The basic tenet of "giving back" should be core to the way every person and business lives and operates. I'm not that naïve -- and neither are you. Sadly, corporate philanthropy is a controversial issue (of all the issues we have to debate). But the reality is, money makes the...

Megan Brown isn't the first woman to get pregnant and exit corporate life, frustrated and finished with the "rat race." But she is among the minority to have climbed the ranks of Wall Street - accepting, and actually loving, being a woman in the dog-eat-dog world of a not-so-female-friendly industry...

When Paulett Eberhart started as a junior level accountant at Electronic Data Systems (EDS, now part of HP), she already knew she wanted to branch out into other parts of the business. At that time (1978), EDS had revenues of $300 million and approximately 3,000 employees. During the subsequent 20...

How do you take a brand and turn it from nothing to number two in less than five years? Zanna McFerson did just that with Truvia, which is now used to sweeten food and beverage products in more than 26 million U.S. households. Even more amazing, she did...

"Don't give up. The greatest obstacle to your own success is your own fear. Failure is never fun. But each time you fail, you learn something. It's often said that one should fight to the last person standing. Hey, they're still standing. And as a woman, I hope it's us."...

Marie Moody, Founder and President of Stella & Chewy's, a multi-million dollar pet food company, reflected on her company's history as we were sitting in a café in New York City. In 2002, she had just been given the boot at her third fashion industry job. But this...

For many, Colorado evokes images of wildlife, mountains, skiing and other (recently legalized) recreational activities. But did you know that Colorado, and particularly the Denver-Boulder area, is also a hub of innovation and entrepreneurial activity?

According to Startup Colorado, a regional consortium of entrepreneurs who share a...

In November, Watermark honored Erna Arnesen at its "Women Who Have Made Their Mark" event. The celebration was an evening of inspiration where honorees -- Erna included, talked through their stories of personal transformation. And in a different twist, each honoree came with a sponsor and a protégé...

Women may be chipping away at the glass ceiling, but when it comes to elbowing our way into the boardroom, progress is painfully slow. In fact, the percentage of women on boards of S&P 1500 companies barely budged from 12.1 percent in 2009 to 12.6 percent today. And the

"I don't believe in generalizing leadership styles by gender. It's not productive for people to say that women are better communicators, or women are more inclusive, or aim for more consensus. In my experience, I simply don't find them to be true. If we're saying it's acceptable to generalize on...

Pop quiz: What do IBM, Pepsi-Co, Dupont, Campbell Soup, Xerox and Kraft Foods have in common? They're all led by female CEOs. In fact, with the appointment of Marissa Mayer as CEO and President of Yahoo! in July, women have upped their game on the Fortune 500 list,...

Tena Clark had it all: a house on a golf course, a BMW and a fancy job at Sunburst Productions, a company that she founded which grew to become one of the largest booking agencies in the south. But she left it all and headed to Nashville to pursue her...

If you've seen a movie, watched a television show or flown on Delta Air Lines in the past couple of decades, you've probably listened to music written and/or produced by Tena Clark, a dynamic firebrand, GRAMMY Award winner, and successful entrepreneur. Tena has written and/or produced music for...

With last week's announcement of new Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, the balance tips in executive women's favor as another power female takes the reins in Silicon Valley.

But the conversation isn't focused on Mayer's accomplishments as a leader or what she'll need to do in order to turn Yahoo!...

My husband says I need to become a prostitute like he is. He's a management consultant who, like an attorney, charges by the hour.

I was recently asked to offer some business advice to a couple of female entrepreneurs. Of course I said, "Yes! I'd be happy to help!"...

The Wall Street Journal has had a flurry of great headlines lately: "Inside Fumbled Facebook IPO" and "JP Morgan Reveals 'London Whale'-Size Losses." While reading these and other stories about the massive losses surrounding the Facebook IPO and JP Morgan's hedging losses, I couldn't help but...

Give it up, ladies. The fight for equal pay is useless. We are never going to earn as much as men because we don't work as many hours. That's the argument from Kay Hymowitz, who has apparently solved the mystery of the pay gap in her Wall Street Journal op-ed,...

"If there's one thing I would say to women who are stepping out of the workforce, it's 'Keep a toe in. Just keep a toe in,'" advised Cara France, who should know. She's CEO of The Sage Group, a firm that provides high-level...

Step aside men. Women are, once again, the new (old) powerhouses on the block. Every so often, mainstream media comes out with a slew of articles on how women are taking over the world and leaving helpless and hapless men in the dust. A recent cover story in Time magazine,...

How do you win the fight against the Taliban? According to Dana Freyer, chair and co-founder of Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA), "The best bulwark against the Taliban are members...