Archive for the ‘Feature Articles’ Category

By Catherine Dodge – Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Women business leaders meeting with Republican lawmakers said tax burdens, duplicative government rules, an unskilled workforce and congressional deadlock on the deficit are hurting job creation and the economy. more »

By Esmé E. Deprez – Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) – For Gloria Steinem, the international conversation that the Occupy Wall Street protests sparked about economic inequality is, at its heart, about gender. more »

By Anya Kamenetz – Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem–one that advertising could solve? more »

By Ari Karpel — Television is facing tumultuous times. Three of cable’s most powerful women sit down to compare notes. more »

By Deborah Frett — The key to recruiting, supporting and retaining Gen Y workers may require unlearning what we “know” about this cohort and relearning the importance of flexibility, equality and inclusivity for business success. more »

By Jessica Stillman (MoneyWatch) The latest economic downturn wasn’t dubbed the “mancession” for nothing. Women now outnumber men on college campuses, get more degrees and participate in the labor force at about the same rate as men, who lost far more jobs in the last recession than female workers. more »

A few years ago we hosted a seminar for 150 businesswomen. The topic for the morning was “Power: Do Women Really Want It?” Just imagine the noise level when that many smart and engaged female managers debated the pros and cons of wielding power. As the session came to a close we asked for a [...] more »

Frances Hesselbein has headed Peter Drucker’s Leader to Leader Institute for 21 years. Before that, she turned around the Girl Scouts of the USA. Now she shares her lessons in leadership. more »

You can find the future of the world’s women not in Scandinavia or the U.S., but among the entrepreneurs who line the streets of Mumbai, Manila and Sao Paulo. Selling everything from mangoes to home-made blouses, these women, usually considered the very bottom of their home country’s employment barrel, represent the cutting-edge of progress for [...] more »

The Mid-Missouri Affiliate of Susan G. Komen is seeking qualified candidate for the position of Executive Director. This is an inaugural position for the Komen Affiliate. more »