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It’s one thing to aspire to please and play by the rules. It’s another thing altogether to aspire to shake things up and be an agent of change. To effect change on a wide scale, women must leverage their resolve, their internal wisdom, their authentic voice

Content: Article | Author: Linda Dunkel | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Women in Business

There may well be differences in the brains of males and females that equip them to excel at different things. But the error of universities and other prestigious institutions has been to construct its (sic) hierarchy of excellence on the mastery of skills that come most easily to males.

Content: Quotation | Source: The Independent (via Emerald Now) | Subject: Women in Business

Six no-nonsense ways women can close the gender wage gap.

Content: Article | Author: Linda Tischler | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Women in Business

“I never wanted to work in business,” writes Heffernan. Twenty years after expressing that sentiment, as CEO of a technology company, she found herself “having the time of my life” and wondered whether she had “completely lost my mind? Or sold my soul?” Heffernan sees “women creating a new business order that places values at the heart of business, takes sustainability seriously, and recognizes that … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Margaret A. Heffernan | Subject: Women in Business

Are women still at a disadvantage when it comes to attaining career success? Yes and no, says a new study. Women across the board seem to be enjoying greater parity with men-except in “good-old-boy companies,” where a woman’s personal style and needs for work/family balance may clash with organizational expectations, values, and demands.

Content: Article | Authors: Charles O’Reilly, Olivia O’Neill | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Women in Business

Many women who think they aren’t good negotiators simply have never been taught how. Here are four typical mistakes women make when negotiating and how to correct them, so you can get what you want in business and in your personal life.

Content: Article | Authors: Jessica Miller, Lee E. Miller | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Negotiation, Women in Business

Women face plenty of obstacles on their way up the ladder, but those that are self-imposed may be among the most difficult to overcome.

Content: Article | Author: Eileen P. Gunn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career, Women in Business

The Harvard University Library Open Collections Program mines Harvard’s large number of libraries to create digital collections of primary historical materials for use by teachers, students, and researchers. Women Working is OCP’s first project, a searchable archive of materials to be drawn ultimately from 2,200 books, 1,000 photographs, and 10,000 pages of manuscript collections. The site can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic. … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) | Subjects: History, Women in Business

The founder and CEO of the premier consultancy dedicated to women’s marketing, Quinlan has personally interviewed 3,000 women — uncovering profound and enlightening truths that can’t be learned from traditional research.

Content: Article | Author: Mark Fortier | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: People, Women in Business

Are women in business still expected to exceed expectations? What should women ask before accepting a job offer? What does Tupperware have to do with women’s lib? Can the number of women on corporate boards really quadruple in the next decade? What does it take to smash through a real, honest-to-god glass ceiling? And what does a businesswoman resemble more: a windmill or a fax … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Women in Business

Information technology has helped reduce boundaries between cultures and nationalities, adding fillip globally to organizational change. The impact on women as a representative group however, has not been as distinctive. On the one hand, transformations in social structure and relations have driven changes in roles and behaviour patterns. On the other hand, there are (gendercentric) resistances to change, perversely also on the part of women … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jharna Sengupta Biswas | Source: TheWorkingManager.com | Subject: Women in Business

By now, plenty were supposed to be in the corner offices. It’s not working out that way. In many fields, men still rule, while women often choose more nuanced paths that keep them from reaching the top. But who are the real winners?

Content: Article | Author: Linda Tischler | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Women in Business

Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women in Business, started in 1991, offers programs tailored to women entrepreneurs. E-magnify is the online arm of the initiative, and women in business would do well to check out the resources offered here. Under the frequently updated “Articles” section is a wealth of good advice on running a small business, with titles ranging from “Promoting Your Business … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Seton Hill University National Education Center for Women in Business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Women in Business

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Men ask for what they want twice as often as women do and initiate negotiation four times more, report economist Linda Babcock and writer Sara Laschever in the footnoted but engaging Women Don’t Ask. With vivid research examples drawn from cradle, classroom and playground, the authors detail culture as the culprit in discouraging women from negotiating on their own behalf.
Men, socialized in a “scrappier … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever | Subjects: Personal Development, Women in Business

This short, self-assured novel by Australian-born Jennings (Snake) brilliantly depicts the complicated life of a working woman on Wall Street during the dot-com boom. Cath, a freelance writer in her 40s, is married to Bailey, who’s 25 years her senior. When he develops Alzheimer’s, she takes a speech-writing job at an investment bank to pay for his expensive medical care. Wry but realistic, and realizing … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Kate Jennings | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Women in Business | Industry: Investment Banking

Frances Hesselbein offers some thought-provoking ideas on leaders who are women.

Content: Article | Author: Frances Hesselbein | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: Women in Business

When negotiating compensation, women often sell themselves short. Some practical advice on claiming the power to lead in this interview with HBS professor Kathleen L. McGinn and Harvard’s Hannah Riley Bowles.

Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Negotiation, Women in Business

Women around the world have achieved higher levels of education than ever before and today represent more than 40 percent of the global workforce. Yet their share of management positions remains unacceptably low. This timely study reviews the changing position of women in the labor market an din professional and managerial work. It examines the obstacles to women’s career development and the action taken to … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Linda Wirth | Subject: Women in Business

From evolutionary biology to discrimination to personal preferences, science and society have offered many reasons for why women have not caught up with men in the workforce. New research suggests that part of the answer lies in the different ways men and women react to the incentive of competition.

Content: Article | Author: Uri Gneezy | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business