By: Julia B. Olayanju According to the 2018 Fortune report, only 24 of the 500 most profitable companies in America have female CEOs, a 25% reduction from the 2017 report. Despite this disproportionate representation at the helm of Fortune 500 companies, the impact of women leaders in corporate world is quite remarkable. This article focuses on […]
Category Archives: Empowering Women
By Katie Kindelan If young girls can be what they see in the world, then prepare for a new generation of female scientists. The visibility of women in science today is increasing thanks to the work of, yes, female scientists who grew tired of watching “manels” (male-only panels) at conferences and seeing only male scientists […]
Daughters & Swords & ‘Badass’ Women By Sylvia Beckerman We knew who we are before they gave us a name that was finally accurate. We knew who we were even as we were growing up. We knew what to do, who to believe and trust, when to be wary, when to be scary, when to […]
As a woman rising in today’s executive workforce, you need every edge you can get. While studies continue to underscore positive correlations between companies with gender-diverse leadership teams and profitability, women executives are still far scarcer than their male counterparts. For example, a recent study found that 75% of businesses have at least one woman in […]