From The Guardian authored by Amellia Gentleman and Joanna Walters: “Global fascination with the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein revelations has focused on Hollywood, as well as parallel scandals in international sport and the music industry, but the #metoo stream on Twitter has dragged attention to less glamorous workplaces, highlighting how difficult it is for women to […]
Category Archives: Communicating
Is Reverse Mentoring Right For Lawyers?
From The Lawyerist authored by Stephen E. Embry: “Is reverse mentoring, typically thought of as having younger workers help and mentor those who are older, something that can work with lawyers and law firms? The benefits for both sides could be enormous, especially considering the disruption in the legal profession, the onslaught of changes that will […]
Beauty and the Invisible Beast
From Medium authored by Xyla Foxlin: “When I was a junior in high school, two boys from my almost entirely male robotics team broke into my bedroom and took pictures in sexual positions naked on my bed. They tried on my bras and underwear, played dress-up in my sleepwear, and caught it all on camera. […]
Interviewing Advice For People Who Hate To Interview
From Above the Law authored by Kerriann Stout: “In terms of the most dreaded activities in the legal profession, interviewing is right up there with networking and attending CLEs. To me, interviewing is the same as going on a series of first dates where you desperately want to be in a relationship and the […]
What The World Needs Now Is More Women Mentors
From Forbes authored by Carla Caralini: “Nobody makes it alone. If you’ve ascended the corporate ladder, you know how true this is. Research shows that successful CEOs reached the top because they sought out mentors along the way. In a survey of 1,250 top executives, two-thirds reported having a mentor and 29 % of respondents out-earned their […]
Six Top Women Leaders Share Insights From Success To Significance
From Forbes authored by Robert Reiss: “Aristotle incorrectly claimed that women had fewer teeth than the 32 men have. Just as it amazingly took over a thousand years to prove Aristotle’s claim wrong, one of America’s greatest opportunities for growth has been hidden in plain sight. After interviewing 750 top CEOs, I’ve recognized that women are […]
Women Entrepreneurs-Presented by First Security, Featuring Arkansas GIRL ATTORNEY™ Victoria Leigh
From ISSUU: Arkansas Girl Attorney Victoria Leigh is presented as one of First Security Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs on Page 25. “Leveraging technology and employing a flexible pricing structure Victoria “Tori” Leigh has blazed a trail for so-called modern law firms in Little Rock. She said such elements, products of generational differences, are important points of […]
Sonia Sotomayor tore apart partisan gerrymandering with one simple, devastating question
From Business Insider authored by Mark Joseph Stern: “Throughout Tuesday’s oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Justice Anthony Kennedy and the Supreme Court’s left-leaning justices grilled Wisconsin’s attorneys with tough questions that suggest a majority of the court is prepared to impose constitutional limits on political redistricting. The highlight of the hour came when Justice Sonia Sotomayor posed […]
Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves
From The New York Times authored by Kerry Hannon: “An ocean separates Chupi Sweetman-Durney, who lives in Dublin, and Lea Giovanniello of Vienna, Va., and they have never met. Yet their workplace experiences and career paths — at a time when women still struggle with both — are a testament to what’s possible. Here are […]
Take five: “The most effective solutions come from listening to women”
From UN Women: “Shamima Ali is a feminist activist from Fiji. She is the chairperson and one of the founding members of the Pacific Women’s Network Against Violence Against Women. She has been a Coordinator at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre for the past 31 years. Ms. Ali has also served as a Human Rights […]
