by BalanceGirl | Nov 7, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Equality, Leadership, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women's Code, Women's Issues
The movement of women speaking up and speaking out is only getting louder. Your organization is missing out if you are not actively engaging in the most important conversation we are having right now. Women are rising I’ve covered it extensively and I see a lot of...
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...
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 1, 2017 | Balanced Leadership, Equality, Relationships, Women and Leadership, Women and Success, Women's Choices, Women's Code, Women's Issues
TWO MILLION people read my status update about not mistaking LinkedIn for a dating site. I posted it in response to an encounter I’d had earlier that day. What happened was I received a valid and reasonable connection request from a prospective client, and I accepted...
