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What's Really Standing In The Way Of Women's Career Advancement

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.17.2012

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Even as this year’s Fortune 500 list included a record number of female CEOs, and urban, single women in their 20s are out-earning their male peers,...

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Why Women Look In The Mirror So Often

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.14.2012

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Mirror, Mirror on the wall … or the car window, or your smartphone? According to a new study, women check their reflections around eight times a day...

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Do You Have a Work Spouse? Why They May Be Good, and Maybe Not So Good for You

Judy Farah | Posted 05.09.2012

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Yes, truth and trust. I have a male work friend who is the only one I trust to edit my blogs. Everyone else just tells me they're good. I trust this guy to tell me exactly where the faults are -- in my blog or in me.

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Life After College -- My Crash Course into Adulthood at 22

Patrice Bendig | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Self Discovery, The Roaring Twenties, Women's Issues, College, Dating-in-Your-Twenties, Life, Women Workplace, Quarter-Life Crisis, Women News

Each time I log into my Facebook account, another high school or college friend is getting engaged or having babies.

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5 Ways To Boost Your Political Savvy and Social Intelligence At Work

Rebecca Shambaugh | Posted 04.23.2012

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Develop a social aptitude: Network with key stakeholders. Find out about their needs, concerns, and goals. Pre-contract with them -- women tend to feel this is manipulative; it's not. Rather, it's inclusive.

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Just Friends? What To Consider Before Befriending Your Boss

Posted 01.30.2012

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Jennifer Winter | The Daily Muse One of the first things you realize about professional life is that you're going to be spending the majority of yo...

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9 Perfect Presents For Work Friends

Posted 11.27.2011

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It may be easy to pick out the perfect present for a close family member or childhood friend you've known all your life, but what about the people you...

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Youth In The Office: A Blessing Or Curse?

Forbes Women | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Working Women, Youth in Workplace, Twentysomethings, 20-Somethings, Workplace-Dynamics, Young Women, Women Workplace, Women News

A month or so in, one of my female bosses called me to her office to tell me specifically to stop looking like an intern. She suggested I cut my hair....

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Should Women Exploit Their Sex Appeal At Work?

Catherine Hakim | Posted 11.06.2011

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Lately, women keep asking me if they should be showing more cleavage at work. Or perhaps wearing shorter skirts?

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How-To: Stop Thinking About Work on the Weekends

SavvySugar | Posted 10.04.2011

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Congratulations! You've made it through yet another tough work week. Sometimes, when the daily grind is too grueling, it's hard to take your mind off ...

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Women Role Models: The Weaker the Better?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 09.05.2011

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So says Carina Chocano, anyway, in Sunday's New York Times: enough with the "strong female characters," she writes, give 'em to us weak. Strangely, I think she has a point.

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What We Learned From Wienergate

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.23.2011

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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...

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Do Corporate Women's Groups Matter?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 07.21.2011

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We're starting to see the term "gender fatigue." We've been talking so long about female equality in the workplace that it feels like arguing that women should have the right to vote.

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The Trouble With Bright Girls

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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What makes smart girls more vulnerable and less confident when they should be the most confident kids in the room?

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It's Time For A Corporate Women's Uprising

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

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What will propel women to take a stand together? Who should the leaders of this movement be?

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Why Women Are Afraid To Network

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women's Empowerment, Working Women Network, Female Leaders, Workplace-Politics, Mentoring, Work Women Network, Women Workplace, Gender Balance, Glass Ceiling, Working Women Networking, Work Women Networking, Women in Business, Women Leaders, Networking Working Women, Corporate Politics, Networking, Healthy Living News

Women need sponsors and they need to come together in supportive networks. There is no shame in asking for help. It is the way we will finally get more seats in the boardroom and our career desires met.

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Glass Ceiling: The Untold Story

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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If it will make all these male executives better, why don't we ask for input from women who care about us? From my work with executives who have opened up to me, a few reasons come to mind.

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The Decade Of The Woman Is Upon Us

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

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We are a force to be reckoned with. As we enter 2011, we should start calling the shots. We should stop trying to fit inside a man's world.

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Science Acknowledges: Women Make Teams Smarter

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

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A pathetic 18 percent of the companies surveyed say that their executive teams visibly monitor programs for gender diversity. It's yet another example of just how blind corporations are to their own interests.

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Mad Men, Madder Women: Have Roles Really Changed In The Workplace?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sexual harassment is no longer a daily workplace occurrence, but women continue to struggle with how to mesh beauty and sensuality with their professional lives in order to rise to the top.

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