Ever feel like you have to prove yourself more than men? Learn tactics for demonstrating your competence. By: Joan C. Williams, Distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know The "What Works for [...]
Learn how to spot gender bias—and hear successful women’s strategies for navigating it By Joan C. Williams, Distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of "What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know" Four different patterns of gender bias shape today’s workplaces. [...]
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it. By: KATTY KAY AND CLAIRE SHIPMAN Reprinted from The Atlantic magazine For years, we women have kept our heads down and played by the rules. We’ve been certain that [...]
By: Margie Warrell Women may be graduating from U.S. colleges faster than men (3:2), but American women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men earn, and fill only 14% of Fortune 500 boardroom seats! In Australia, which has one of the highest educated female populations in the world, the needle on the [...]
Reprinted from Forbes.com By Bonnie Marcus No one with ambition has come under fire more than Hillary Clinton. As early as 2006, a survey by The New York Observer found a “virtual cottage industry” of anti-Clinton literature. Her political career, especially her bid for the 2016 presidency, has only increased the verbal assaults. One such [...]
Are you going to the ICMA conference in Seattle in September? Do you want to show your support for all things #13Percent? If so, write these sessions down in ink so you won’t miss a single opportunity to talk about gender equity in local government leadership. Click HERE for convenient list of Women's Sessions at [...]
Why Transportation Agencies Need More Women Engineers Reprinted from Governing.com By Daniel C. Vock North Carolina is trying to recruit girls for careers in engineering not only to fill anticipated vacancies but also because hiring more women could make the roads safer. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) is using newspapers, masking tape and [...]
Reprinted from MAKERS Team & The Washington Post Are you holding your own daughter back? Here are 5 ways to raise girls to be leaders. Could we be hindering our daughters from becoming strong leaders? According to the Washington Post, new research from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and its Making Caring Common project found [...]