High-Achieving Women Reclaiming Our Relationship With Power
We know the wage gap is about 77% lower for women than men, but did you know that male physicians earn about 40% more than women, while data entry clerks earn about the same and young, single, childless women can earn more? Check out the wage gap, broken down in detail below. The Gender Wage Gap: A [...]
By: Jennifer Miller I like working with men, I really do. Of my clients and colleagues, the gender mix is evenly distributed. Over the years, I’ve become accustomed to being the only woman in a room full of businessmen and have never felt excluded or diminished. When I read the vigorous (and occasionally venomous) debates [...]
Want to sustain outstanding results in business? Then leadership must build a culture and environment where both women and men will thrive. The demand is right around the corner and the Millennials will expect it for young men are used to working with women as equals. Today’s college graduation population is 60% female, and business [...]
On December 3, 2012 I had the honor of speaking to a group of powerful women in Washington DC at a TEDx event, TEDxMassAveWomen. I’m very excited because I’ve long wanted to distill down what InPower Women’s about, into a simple but powerful video, and this gave me that chance (video below). Since so much of [...]
Study: Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon 2011) Finding: The wage gap affects more than high-level executives. Women need to negotiate for what they’re worth straight out of college as well as when they’re moving up the corporate ladder. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by [...]
Have you ever taken Karate? I took two classes, not enough to retain any physical benefit, but I learned one thing I still keep with me 30 years later: when we take advantage of natural forces to create change, change happens more smoothly and comfortably. Recent research out of Harvard may just hold the key [...]
A few weeks ago, the New America Foundation hosted a panel on Women as Candidates, Women as Symbols, moderated by Rebecca Traister of Salon.com. While the event touched on a number of different issues about women in politics (and women as politics), the idea of women as candidates was an ongoing theme throughout the discussion. The panel was well-timed, too, happening [...]
Study: Resolving the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap (Scott Shane, The Bloomberg BusinessWeek 2011) Finding: The entrepreneurial gender gap remains stagnant but encouraging young girls to pursue careers in business could foster growth. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women. Our Research Index includes all relevant research to the [...]
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What’s Wrong With Women’s Empowerment?
What’s wrong with women’s empowerment? Nothing and everything. At its best, women’s empowerment programs are an organizational (or social) recognition that cultural barriers diminish women’s chances to succeed and make an attempt to counteract those forces to give women a better chance. Why? Not just because it’s the right thing to do from a social [...]