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Eye-Opening Study on Women’s Leadership Obstacles

Jsanders — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:56:16 +0000

The Glass Hammer reports: A new study by McKinsey has shattered the notion that women aren’t rising to the top in significant numbers because they don’t want to be leaders.

In fact, the report showed, women in middle management very much want to reach senior executive levels – even moreso than women in entry level corporate jobs. The study, “Unlocking the full potential of Women in the US Economy” showed that while 79% of women in entry level roles agreed or strongly agreed that they “desire[d] to move to the next level,” 83% of women in the middle management said the same.

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Smart Financial Guys Focus on Divorced Women

Jsanders — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:24:04 +0000

“Financial advisers Jason Llewellyn and David Hajek are financial advisers in Indianapolis who operate one of the more unconventional businesses in wealth management services. They’ve geared their business toward picking sides in a divorce. And they always line up behind the woman.” Marshall Eckblad writes in WSJ.

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Coaching Helps Women Reach Executive Level

Jsanders — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:45:12 +0000

Joann Lublin in today’s WSJ writes that “Inadequate career development has kept women from reaching the top ranks of the corporate ladder, according to a report set to be released Tuesday by management consulting firm McKinsey & Co.”

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10 Steps to Help Ensure Gender Equality

Jsanders — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:51:53 +0000

Financial News reports: “It’s not just about having a balance of strong voices at the top level; women should be fairly represented throughout a company.” Here’s 10 things the authors suggest to help achieve this worthy goal:

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Women Advisors Big Part of Future

Jsanders — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:24:52 +0000

The good news is that the future of women in the investment advisor industry is strong. Women live longer than men and they handle more of the money. The next step is to ensure all firms hire women and create a pipeline for young women to enter the industry, through internships and mentoring programs.

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Ways to Increase Women’s Power

Jsanders — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:42:03 +0000

“Women often try to fulfill what they believe is society’s version of an acceptable type of power for women, which is much nicer, much more accommodating. This leads to what Catalyst calls “The Goldilocks Syndrome.” Women find themselves in situations where they are perceived as either “too hard” or “too soft,” but never just right for that top job.” says Henna Inam for The Glass Hammer.

Employer Attitudes Changing About Working Moms

Jsanders — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:17:26 +0000

Attitudes have changed toward mothers who do go back to work after having children, said Laurel Ann Jones, a licensed clinical social worker at Psych’d On Main, 951 Main St. in Grand Junction. Jones, who primarily sees working women, said she hears few complaints anymore by working mothers about employers concerned about missed work time.

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Women – A Huge Business Opportunity

Jsanders — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:06:05 +0000

companies and governments can ill-afford to ignore a woman’s needs when it comes to balancing her work and home life. With 60% of the university graduates in the United States and European Union being women (with many other parts of the world following suit), women are an important resource. In order to tap into their potential, governments and companies have to think of ways to facilitate having a family and working at the same time.

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Women Execs Twice As Likely to Leave Jobs

Jsanders — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:11:53 +0000

Oregon State research shows that there is no one reason why women executives are twice as likely to leave their jobs just before reaching the top, but we do know for certain that a woman’s traditional role as primary caretaker still plays a major part.

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Companies Lack Women Leader Development

Jsanders — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:15:01 +0000

Despite organizations’ efforts to achieve a diverse workforce, the majority (70 percent) do not have a clearly defined strategy or philosophy for the development of women into leadership roles, according to the new Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer in conjunction with Talent Management and Diversity Management magazines.

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Women and Their Power

Jsanders — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:16:31 +0000

In her new book, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, U.S. author Gloria Feldt says no one is holding women back in the workplace but themselves. Ms. Feldt, former chief executive officer and president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, tells The Globe and Mail the time is ripe for women to reach full gender equality, if only they would seize it.

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Millennial Women Demand Balance

Jsanders — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:47:48 +0000

A post on Fresh Ideas begins, “The “Trophy Generation” also known as Millennials (born between 1980 and 2000) have possibly figured it out…the majority of young professional women, like myself, believe they will have gratifying careers balanced with fulfilling personal lives, according to research released by Accenture’s Millennial Women Workplace Success Index.”

The post continues to list workplace motivators for millennial women, which are very similar to all women, by the way, according to original research I conducted using nearly 200 phone interviews with working women all over the U.S.

It’s a good article, read it here.

Career Expectations of Millennial Women

Jsanders — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:14:18 +0000

Great article on Marketing Profs about the career expectation of Gen Y women. Lot s of statistics from a survey conducted by Accenture. Basically, millennial women expect to be able to have balance with work and personal life. They want to meaningful work, work they WANT to do.

An excerpt: ”

Drivers of Success

Asked to identify what is most helpful in driving professional success, just 16% of millennial women cite “women in company leadership” while 18% cite “having female role models at my company.”

More than one-half (59%) cite “a good work atmosphere” and 52% cite “open and honest communications with supervisors.”"

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Women and the Global Economy

Jsanders — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:01:13 +0000

Rick Goings writes a powerful message on Huffington Post, here’s an excerpt:”Studies have shown time and again that opening opportunities for women in the workforce can have a massive impact on a nation’s economy. A report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Countries found that restricting job opportunities for women is costing the region between US $42 and US $46 billion a year. Even in our country, women still only make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes.”

And that’s just the beginning. Goings’ philosophy and position on women in the workplace is so similar to mine and what I teach that it’s as if he read my articles and then wrote the post. No wonder I found this post inspiring!

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Workplace ReEntry Strategies

Jsanders — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:16:37 +0000

This post is directed to women but actually will help anyone trying to re-entry the workplace after an absence. And it gives some great tips for finding a job doing something that interests you, not just pays the bills. On Careers and Worklife blog, it outlines 11 steps to help you identify, prepare for, and find your next career.

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