Women are perceived by their managers — particularly their male managers — to be slightly more effective than men at every hierarchical level and in virtually every functional area of the organization. That includes the traditional male bastions of IT,…
At most companies, the competition for career success is systemically skewed in favor of men. If an organization wants more women to advance in the career-progression tournament, it can’t just tell them to compete harder — it has to change…
The worst countries in the world to be a woman? Places torn apart by war, or societies stifled by centuries of male patriarchy, a recent survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation shows Read more in Big Think U.S. in Top…
Four years ago, Hannah Olson, an ambitious Boston University sophomore, was officially diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease. She required regular antibiotic infusions via a catheter in her arm, as well as some 28 pills per day. Read morte in Fast…
Even women at the highest levels can undermine themselves with specific self-sabotaging behaviors that are different from those that most frequently undermine men. Read more in strategy business How Women Can Succeed by Rethinking Old Habits by Sally Helgesen and…
If you have a big idea that you’re passionate about, don’t let it percolate for too long. “The longer you wait to put something into action, the longer you’re giving yourself time to talk yourself out of it,” Read more…
Key moments from World Economic Forum Annual Meeting related to the top 5 insights for the future of work Read more in Weforum Future of work: 5 top insights from Davos experts By Poppie Mphuthing was last modified: March 18th,…
Adding more women to the digital workforce will do more than just fill a growing need for talent. BCG research has shown that there are real benefits—both operational and financial—to creating more gender-balanced workforces and leadership teams. Read more in…
“We chose to do our part at H2GO Power by working on developing and deploying zero-emission technologies that could capture renewable energy, store it for long durations at scale for low-cost and then release it back to the user when…
The solidarity that the Icelandic women’s movement built in the 1970s and the 1980s laid the foundation for welfare policies that have liberated women in the country in many ways. Children were surrounded by role models, where women took up…
