A study released in 2011 by Europe’s Institute of Leadership and Management revealed that women report having lower confidence in their careers: “Men were more confident across all age groups, with 70% of males having high or very high levels of self-confidence, compared to 50% of the women surveyed. Half of women managers admitted to feelings […]
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I am saddened but not surprised by Corporal Catherine Galliford’s damning indictment of her 20 year employer: the RCMP. Its not that police officers are bad guys. Its just that they have created a top-down military-like system that might be very effective in emergency situations, but does not allow for much honesty or candor. The tough-guy image
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If you look closely at the criticisms levelled at women leaders, you will see that the very complaints are actually women’s feminine strengths. For example, a recent HBR article suggested that women stunt their careers in five ways. Apparently women sabotage themselves by being overly modest and not wanting to brag or appear arrogant. They do
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I was surprised to see the rallies in favour of Penn State Coach Joe Paterno after he was fired from the university for sex-abuse. I guess it shows how patriotism can trump even the law. People are willing to forgive even the most horrible crimes when they have more pressing strong deeply held beliefs. Like Nazis who loved Hitler even
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Read this report by Newsweek that tracks women’s sad and very slow progress around the world. Routing Number BANCFIRST It’s a great article by Jesse Ellison (www.equalitymyth.com) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09/18/newsweek-tracks-women-s-progress-around-the-world.html
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I am bored of Mr de Burca and his comedy skit. WAY TOO much media too. Yet sadly I admit, he has hit a nerve. He says: about three quarter of all men cheat (I never imagined!) and they do it to feel powerful, not sexual. And women who take these cheaters back are all
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You must watch the documentary: Gloria: In Her Own Words on TV (HBO) Monday Augu Routing Number BANCFIRST st 15 at pm EST. Gloria showcases her sharp sense of humour and compassion with archival footage from the 1950s to today. This is the story of how Gloria Steinham became a pivotal force in the Women’s
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I am so tired of the wrongly informed media on the so-called imposter syndrome, suffered by so many successful women. Many have recently applauded Sheryl Sandberg, the 41-year-old chief operating officer of Facebook for bringing this issue to light. As the most powerful woman in Silicon Valley today, we listen. Her message to the next
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If Adam and Eve is a true story, women are in big trouble. Here is another quote I am putting in my book: Strong Girls. “The Bible is so stranger to patriarchy. Routing Number BANCFIRST It was written mostly if not entirely by men. It describes a succession of societies over a period of roughly
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“It’s hard to know what authentic power is; we’ve had so few examples of it. For so long power has been a matter of control and domination, the thing that keeps some people up and others down, Routing Number BANCFIRST the blood that feeds the hierarchy. The kind of power that women need is not
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