Women Business

Women in the SoLoMo Boardrooms

Hulya Aksu | Posted 04.11.2012

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Hulya Aksu

Women are not only outnumbering men in social media usage, but they are spending more time on the social sites that they visit. Why are we not among the founders and the leaders of the companies that serve us?

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The "Fierce Urgency" to Increase Women's Leadership in ARPA-E -- Blame All Around

Joan Michelson | Posted 05.11.2012

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Joan Michelson

Ladies: You hold the economy in your hands. We need a diversity of experiences and perspectives in order to find solutions to our national and global energy challenges. We cannot afford to have half the population Missing in Action.

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Four Principles of Women's Empowerment

Willa Shalit | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Women's Empowerment, Nathalie Tancrede Haiti, Nathalie Tancrede, Gender Equality, Women Rights, Global Motherhood, Women Business, United Nations Nathalie Tancrede, Impact News
Willa Shalit

I believe that gender equality is not a zero-sum equation: for women to gain power, men need not lose it. As my Haitian colleague Nathalie Tancrede demonstrates, empowering women will unleash more joy to a stressed-out, violence-filled, struggling world.

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Four Secrets to Building (or Rebuilding) a Great Team

Women 2.0 | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Team Building, Women Team Business, Julia Hu Lark, Business Risk Reward, Business Advice, Firing Business, Risk Business Women, Women in Business, Women Business, Values Business, Technology News
Women 2.0

At the end of the day, your team is first (or a close second) in what makes your business successful. But it's definitely first in line for how happy you are everyday when you are slaving away on building something new.

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Suits: A Woman on Wall Street

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Manisha Thakor

"I'd heard the banking experience would be 'challenging,' but I didn't expect it'd be so hard to break into a conversation of men in their late 40's sharing their rowing memories from their East Coast summer camps."

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Women in Leadership and the Glass Cliff

Caroline Simard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Caroline Simard

Research has shown that in both the board room and politics, women are more likely to be put forth for precarious positions -- the situations where success is unattainable.

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How We Can Encourage Female Entrepreneurship

businessinsider.com | Bianca Male | Posted 05.25.2011

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Combined with other factors -- such as male-dominated workplaces, a strong focus on family, and a lack of business-focused curriculum in our education...

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When CEOs Talk, Their Sexist Excuses Are Exposed

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women in Business, Women Leaders, Gender Parity, Corporate Culture, Gender Equality, Women Business, Healthy Living News
Marcia Reynolds

Will enough top-talent women stay in male-dominated corporations to change the face of leadership? Or will we keep leaving until governments force the issue?

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5 Remarkable Female Entrepreneurs

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert Rosenthal

As the son of a dynamic mother, the husband of a superstar wife and the father of two glorious daughters, my fortune is to be surrounded by phenomenal females. My appreciation for women is deep-seated.

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Why Aren't There More Women Starting High Growth Businesses?

Liz Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angel Investment, Angel Investors, Start-Ups, Venture Capital, Ernst & Young, Women Business, High-Growth-Companies, Astia, Business News
Liz Hamburg

There is a lot of discussion of why there is a dearth of high growth women-run companies but the more important question is how to make a change.

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Women: Stop People From Criticizing You Behind Your Back

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marcia Reynolds

Cattiness decreases as confidence strengthens. Women have become more confident in their abilities to accomplish great things. They do not need to criticize and sabotage others to succeed.

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Introducing the World's Most Influential Woman

Maddy Dychtwald | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Financial Independence, World Economic Forum, Most Powerful Women, Women's Issues, Careers, Women Business, Women Feminism, Powerful Women, Healthy Living News
Maddy Dychtwald

In the past few years, economists and policy makers have abruptly woken to the fact that women's equality in the workplace is not just a "women's issue," but a serious factor in global economic competitiveness.

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Bringing an Obama-like Attitude to the Mommy Wars

Rachel Pastan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Pastan

Women have to stop second-guessing the way men put on diapers. They have to engage their partners in serious conversations about money, responsibility and how to figure out who does what.

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Women Speak Out on the Economy

Christine Grumm | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Grumm

If we truly want to solve not only this current crisis but also our long-term economic woes, we must jumpstart "the most powerful engine" of economic growth by investing in women.

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