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Women, Rudeness & Dropping the *F* Bomb…
The incredible double standard of rudeness By Jeff Guo, Reprinted from The Washington Post There's a delicious scene in the first episode of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Tina Fey’s comedy about a woman rescued from an [...]
Today’s TED Talk: So, we leaned in…now what?
Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — because she was going to talk, for the first time, about the lonely experience of being a woman in the [...]
Guest Blogger Marianne Cooper on Women Leaders and “Likability”
By Marianne Cooper, Ph.D., Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University In their blog post, “New Research Shows Success Doesn’t Make Women Less Likable,” Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman conclude from their analysis of assessments [...]
Why the Gender Wage Gap Might Ruin the Future U.S. Economy
Women earning less over the course of their careers could spell poverty in retirement—and affect the entire U.S. economy. By Lydia Dishman, Reposted from Fast Company Just ahead of Equal Pay Day (April 12) Carolyn [...]
Guest Blogger Jan Perkins on Having the Confidence to Pursue the TOP JOB
By Jan Perkins, Former City Manager and ICMA Senior Advisor/West Region Liaison There are many reasons women are under-represented as chief executives in local governments (and many other areas in business and government as [...]
