by BalanceGirl | Mar 10, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Business, Career, Career/Success, Equality, Leadership, Relationships, Self Improvement, Social Networking, Training & Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Code
A Femigrant is a female immigrant. The term was coined by Ika Aliyeva, the founder of the Femigrants Foundation – The Network of Female Immigrant Leaders, who aims to promote women empowerment. I meet a lot of women with great ideas, and every so often there’s...
by BalanceGirl | Nov 20, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Career, Career/Success, Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women's Code
Good leadership qualities should be applicable to both men and women. But when women lead like men they are called demanding and difficult, or worse. Obviously, there is a difference in the way men and women lead. The Numbers Says It All In my Insights Paper I share...
by BalanceGirl | Oct 4, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Career, Communication, Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Code
A few weeks ago, I returned from WBENC West. It’s an annual conference attended by approximately 500 women, most of whom are Supplier Diversity professionals. Attending events like this always reminds me of one thing: YOU ARE POWERFUL. It’s not always easy...
by BalanceGirl | Aug 17, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Business, Career, Women and Leadership, Women In Business, Women's Code
This is the question that I will be answering live during an interview with Ika and Aygun, both of whom are trailblazers and Femigrants. Ika works at Facebook and she asked me if I would share my story on Facebook Live straight from their headquarters in Menlo Park....
by BalanceGirl | Aug 9, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Business, Career, Career/Success, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Code
Women—one of my favorite subjects! Yet, even I will admit that it wasn’t always this way. I certainly didn’t grow up liking other women much, and in the early days of my career I avoided women as much as I could. Women are Complicated Or so I thought. Over the...
by BalanceGirl | Jun 21, 2017 | Business, Career, Conflict Resolution, Growth Architecture, Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women In Business
Is This Unconscious or Conscious Bias? Susan Chira’s article certainly hit a nerve. The Universal Phenomenon of Men Interrupting Women concludes that “academic studies and countless anecdotes make it clear that being interrupted, talked over, shut down or penalized...
