From Axios authored by Kia Kokalitcheva: “A movie is in the works about former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, whose explosive blog post about her time at the ride-hailing company led to a major shakeup and eventually the ouster of CEO Travis Kalanick, according to Variety. Fowler has reportedly pledged her life rights to a movie being written […]
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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 […]
Harvey Weinstein
From Rachel Mariner: “It is 1984 and I am 17 and the University of Richmond has flown me down to their campus from Corning, New York to be interviewed for a scholarship. I think I am very cool for flying by myself and smoke in the back of the plane. My host student takes me to […]
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 […]
Getting Women Out of the Middle-Management Trap
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Joann S. Lublin: “After rising early in their careers, many women get stuck in middle management. More big businesses are trying to fix that by taking inventive steps to propel female managers into the executive suite. International Business Machines Corp. helps high-potential women win critical stretch assignments through an intensive […]
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 […]
High Anxiety As First Student Loan Forgiveness Program ‘Graduates’ Await Relief This October
From Forbes authored by Diane Hembree: “For debt-ridden Americans in federal student loan forgiveness programs, October is a month of hope and trepidation. The first wave of college graduates who were accepted into the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program 10 years ago and made their payments faithfully each month are eagerly waiting to find out […]
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 […]
Finally, More Women Are Asking for Raises. But There’s a Catch
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Michelle Ma: “Women don’t get raises, the conventional wisdom goes, because they simply don’t ask.A new study conducted by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. casts doubt on that assumption. Women are in fact negotiating for raises and promotions just as much as their male counterparts and, at the senior […]
