by BalanceGirl | Jan 20, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Women and Leadership, Women's Code, Women's Issues
During a recent radio interview about women leadership with corporate trainer Pattie Grimm, the #MeToo movement came up. And so did the question that many men are thinking but don’t dare to ask: Are all women innocent victims, or are some women to blame? It’s a loaded...
by BalanceGirl | Nov 24, 2017 | Communication, Women and Leadership, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Women's Issues
You Can (bleep) My (bleep) “Bing!” That’s how the YouTube notification arrived to let me know someone had commented on one of my videos. It’s also the sound I imagined my eyes made when they exploded into the size of footballs once I read that...
by BalanceGirl | Nov 11, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Communication, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women In Business, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Isn’t the topic of women’s advancement and equality featured everywhere ad nauseam? Doesn’t it seem like there’s always another women’s conference, a summit, new book or article where a high-profile woman proclaims life’s not fair? What else could women possibly want?...
by BalanceGirl | Nov 4, 2017 | Communication, Equality, Women and Success, Women's Code, Women's Issues
The story is repeated and repeated every day, every minute, everywhere in this world. Women are not speaking up enough, women are speaking up too much, or (my favorite) women have no right to attempt to get ahead by lying about all this harassment stuff done by...
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 | Oct 4, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Communication, Leadership, Women and Success
The simple question on whether to watch the news or not can get us all worked up. Is it better to know, or to live in blissful ignorance? And even if you make it through the news hour, can you also endure the volatile and extreme opinions that follow right after? The...
