By: Renee Fraser, PhD Renee Fraser (CEO, Fraser Communications) is a behavioral psychologist and current WPO member. Renee and her Fraser team are consultants for the Lexus Difference – an internal initiative for Lexus dealerships across the country, designed to elevate the guest experience for all customers, with a particular focus on female and millennial … Continue reading Lexus: The Misunderstood Millennial
By Beth Kowitt Being a CEO is hard enough, but try doing it when both your company and industry is in flux. Top CEOs in the trenches tackled the issue of leading a transformation at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit last week. The following are their top takeaways. Shira Goodman, CEO of Staples: Goodman says that her office … Continue reading Fortune: Top Tips from the Most Powerful Women in Business on Leading through Turmoil
By: Margery Kraus As the founder of APCO Worldwide, the largest women-owned firm in the communications and public affairs industry, I feel I have a tremendous responsibility to train and mentor the next generation of women leaders at all stages of their careers, not just in our profession but in business generally. We need to develop more … Continue reading WPO Guest Blog: Three Pieces of Advice for Women Entrepreneurs
By: Kerry Hannon This is not a how-to column for women over 50 who want to start their own businesses, but rather a “why not?” one. We hear a lot about sexism against businesswomen and a lack of venture capital for women-owned enterprises. And both of these are serious concerns. But based on my reporting … Continue reading Forbes: Why Women Entrepreneurs Over 50 Hold The Aces
By: Geri Stengel Finding another female-founded tech startup with ambitions to scale in Arizona is like looking for the mythical unicorn, said Vicki Mayo, cofounder of TouchPoint Solution, a wearable technology that reduces the stress response. So when she heard about Project Entrepreneur’sSummit in Los Angeles, where women entrepreneurs had the chance to connect with one … Continue reading Forbes: Why Entrepreneurship Is Better Together
By: Georgene Huang Every year, the women of the Fairygodboss community (disclaimer: a company I co-founded) anonymously review their employers and as a result of their feedback, companies are ranked by female employees based on how they rate for job satisfaction and gender equality. This year the following employers were included in the top 25 best … Continue reading Forbes: Improving The Workplace – What Top Companies For Women Share In Common
By: Lili Gil Valleta It has been proven that mentoring improves performance and women are better suited for leadership. However, while women may have the natural ability to lead they are often more self-critical compared to their male counterparts and therefore hold back from jumping into opportunities or leadership roles; unless they feel 100% ready. This is exactly … Continue reading Huffington Post: 7 Tips For Women Entrepreneurs To Achieve Purposeful Leadership
By: Gina Harman I have had the privilege of working with inspiring female entrepreneurs and leaders throughout my career, and these women have been instrumental in my own growth as a professional and as a person. I recently asked a group of accomplished leaders to share their advice for women who aspire to lead an … Continue reading Huffington Post: Aspiring female leader? Learn from the best!
By Lisa Bernstein, WPO member and General Manager of Performance Lexus RiverCenter It’s time to change the way we work in order to attract the new worker, and please the new customer. Inspiration comes from many corners. I like to look at other businesses, see how they are adapting to challenges and how they are … Continue reading Lexus: It’s Time To Change The Way We Work
Congratulations to our WPO members that were mentioned in this article. Business strategy is broken. More than 50 percent of senior executives don’t believe they have a winning strategy according to research from PwC’s Strategy&, the firm’s strategy consulting business. Running a large organization today can be daunting – facing new competitive threats, trying to … Continue reading Forbes: Three Growth Lessons Large Companies Should Learn From Smaller Organizations
By Aaron Price Looking down the pipeline for the next generation of women in tech, the picture isn’t rosy. Of the STEM disciplines, tech is the only one where the participation of women has actually decreased in the last 20 years, explained Judith Spitz, a former Verizon CIO of 10 years, during the 2016 Propeller Innovation Festival in Hoboken, … Continue reading Entrepreneur: Why Gender Diversity In Tech Matters
By Heather Huhman Shortly after Jason Thibeault became a recruiter, he told me, he met with Terrell, a former employee of his, to catch up and go over Terrell’s resume, since Terrell was looking for a new job and wanted Jason’s opinion. Jason, it turned out, was amazed by the resume’s high quality: Since the … Continue reading Entrepreneur: How to Stop Unconscious Bias Before It Starts, Against the People You Hire
EY’s decision to remove all academic and education details and ban CVs from its trainee application process has proved successful in diversifying the company’s workforce. The global professional services firm, one of Britain’s biggest graduate recruiters, in 2015 announced that it was scrapping the requirement for applicants to have a minimum 2:1 degree pass at undergraduate level or a Ucas-point score … Continue reading Independent: EY’s ‘blind CV’ Policy for All Trainee Applications Has Inspired Surge in Workforce Diversity
By Jenny Darmody Diversity is probably the top quality jobseekers look for in a company, along with work-life balance. But how do top companies diversify their workforce? It’s a serious fight for talent at the moment, so companies need to make sure they look attractive to candidates when recruiting.Sure, an appealing salary package and a … Continue reading Silicon Republic: How Do Companies Ensure Diversity in Their Workforce?
By: Geri Stengel The economy would grow 10-12% by 2025 if women had parity, according to The Power of Parity: How Advancing Women’s Equality Can Add $12 Trillion to Global Growth by McKinsey Global Institute. Financing is key to that, as I wrote in 14 Assists That Will Help Women Entrepreneurs Score in 2017. But … Continue reading Forbes: 5 More Assists That Will Help Women Entrepreneurs Score in 2017