked success.

We all know men overwhelmingly populate the higher echelons of the business world. And most of us agree on the reasons why: sexism, a history of repression, the “Mommy track,” and so forth. But a new study conducted by researchers from several business schools, including Columbia University Business School, suggests there might be another reason for the shortage of women in high-level positions: we just don’t exaggerate enough. Continue Reading

19% of Female Professionals Have Never Had a Mentor

LinkedIn surveyed nearly 1,000 female professionals in the U.S. and found that 19 percent of respondents had never had a mentor. LinkedIn asked the women who hadn’t had a mentor why that was the case. Fifty-two percent of the women noted they hadn’t had a mentor because they had, “never encountered someone appropriate.” As part of the survey, LinkedIn also asked the women who had never been a mentor why they weren’t mentoring another professional, and sixty-seven percent of those respondents said they have never been mentors because, “no one ever asked.” Continue Reading