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 […]
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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 […]
Advertisers Are Actually Teaming Up To Fight Sexism. For Real.
From The Huffington Post authored by Emily Peck: “The Unstereotype Alliance, which will be launched at Cannes Lions, an industry conference in France, is a partnership between U.N. Women and several major global companies, including Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Mattel and Diageo. Facebook, Google and Twitter have also signed on, as well […]
Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary
From The Write Life authored by Kelly Gurnett: “‘Who gives a $#%& about an Oxford comma?’ So goes one of my favorite lyrics by Vampire Weekend, and the answer to date has largely been: grammar nerds, Strunk & White and those who follow the infamous Chicago vs. AP style debate. Now, we can add dairy driver to […]
Bias, She Wrote The Gender Balance of The New York Times Best Seller list
From The Pudding authored by Rosie Cima: “Last week, after an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, penalized for speaking […]
‘Is There a Man I Can Talk To?’: Stories of Sexism in the Workplace
From The New York Times authored by Susan Chira and Brianna Milord: “Last week, after an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, […]
Why Casual Conversations Are Better Than Formal Interviews
From Thrive Global authored by Michael Geofron: “Have you ever met someone who makes a great impression on an interview but you quickly find out is not the real deal? “There’s a name for this type of person — shallow extrovert — and they do great in job interviews. Unfortunately, most traditional interviews are designed to bring out the best […]
Free Yourself of Your Harshest Critic, and Plow Ahead
From The New York Times authored by Carl Richards: “You’re fired. No, seriously. Pack up your stuff, and get out. But let me be clear: The job you’re fired from is one you never should have had in the first place — being a critic of your own work. Done, finished, not your job anymore. When you […]
How to Respond to Negative Online Attorney Reviews
From Attorney at Work authored by Mark C. Palmer: “Take a moment and step back from the situation. Evaluate. Attacks on our personal and professional abilities can hit close to home and elicit a dramatic, immediate response. It’s in our nature to defend ourselves and our work, even from the tritest comments. You may feel desperate to […]
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 […]
