by BalanceGirl | Oct 29, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Career, Communication, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Issues
How can we find solutions to end gender inequality? It’s a common misconception that the gender gap has been closed, but a quick look at the current gender discrimination facts says otherwise. Some Facts on Gender Discrimination Gender inequality is alive and well. In...
by BalanceGirl | Oct 13, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Career, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Let’s be clear—discrimination against women is systemic. And sometimes, it’s also unintentional. The Hard, Data-Driven Truth If your company offers a corporate development program, it likely benefits your male colleagues more than the women you work alongside. How...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 30, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Building a Community, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Some people—men and women—might ask, “Is gender equality still relevant?” Didn’t we accomplish all we needed twenty years ago? After all, women don’t need a male co-signer anymore when they want to open a bank account with their own money. They can go to the college...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 22, 2018 | Career/Success, Equality, Self Improvement, Women and Success, Women's Issues
The threat was posted publicly on LinkedIn: “The world would be better off without you.” It’s not every day that I receive a threat to my life like this. It prompted me to think about what makes people so angry that they are compelled to post something this serious,...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 16, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Equality, Leadership, Training & Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women In Business
The values and attributes of a leader who can succeed in the modern world are different from the leadership qualities that were admired thirty years ago. The old-fashioned type of leadership tended to be authoritarian. It was based around telling your subordinates...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 8, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Career, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Work Life Balance
Supporting women at work might seem like something we can take for granted in this post #MeToo age. In reality, we should be asking, “How can companies support women, especially working mothers, to perform at their best?” You sometimes hear people asking, “Why...
