There is much buzz lately about women helping other women grow in the corporate world. Women in leadership positions are being asked to help more jun...
I frequently facilitate discussions about female entrepreneurs, and the company vs. children question, and I would like to do so again. To reinforce that point, I would like to introduce another set of "mompreneurs" who are charting their own ways in business while still raising a family.
New research published this week in the International Journal of Obesity shows that working women are more likely to be overweight, and the more you work, the more pounds you're likely to pile on.
Forget what celebrities, captains of industry and even world leaders seem to think -- more American women are saying it is possible to strike a balanc...
What a better time than this, National Poetry Month, to enter another sort of discussion: the common space poems create for reflection -- on the challenges we face, the choices we make, and the invaluable importance of all women do.
Then snowstorms hit the Midwest and East Coast, closing schools and businesses, and people turned to -- you guessed it -- telecommuting to stay productive and safe. When the snow melts, will the backlash against teleworking continue?
The debate about how we accommodate mothers in the workplace should be much larger than any one CEO. When we have no national child care policy, and no consistent national standard about how new mothers are treated at work, we all suffer.
Facebook COO & author Sheryl Sandberg is coming to Mondays With Marlo! She will be discussing her new book "Lean In," which is about encouraging women...
This week on Mondays With Marlo, I discussed strategies for dealing with a sexist co-worker with feminist activist Gloria Steinem. Here are the strate...
Aside from all that talking in an interview, there's the matter of the rest of you. The interviewer will definitely have some strong reactions to things she doesn't want to have to see, smell or deal with in the office every day.
Here's why I believe that startups are the ideal family-friendly settings, even if you don't consider yourself to be the type of person to center your life on family (or at least not yet).
Succeeding as a female lawyer is not easy. I understand all too well the challenges facing women lawyers in a male-dominated profession.
With humor and her insights, Wilson has written a play that portrays the obstacles she faced as she tried to break into that male-dominated world.
SugarSync CEO Laura Yecies doesn't buy into the notion of generalizations or stereotypes. But what, then, is holding women back from attaining CEO positions?
When I was working in middle management in banking, I faced an extremely challenging personal and professional situation. I worked for a male leader who was emotionally and verbally abusive.
I recently posted a blog about the fear of leadership among women of the millennial generation. It received numerous comments -- several from people who voiced the opinion that men are natural-born leaders, whereas women are not. Thus, the topic of discussion became not women's fear of leadership, but women's inability to lead.
Financial expert and anchor of CNBC's "Closing Bell" Maria Bartiromo discussed how women can make their marks while working in male-dominated fields w...
We’ve seen her depicted time and time again -- Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada," Katharine Parker in "Working Girl," Amanda Woodward on "...
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,...
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...
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.
Each time I log into my Facebook account, another high school or college friend is getting engaged or having babies.
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.
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...
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...
