Sentences with phrase «of women professionals»

Co-chair of Women's Network's leadership team (group devoted to promotion of business and professional development of women professionals)(2006 - 2011), Member (2018 - present)

It would be interesting to investigate the role of benign, if not outright encouraging, fathers in the formation of women professionals: both Kaethe Kollwitz and Barbara Hepworth, for example, recall the influence of unusually sympathetic and supportive fathers on their artistic pursuits.

Not exact matches

«The greatest risk is not on the battlefield but in standing up for what's right,» McRaven told the cadets, adding, «The truly great officers know that real victory is achieved when men and women of character take professional risks and challenge the weak - kneed, the faint of heart, the indecisive, or the bullies.»

Often times, women are left out of consideration for a promotion or job because it's assumed they won't want to balance family demands or a pregnancy with increased professional responsibilities.

Finally, women business owners should consider joining the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), which has chapters across the country that offer peer - to - peer professional development programs for memwomen business owners should consider joining the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), which has chapters across the country that offer peer - to - peer professional development programs for memWomen Business Owners (NAWBO), which has chapters across the country that offer peer - to - peer professional development programs for members.

And women, especially women in positions of power, too often neglect their own professional development.

The CEO of Women in Capital Markets says one way to diversify finance is to welcome back experienced professionals who currently get sidelined

But that language doesn't account for the women who want to open up their careers, to better integrate their personal and professional identities, to find work that engages them without cannibalizing the other elements of a rich, meaningful life.

According to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the benefits of using an IUD are «greater than any of the risks for women who haven't had children.»

Zimmerman is not a fan of quotas, per se; he just knows that zero women at any professional table is wrong.

As a series of recent women's clothing controversies everywhere from Congress to cable news proves, deciding what to wear as a professional woman is a lot more complicated than the sartorial choices facing men.

Lord encouraged professional women to always speak up about what they want, and to build networks of support within companies.

Numerous professional roles, including a majority of those at OFC, remain largely unavailable to women (or «ladies,» as managers at OFC often call them) because the jobs demand driving, heavy lifting, or frequent public interactions with males.

Setup: In December 2010 Minshew quit her job at the Clinton Health Access Initiative to run Pretty Young Professionals (PYP), a women's networking site she had started with three co-workers a couple of months before.

With a demographic of mostly young and professional women, she says it feels like creating with a best friend in mind.

Though the behavior of «playful Sue» may sound outlandish to some women, there are no shortage of high - powered and deeply serious professional women that admit to using their feminine charms to get what they want, including Clinton - era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has admitted to flirting with male foreign leaders on the job.

Shoppers is expanding an existing sponsorship relationship with Women of Influence, an association that organizes events and publishes a magazine aimed at increasing the professional advancement of wWomen of Influence, an association that organizes events and publishes a magazine aimed at increasing the professional advancement of womenwomen.

Seventeen percent of Conoco's top leadership and 28 % of its professional employees were women in 2016, according to the company's Sustainability Report.

But Wambach is also making a point that other women have echoed, in a year of major achievements for women in leadership positions in professional sports: Eventually, they hope it will no longer be a big story when a female athlete, or a woman working in some other capacity in sports, reaches new heights.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 26: A Muslim woman, Sarah A. Aly, Mentorship Coordinator at Network for Arab American Professionals, poses for a photo during an exclusive interview for «Anadolu Agency (AA)» on raising hate speech and islamophobia ahead of the US presidential elections in New York City, NY, USA on October 26, 2016.

Western Australia's inaugural Telstra Business Woman of the Year says professional women still face many of the same barriers today as they did two decades ago.

Jaffe, who served 10 years as the women's fashion director of Bloomingdale's, advises wearing something that emphasizes a clean and professional look.

We realised that there needs to be a major change in the way the system, the work culture and the mindsets of people function and above all it is of utmost importance for women professionals to believe that they can reach the top leadership positions.

