workplace

Women Bosses – Powerful, Successful, Ambitious Women

18Jul

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MONEY

Women Bosses – Powerful, Successful, Ambitious Women

For more than 30 years I've coached and mentored women who are top-caliber Fortune 500 executives and high-level entrepreneurs. Meanwhile during that whole time I was either a Fortune 100 senior executive or the founding CEO of my own successful consulting firm. Many things have changed for women in the workplace over the years, but as the saying goes "the more things change, the more they stay the same." What I'm referring to here is the sad fact that, even in this advanced era of the 21st century, negative stereotypes about women in executive positions stubbornly persist. The one that most often comes to mind is that if you are a woman and you are powerful within the business community then it must mean that you are also self-centered and egocentric. So let me set the record strai...

How Women Leaders Are Designing A Workplace Equitable For All

2Mar

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THE LATEST NEWS

How Women Leaders Are Designing A Workplace Equitable For All

Join us for an enlightening Tweet Chat session on "How women leaders are designing a workplace equitable for all". Our panel of esteemed female leaders will share their experiences, insights, and strategies for creating an equitable work environment. We'll explore topics such as leadership styles, and women empowerment in male-dominant industries like tech. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best and be a part of the conversation. Join us on 7th March 2023 at 11:00 am EST using the hashtag #LeadingWithChange. See you there! #GenderEquality #RewritingRulesm Start Your Free Outgrow Trial Now!

Gig Drivers Strive For A Safer Workplace

30Sep

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IN OTHER NEWS

Gig Drivers Strive For A Safer Workplace

The gig economy provides no safety net for its workers, but some activists are hoping to change that. Alyssa Lewis lost her 26-year-old sister, Bella Ann (Isabella) Lewis, in 2021. Bella had worked as a Lyft driver for two years, and then one day was shot by one of her customers in Garland, Texas. Surveillance cameras showed the passenger then exited the car, walked over to the driver’s side, pulled Alyssa’s sister out from the driver’s seat, got in, and then drove the car over her. She later died from the gunshot wound. Alyssa had tried contacting her sister’s employer to see what benefits, if any, their family was entitled to. “From Lyft, there was never any response,” she said. “To this day, nobody has ever tried to reach out to us to give us condolences or anything like that. There...

Six Misunderstood Concepts About Diversity In The Workplace And Why They Matter?

3Jun

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LGBTQ, SOCIETY

Six Misunderstood Concepts About Diversity In The Workplace And Why They Matter?

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a sensitive topic. People are afraid to get things wrong or to use the wrong word. It doesn’t help that the words involved are confusing. You have probably encountered these concepts at a mandatory training session, a workplace event, or on Twitter. They often involve decades of complex scholarship being reduced down to a single word, and, as such, they can easily be misrepresented. But for any progress to be made, and for real diversity and inclusion to be achieved, getting to grips with what they actually mean is crucial. Here then are six of the most embattled concepts. You may be interested in: ‘We’re her real mum’: lesbian parents face healthcare challenges How racism and a lack of diversity can harm our workplaces CEOs are hinderin...

A Toxic, Dog-Eat-Dog Workplace Atmosphere That Discourages Women Brought On By An Emphasis On Brilliance

4Apr

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Journalism

A Toxic, Dog-Eat-Dog Workplace Atmosphere That Discourages Women Brought On By An Emphasis On Brilliance

Workplaces that emphasize brilliance are perceived to have a masculine work culture that undermines gender diversity, according to a new investigation I conducted with colleagues Andrei Cimpian, Melis Muradoglu and George Newman. We wanted to understand why women are underrepresented in fields that prize raw intellectual talent – what some people call “brilliance.” This includes many academic disciplines, such as philosophy, mathematics and economics, and industries like information technology. Despite the stereotype equating brilliance with men, women’s continued underrepresentation in these fields is not due to gender differences in intellectual ability. For instance, girls are about half of the gifted student population in the U.S. Why do fewer women go on to enter these professions? ...

