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...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 22, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Communication, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Leadership comes from the top down. The boss, owner, anchor, or manager is expected to lead by example. Unfortunately, our recent examples include a resurgence of unprofessional, biased, sexist, misogynistic, and racist comments that women especially had hoped...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 7, 2017 | Communication, Equality, Women and Leadership, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Conversations about men and women in the workplace are my business. Equality— the dreaded word that is scorned by men and women alike is at the very core of what I do. I have come to learn a few things about how women react to the concept of equality. Younger women...
by BalanceGirl | Sep 5, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Business, Communication, Equality, Women's Code, Women's Issues
Today, all I want to give you is a little food for thought. It is the story of Keith Mann, a man who is entirely fictional and whose persona was created for a singular purpose. Keith came to be so a startup would be being taken seriously. The story is rather simple....
by BalanceGirl | Aug 15, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Business, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Equality, Leadership, Relationships, Women's Issues
It’s been all over the news. The Google engineer who got so fed up after a diversity training session that he published an extensive manifesto. Two of his conclusions, amongst many, are that women on average do not have as high IQ are more prone to anxiety than men,...
