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Good news: The Securities Commission wants to count women on Boards!

This is a radical and fantastic move. Why now. Because there is a woman the helm of the Ontario Securities Commission: Maureen Jensen, Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the OSC. http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/NewsEvents_nr_20130731_osc-58-401.htm

Weekly Words of Wisdom

“If you bring forth what is in you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is in you what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” Saint Thomas

Only 27 percent of TED talks are by women

Recent research shows that out of the more than 12,000 speakers in the TED talk series with over a billion watchers, only 27 percent are women. Apparently June Cohen , Exec Producer of TED Media is concerned and is aiming for more women. According to Cohen, many women feel they are not ready to talk

How many rapes and sexual assaults on cruise ships?

All women should be a paying attention to the recent news that cruise lines do not typically disclose the statistics about “crimes at sea.” For the first time ever, the three largest cruise lines in the world reported this information on their website. Of course it comes only after pressure from US Congress and crime

Great website: To Get Her There

Here is a great website on advancing girls. Notice the words spell TOGETHER. http://www.togetherthere.org

Weekly Words of Wisdom

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” Ambrose Redmoon

Weekly Words of Wisdom

“If you have abandoned yourself in the effort to keep anyone or anything else, unlearn that pattern. Live your truth, losses be damned. Just like that, your heart and soul will return home.” Martha Beck

Weekly Words of Wisdom

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives you the test first, the lesson afterwards.” Vernon Sanders Law

Weekly words of wisdom

“Whenever you detect love growing awake in you, feed it so it may open its eyes further.” Rumi

Lean Out – 50 Ways to Shift Corporate Culture so Women can Reach the Top

Here is the proposal for my new book I am writing. I am searching for a great publisher. Pass it along! Lean Out – 100 Ways to Shift Corporate Culture So Women Can Reach the Top by Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD (former policy lawyer) (copyright) “Leaning In” is not enough In her recent best-selling book “Lean