Cellphones Might Be A Safety Risk – Cellphone Bans In The Workplace Are Legal And More Common Among Blue-Collar Jobs

16Dec

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BUSINESS

Cellphones Might Be A Safety Risk – Cellphone Bans In The Workplace Are Legal And More Common Among Blue-Collar Jobs

Cellphone bans in the workplace are legal and more common among blue-collar jobs – they also might be a safety risk. Cellphones in the workplace can be a distraction – but they could also save your life. In the aftermath of a devastating tornado ripping through an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Dec. 10, 2021 – killing six employees – the online retailer is reportedly reviewing its policy over mobile phone bans during working hours. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, it was common for Amazon to require its employees to leave phones at home or in vehicles before setting foot on the factory floor. The policy was relaxed during the pandemic but was due to be reintroduced in January. Amazon has indicated that a ban was not in effect at the factory at the time the tornado hit, ...

Common In Workplace Abuse – R. Kelly Was Aided By A Network Of Complicity – That Enabled Crimes To Go On For Decades

28Sep

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CELEBRITY NEWS

Common In Workplace Abuse – R. Kelly Was Aided By A Network Of Complicity – That Enabled Crimes To Go On For Decades

Peggy Cunningham, Dalhousie University and Minette Drumwright, University of Texas at Austin R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Sept 27, 2021, having been exposed as the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit girls, boys and women to have sex with. During the six-week long trial, jurors heard harrowing testimony from a succession of survivors of Kelly’s abuse. Witnesses also revealed how members of the 54-year-old’s entourage assisted, enabled and helped cover up the singer’s crimes. As professors who have researched unethical behavior for many years, we found the patterns revealed in Kelly’s trial to be classic examples of how unethical, even criminal, conduct can persist in organizations for long periods of time, often as an...

Why Fighting Everyday Sexism Enriches Men Too – And Why Women Need Male Allies In The Workplace

21Jul

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SOCIETY

Why Fighting Everyday Sexism Enriches Men Too – And Why Women Need Male Allies In The Workplace

Meg Warren, Western Washington University Women and groups advocating for gender equality are increasingly urging men to become allies in the fight. Research has shown that in the absence of male support, women have to shoulder the burden of battling routine workplace sexism such as misogynist humor and microaggressions on their own. This can lead to a sense of isolation, stress and exhaustion. But what difference can one un-sexist man make? My colleagues and I had a hunch that the actions of individual male allies – even through simple acts such as highlighting the strengths of female colleagues or checking in on their well-being – might serve as a counterweight to the negative effects of everyday sexism. But not only that, we decided to study how that might impact men as well. How to...

Giving Us Rebel Nurses And Dancing Cops – TikTok Is Upending Workplace Social Media Policies

3Apr

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SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEO REELS, WORK

Giving Us Rebel Nurses And Dancing Cops – TikTok Is Upending Workplace Social Media Policies

As the Thanksgiving holiday was winding down, a medical center in Salem, Oregon, found itself in the middle of a frothing social media mess. A nurse named Ashley Grames posted a video on TikTok that went viral in which she mock-confessed to ignoring coronavirus health guidelines. The video – which Grames has since taken down, though it remains available on other feeds – is less than 15 seconds long. And if you’re not familiar with TikTok tropes, the video will seem very weird. The nurse is wearing scrubs and seemingly at a medical facility. She lip-syncs to a short audio clip from “The Grinch” and mocks her co-workers’ outrage at her decision to flout the state mask mandate outside of work. The nurse’s antics drew some unflattering attention to her employer, Salem Health, which suspended...

Here’s How Companies Can Prevent Women From Losing Decades Of Workplace Progress Due To COVID-19

2Apr

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BUSINESS, Journalism

Here’s How Companies Can Prevent Women From Losing Decades Of Workplace Progress Due To COVID-19

American women have made strides in the workplace over the past half-century in terms of earnings, employment and careers – in no small part thanks to the efforts of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The COVID-19 pandemic risks undoing many of these gains in a matter of months. Without concrete action, I believe a generation of women may never fully recover. One group of women who are at particular risk are those in professional fields. While fortunate enough to have quality jobs, many are being forced by the increased demands of child care to reduce working hours – or to stop working altogether. Mothers have always handled more of a household’s child care than fathers have, but it has become further lopsided since lockdowns began earlier this year. As a result, more than one in fou...