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High performing females in my networking are maximizing their networking efforts while minimizing the time spent actually networking by doing 3 things: 1)seeking out the right type of networking contact by being intentional about who they are networking to 2)cultivating those contacts into mentors where appropriate and mutually beneficial and 3)leveraging time they’re already at […]

The Strategy You Need to Network Without Wasted Time or Energy

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In McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace report, a significant portion of women identified with not feeling as if the entirety of their work was recognized.  In my experience with women in sales, their performance is undeniable purely due to the objective nature of sales performance – it’s a number! It’s called out on forecasting calls, […]

Use this 1 Strategy to Go From Invisible to Undeniable in your Boss’s Eyes

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The common comment I receive from female sales leaders is:  “I have never been into gender equity and women’s empowerment at work until now. I don’t want to have a victim mentality because that’s not how I operate. But there’s stuff happening I’ve never felt before”  They feel stuck, frustrated, confused, overwhelmed, overworked, are doubting […]

How Successful Millennial Women are Positioning Being Female As Advantageous in Business

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As many of you know, I have been conducting research on the best practices of millennial females VP+. While there are many, there are the  top 5 challenges reported that I’ve distilled down in my strategic research…

Why Female Leaders Left Corporate

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Once I left corporate I launched my own consultancy. I got my first client right away. However, I started fertility treatments that kicked my ass. I had not had this level of hormones in my body before, and soon realized that my bandwidth was significantly limited by my body’s new visiting chemicals. So, I needed to take inventory of my life and reassess my plan…

The 5 Challenges of Professional Women

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According to recent reports, 77% of women report their biggest obstacle to gender equity in the workplace is the information on how to advance. 37% of women (versus 65% of men) report that their employer provides information on what career experience leads to executive roles. This is a significant discrepancy, and in my own research […]

How to Cultivate a Career Accelerating Champion

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Women are more highly motivated than ever to lead organizations, and research shows that young women and women of color are among the most highly motivated groups in the labor market. Women under 30 report deep desires to be Senior Leaders and 50% say advancement has become more important to them in the last 2 […]

Top 5 Effective Ways to Retain The Most Ambitious Talent in the Market

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The Pyramid You Should See in 2022
Before we dive into my viewpoint, here are 5 facts that you should know if you’re interested in gender equality and empowered economics for women.

Post Pandemic: We’re Losing Women Before They Can Reach Executive Status

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It benefits everyone to have a more equitable representation of male and female in corporate leadership. In our days post pandemic, we have seen a tremendous loss of women in leadership roles from Manager to CEO post-pandemic at much higher rates than in the past. It’s particularly important for the future of gender equality that we address this gap and correct course. But what are the specific data points that will help us advocate for gender diversity in our organizations?

10 Benefits of Gender Equality in Corporate Leadership

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I’m one of the many who have chosen to focus on my career, and delay having a family. When I met the one, I still was cautious and wasn’t in a rush to have kids for a variety of reasons. After all the stress in my life, family member health issues, career, working weird hours […]

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