Organizations teach their employees how to handle diverse technical products and diverse ways to generate revenue. They know that nourishing excellence in employees requires a fertile soil. Having an organization filled with diverse individuals also requires that same level of rich soil.

When Sandberg urges women to "lean in" and examine ways in which they might be undercutting their career potential, she's suggesting that women may need a new roadmap to reach the executive suite in higher numbers.

Last Monday I hopped in a cab en route to meet Sheryl Sandberg. Yes, THAT Sheryl Sandberg. COO of Facebook. Third-wave feminist poster child. Architect of the national love affair we're having with women and work. Maybe you've heard of her.

Whatever you think about her message, Sandberg is a role model for savvy leadership communication. Career success means taking risks and advocating for your own best interests, the very behaviors that our culture discourages in girls and women.

As the population continues to age, the need for orthopedic surgeons will increase. In order to continue to attract the best and the brightest, orthopedics needs to attract women students.

Dear women trying to get ahead in the workplace and blaming yourself for not advancing: It's not you, it's them. A new study from the nonprofit gro...

"We all share common goals of wanting to be happy and successful, to have families and dynamic careers. And that's what the WIE Symposium is about, setting aside our differences and uniting behind our common aspirations."

Do you find relaxed dress codes at work actually relaxing -- or a new source of stress? This week on AOL Jobs, Claire Gordon wrote about the way te...

Ever since Fortune, in 1998, started ranking the top women in business (yes, we were first), I've been asking the stars of the Most Powerful Women lis...

Stressing about what to wear to a big job interview? Instead of debating skirt or pants, suit or not, some hiring managers say it's the ring you should think about ditching -- your diamond engagement ring, that is.

Who said the Old Boys Club is no longer? Those suffering through the worst of the recession have grown accustomed to filling out hundreds of job appli...

Many women think they should be noticed for their good work. No matter how hard you work, you still need to actively create positive visibility with your boss and the management team above.

In the wake of all the buzz about Weiner's weiner, a certain controversial idea has bubbled up. And it's this: men and women are different. And we'r...

Commitment phobia. Analysis paralysis. Grass-is-greener syndrome. You name it, women today are plagued by it. Unlike our mothers, these women were bor...