From Law Practice Today authored by Fran Griesing and Jessica L. Mazzeo: “If you scan this article to look for a dozen reasons why you should leave your big law safety net and take the leap to start your own firm, you will not see them. In reality, there are far more than just 12 reasons to […]
Category Archives: Leadership
Men Join Corporate Boards With Less Experience Than Women
From Bloomberg.com authored by Laura Colby: “More than three out of four new male company directors are rookies, appointed without any prior corporate board experience, according to a new study of the world’s biggest publicly traded companies. First-time female board members are less common. When a woman fills a board seat, there’s a 32 percent […]
Networking and Career Development for the Next Women Leaders
From Playbook authored by Katy Tynan: “What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question that women leaders have been answering since they were old enough to play at being doctors, firefighters, astronauts, and more. But as we all grew through childhood, and took on our first real jobs, we learned […]
Women and Negotiation: You Can Ask for More, and You Should
From Law Practice Today authored by Denise Madigan: “In 2012, LinkedIn surveyed more than 2,000 professionals from eight countries on the topic of negotiation. The survey revealed that Americans were more likely to be anxious about negotiating than professionals from other countries. And among the Americans responding, far fewer women reported feeling confident about negotiation […]
After 45 years, Title IX still needed
From Philly.com authored by Linda A. Klein: “For decades in America, women who attained a college degree could find work only as a teacher or nurse. A law degree and a career in the legal profession were considered unattainable. But then, 45 years ago last month, Congress passed the Education Amendments Act. The most notable […]
Five Books Every Young Businesswoman Should Read
From Forbes authored by Samantha Harrington: “I know, I know. You’re an entrepreneur. You don’t have any free time. I know. Trust me. I can relate. But I promise you, you want to make time to read. In every way, reading helps me be a better teammate, a better businesswoman and a better person. So I […]
Standard Bank grows its support for entrepreneurial women
From BIZCommunity issued by Topco Media: ” A new three-year partnership has been inked between Africa’s biggest bank and South Africa’s platform for women in leadership, Top Women. The move will see Standard Bank and Top Media – the company owning Top Women – co-hosting the 14th national Standard Bank Top Women Awards in August, rolling out […]
Five takeaways from Condoleezza Rice at the KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit
From ESPN W. authored by Sarah Spain: “OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — A few hundred men and women gathered at the Olympia Fields Country Club on Wednesday morning to hear former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speak at the KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit ahead of this week’s golf major, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. In an interview […]
Legal Career Clarity Course: THREE DAYS [at most] and counting!
You like being a lawyer but…you don’t love your current job? Yes? You’re curious whether there are better options within the profession…. THERE ARE. You invested SO MUCH to get where you are today. Don’t stop short of reaching – actual satisfaction – (JOY even!) from a day’s work. It IS actually possible. Let Heather […]
The good advice my mom gave me that I still don’t like
From The Lily authored by Margaret Sullivan: “I’m still annoyed with my mother for the advice she gave me. And that’s really saying something, since her counsel came more than 30 years ago, and Mom is no longer around for me to (lovingly! ever so lovingly!) shake my fist at. I was fresh out of school […]
