The buzz: Wardrobe! For the first time in 30 years, small business closures outpace start-ups. While women continue to start businesses at a faster rate than men, the percent of women owners grossing at least $1 million has declined from 3 to 2 (Forbes).
The buzz: The Full Monty. A great offer package isn’t just about salary, but how do you get it all – remuneration, flexibility, professional support, and mentoring? Hint: Negotiate.
You’re a woman with an exciting new business idea? Impressive! But will you stay the course if your path to success is less smooth than your male counterparts’? Take heart.
The buzz: Numbers game. Girls in the US are more likely than boys to study algebra and pre-calculus, yet college women earn only 18% of undergraduate degrees and less than 4% of doctorates in computer science and engineering.
The percentage of women CEOs is dismally low, especially in top companies. How bad is it? Women are just 4.6% of S&P 500 CEOs and 4.8% of Fortune 500 CEOs (an all-time high, up from 1998).
You’re a woman with an exciting, game-changing, evolutionary or revolutionary idea for a new business? Impressive! Hold that thought. Your path to success may not be as smooth as your male counterparts’.
In the 21st century, too many women struggle to manage a "double shift" at work and at home, while grappling with unrealistic pressure to be, do and have it all, aka a modern-day “Wonder Woman.
The buzz: Your game. So you want to start a business? It helps to start at the very beginning, but first you need to know the steps to take and the sticking points you may encounter along the way.
In her Oscar’s acceptance speech, actress Patricia Arquette made an impassioned plea for gender pay equality for women everywhere. Since then, it seems everyone has voiced an opinion, from Marc Benioff to the Pope.
You probably have a ‘boss story’–good, bad, ugly. But how we see and talk about a boss–and the nature of being a boss–change when the boss is a woman.
Girls in the US are more likely than boys to study algebra and pre-calculus, yet college women earn only 18 percent of undergraduate degrees and under 4 percent of doctorates in computer science and engineering.
The Buzz: A seat at the table. Look around the average American corporate board room: women occupy only 1 out of 6 seats.
The Buzz: In or Not? A debate has been raging since Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's "LEAN IN" hit bookshelves and became a best-seller in 2013.