The scheduled attendees of the conference encompass a wide variety of experts, ranging from medical professionals, hospice advocates, scholars, religious and spiritual leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and business men and women interested in learning how an understanding of death and dying can help them live lives of greater purpose and meaning.

For female professionals, Wonder Woman has become something of a Rorschach test.

The Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) is bringing back its second annual list of the 50 Most Powerful Latina women in corporate America.

In business, just 7 percent of professional capital flows to women - run companies, a situation widely attributed to the paucity of female VCs and the taint of sexism in Silicon Valley's groundwater.

Compare this to breaking the color barrier in baseball or the emergence of women's professional sports leagues in soccer or basketball.

That's according to the Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & ComWomen in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Comwomen, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

This only adds to the stress of black professional women who are often focused on maintaining equilibrium at home and in their communities.

Having the professional credential was critical to 51 % of women MBA candidates surveyed by GMAC.

Tech entrepreneur Ingrid Vanderveldt shares the story of her early struggles, professional success and personal growth that led to an audacious plan to help a billion women entrepreneurs by 2020.

Summary: «Two black women who are best friends navigate the pitfalls of their personal and professional lives in south Los Angeles.»

Susan LaMotte, principal consultant and founder of exaqueo in Alexandria, Va., finds that baby boomers and traditionalists aren't accustomed to seeing women advance in the workplace and often don't understand their personal needs, which stifles their professional growth.

There is no limit to the number of sessions in which women can participate; after the first rotation, the groups focus more on growing professional networks and having access to mentors and general community resources.

Look to the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, which boasts 11 years of certifying Women's Business Enterprises and nine years of holding annual conferences to connect female entrepreneurs with supplier diversity professionals from major corporations.

In a recent conversation about the difficulties that black women face in the professional sphere, Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped From The Beginning, The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, pointed to the ugly mix of race and misogyny that affects the way black women are often perceived.

Today, women own 30 % of all private businesses across all sectors and hold the majority of management, professional, and related positions in the US, according to a report by Bank of Montreal's (BMO) Wealth Institute.

«If you look today at a country like the UAE where we have 28 % of the new Cabinet as women, [one feels] what glass ceiling,» asks Al Rifai, offering her words of advice to other women professionals.

Pantene leveraged this conversation by creating a powerful video, «Not Sorry» addressing the overuse of the word «sorry» in women's personal and professional lives.

The women's professional network Levo, for instance, launched its annual #Ask4More campaign last week, opening with comments from high - profile leaders such as Chelsea Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg on the importance of demanding equal pay and equality generally.

The women's professional support network Levo recently found that 63 percent of women accept job offers without negotiating their salaries, and another 66 percent don't know how to bring up the topic.

Every time a man, whether it is our president, or a news anchor, demeans or diminishes a woman by grabbing her ass or talking about her body, or coming on to her instead of asking for her ideas and treating her like a professional in the workplace setting, they lose something too.

«As a result of the mentoring that I do — especially with women startup founders or young women professionals — I do get asked for coffee more than I ask.

It's also, of course, the platform where professional women can keep resumes and profiles updated, direct message with fellow users, and even engage in groups or as a guest writer.

Examine the reasons why so few women choose to enter or stay in venture capital roles and call on the venture capital industry to do more to recruit and promote women investors to partner level roles in order to increase the number of women investment professionals

Since 2015, the Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, the Fox News prime - time host Bill O'Reilly and the comedian and actor Bill Cosby have suffered professional, financial or reputational setbacks after numerous women told stories of their sexual misconduct.

The book is a refreshing dose of forward - looking feminism that will resonate with smart, professional women who know what they want and are looking for real advice to take their career to the next level.

A diverse, welcoming collective of successful professional women, CAWEE enables you to build your resource base, improve your networking skills, and make valuable connections that last.

One reason may be that women, according to PitchBook, make up just 6.3 % of investment professionals with board seats at U.S. venture - capital firms.