Women in Power

Why Aren't There More Women in Leadership Positions?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 04.26.2012

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When a woman honors the feminine within herself, she honors it around the world. This is the new path to leadership.

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Where Are the Women?

Tom Allon | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Women's Empowerment, Women Representatives, Women in Power, Women Leaders, New York News

We need more women in the boardrooms, in positions of leadership and in the halls of Congress. Our laws need to be promulgated by smart men AND women and this should be an important priority.

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Why People Are Terrified Of Successful Women

Forbes Woman | Posted 04.04.2012

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Think. Who is the scariest woman you can conjure? Does she have snakes writhing from her head? Razor eyes and sharpened teeth? Or is she in practical ...

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Dollars & Skills: Women Helping Afghan Women Beat the Taliban

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Business News, Women, Female Leadership, Women in Power, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Women's Rights, Afghanistan Women, Women in Afghanistan, Afghan Women, Impact News

Several thousand rural, mostly illiterate women are now income-producing entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. Once again, the power of women helping women has turned a war torn territory into a peaceful profit-maker.

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WATCH: The 10 Most Powerful Women In The World

Posted 02.27.2012

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From the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the FLOTUS, we've chosen some heavy-hitters to make our list of the top 10 most-powerful women in the worl...

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For Female CEOs - Is Work/Life Balance a Myth or Reality?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Business News, Female CEOs, Executive Women, Leadership, Women, Women in Business, Women in Power, Bayer CropScience, Business News

It's still a sad commentary that today, in 2012, women are faced (much more so than men) with the issue of organizing their work life in the context of their home life.

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Women In Power: Presidents, Prime Ministers And Chancellors

Posted 03.12.2012

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For many of us, President's day just means an extra day off work and the chance to hit up the holiday sales. But, as we recall from our school days, i...

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Women CEOs -- Are You Walking the Tightrope?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Business News, Female Executives, Bayer CropScience, Women in Power, Executive Women, Female CEOs, Female Leadership, Business News

Several studies suggest that women walk a tightrope, or face a "double bind," in that they must be perceived as both strong and sensitive in order to get ahead.

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Leadership Lessons: Don't Try to be The Smartest Person in the Room

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 03.10.2012

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Like many successful women I've met, Sandra Peterson, CEO of Bayer CropScience, describes herself as a leader who tries to "inspire an organization to achieve a higher purpose than just making sales and profitability targets."

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Bayer CropScience's Sandra Peterson: Successful Woman CEO Navigates in a Man's World

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Executive Women, Female Leadership, Bayer CropScience, Women in Power, Female Executives, Female CEOs, Business News

Sandra Peterson, 52 and a New York City native, has an impressive resume showcasing her wealth of experience running product lines, businesses and entire divisions for the likes of Whirlpool, Nabisco, Merck-Medco and, finally, Bayer.

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Five Things Every Woman Entrepreneur Should Know

Belinda Parmar | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Small Business America, Women in Tech, Small Business, Women in Power, Starting a Business, Startups, Women in Business, Female Executives, Business Women, Business News

You may be waiting for the "perfect" time to start your business, but the truth is, it probably doesn't exist. It will always be daunting. The economy might be crap. You're too young, too old or your children are too young or too old. You'll make it work.

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Praising "The Feminine" Is Discriminating

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Cultural Diversity, Women in Business, Women Leaders, Femininity, Women in Power, Feminine vs Masculine, Women News

I would like for us to stop assigning certain personality traits and approaches to the "feminine" or the "masculine" which creates an "us vs. them" mentality that helps no one.

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A "Hair"-oing Tale: What Does It Mean For Your Career?

Manisha Thakor | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Women's Economic Empowerment, Executive Women, Pay Gap, Gender Equality in the Workplace, Sheryl Sandberg Coo, Women in Power, Rebekah Brooks Hair, Gender Pay Gap, Sheryl Sandberg, Glass Ceiling, Rebekah Brooks, Sheryl Sandberg Facebook, Powerful Women, Women CEOs, Women's Rights, Women's Empowerment, Women News

In a world where a C-suite level woman dressed authentically as herself is derided for having "look-at-me-hair," is it any wonder that so many of us women feel conflicted about standing tall in our authentic selves at work?

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Women In Power: The Race To Create Next-Gen Batteries

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.25.2011

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Sastry says the energy density of batteries must double "if we're to have a serious impact on the market with electric vehicles." That translates to twice the range, or "doubling the size of your electric gas tank."

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Women In Power: The Woman Who Brings Light To The Darkest Corners Of Africa

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.24.2011

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"Imagine women giving birth at night with an oil lamp, and then giving birth with electric light."

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Women In Power: How A Young Girl From New Orleans Became The First African American To Lead The EPA

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.24.2011

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"There simply is no truth to the idea that we have to choose between a clean environment, healthy air and a thriving economy."

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Women In Power: Former BP Executive Says 'Climate Change Is Real -- We Are Still Not Taking It Seriously Enough'

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.23.2011

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"Unless there was good business to be done in solving the problem of climate change, then climate change wouldn't be solved."

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Women In Power: MIT President on Women in Science, Revolutionary Technologies And Why U.S. Policies Must Change

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.22.2011

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"It would be a tragedy if we were to go from buying oil from unstable and perhaps undependable nations to buying technology from unstable and possibly undependable nations..."

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Women In Power: Silicon Valley Visionary is Changing the World One Greentech Startup at a Time

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.21.2011

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"Right now, your utility bill is almost as bad as your taxes. I keep imagining saying 20 years from now, 'I can't believe we ever lived in a time where we had no transparency into how we used our energy.'"

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Women In Power: Carol Browner Speaks for First Time Since Leaving Post As White House Energy Czar

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.20.2011

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"With climate change, my generation runs the risk of giving to subsequent generations a problem they won't be able to solve."

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Why Peace Is the Business of Men (But Shouldn't Be): A Modest Proposal for the Immodest Brotherhood of Big Men

Ann Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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SCR 1325 calls for women to participate equally at decision-making levels in all processes of peacemaking. But in more than a decade since SCR 1325 was enacted, it has never been put to the test.

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Are Women Taking Over The World?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, The Balanced Life, Women in Power, Women's Movement, Women Empowerment, Women of Power, Healthy Living News

Has -- as Moses Znaimer put it -- "the era of male dominance come to an end"? Do women -- and girls -- rule? Is this a good thing?

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Top 15 Most Powerful Women In Business

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, Forbes released its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Inspired by Forbes' list, we decided to come up with our own account of t...

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The Face of Power in the UAE is a Woman and Her Name is Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi.

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheikha Lubna represents the 21st Century woman. She is cutting through veils of discrimination with serious substance, style and a smile.

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The Million Woman Bailout

Nell Merlino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strong Women, Women Rwanda, Women's Rights, Women, Women in Power, Wall Street, Congressional Bailout, Women Rwandan Parliament, Financial Crisis, Women and Business, Rwandan Genocide, Women in Business, Women Business Owners, Corporate Bailout, Women Small Business Owners, Wall Street Men, Business News

From my recent experience helping US women grow their businesses, I am convinced women will lead America out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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