From Quartz authored by Sarah Todd: “I am not married, but I do have a work wife. Neither of us ever proposed. As with so many great romances, things just unfolded naturally. One minute Meredith and I were proofreading each other’s work, the next we were riffing on one another’s jokes, swapping stories about our […]
Category Archives: Leadership
Turn-of-the-Century Thinkers Weren’t Sure If Women Could Vote and Be Mothers at the Same Time
From The Atlantic authored by Ashley Fetters: “Charles Worcester Clark’s “Woman Suffrage, Pro and Con,” an essay published in the March 1890 issue of The Atlantic, does not read like the kind of thing the author ever expected a woman to see. Over the course of nearly 7,000 words, Clark asserted that women in the United States didn’t […]
WHY WOMEN ARE CALLED ‘INFLUENCERS’ AND MEN ‘CREATORS’
From Wired authored by Emma Grey Ellis: “BEING A “SOCIAL media influencer” has nothing to do with the size of your audience or the nature of your work. An influencer used to be someone with a giant, million-plus following to sell things to, but marketers have since expanded the term, piling on prefixes like macro-, micro-, and […]
Get To The Point: Why Leading With Purpose Matters
From Take the Lead authored by Michele Weldon: “Most of us would agree that there needs to be a larger point to our work, a big picture as to why we do what we do. New research and a new book underline and reiterate that the shift towards a need for authentic leadership contributes to […]
Survival Skill No. 4 for Lawyers: Compassionate Professionalism
From Attorney at Work authored by Link Christin: “So far in this survival skills series, we’ve discussed developing emotional resilience, beating long-term stress, and staying grounded during difficult, emotional cases. Today, we cover balancing professionalism and compassion. It’s important to present a sharp, professional image in our work, but our professionalism should allow people to be authentically […]
Workplace Burnout Is Officially an “Occupational Phenomenon”—Here’s What You Can Do About It
From Vogue authored by Lauren Valenti: “Since first entering the cultural lexicon in the mid-1970s, burnout has rapidly become an everyday reality for many—if not the majority—of those working a 9-to-5 job. And now, the term is officially being recognized as an “occupational phenomenon.” According to the World Health Organization, the agency that guides many health providers […]
The Number of Men Who Are Uncomfortable Mentoring Women Is Growing
From Fortune authored by Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Pritchard: “#MeToo has shaken up the workplace. Good—it needed shaking up. A safer workplace for women is a better workplace for everyone. Still, we have a long way to go before the workplace is truly equal. To get there, we need men to support women’s careers. That […]
Harriet Tubman $20 bill no longer coming in 2020: Mnuchin says redesign postponed
From CNBC News authored by Tucker Higgins: “The redesign of the $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman will no longer be unveiled in 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday. The unveiling had been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Mnuchin said the […]
Here’s What 5 Teachers in Different States Are Fighting for a Year After Walkouts and Protests
From TIME authored by Katie Reilly: “It has been a year since teachers began walking out en masse to protest the state of public education in the U.S. But in many of the states that saw significant activism from teachers in the past year, educators say they’re still fighting for the same changes. A statewide strike in […]
Obsess About The Dress (Suit)
From Above the Law authored by Ladylawyerdiaries and Lawprofblawg: “Today, we discuss the dress. But, in the spirit of Twitter and short blog posts, we’re going to save time and only talk about what WOMEN should wear to court. We cannot and will not talk about what men wear into court, except briefly to affirm you’re […]
