GC4W Women in Leadership

Gobble Founder Ooshma Garg Moves On From Intelligent Foods As CEO, And Does It With Wellness

Gobble Founder Ooshma Garg Moves On From Intelligent Foods As CEO, And Does It With Wellness By Rebecca Suhrawardi “I was hiding burnout for a long time,” says former Gobble and Sunbasket CEO, Ooshma Garg. She’s very candid with me about her journey to move on from her former roles, roles which have informed every facet of her life for…

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Breaking The Bamboo Ceiling: Advancing Asian Women To C-Suite Leadership

Breaking The Bamboo Ceiling: Advancing Asian Women To C-Suite Leadership By Shelley Zalis Companies continue to actively restructure their leadership teams through an inclusive lens. However, research shows that Asian Americans are the least likely to be promoted to management positions, with this gap even steeper for Asian women. It’s important to note that this so-called “bamboo ceiling” exists even…

Teams Trying To Look Productive? Ask Them To Do This Instead

Teams Trying To Look Productive? Ask Them To Do This Instead By Lisa Bodell According to workplace analytics company Visier Inc., around 43% of workers admit to spending more than 10 hours a week trying to “look productive” instead of focusing their time on valuable tasks. Performative activities range from responding immediately to non-urgent emails; attending non-essential meetings; and conducting unnecessary research…

3 Takeaways From Eventbrite Founder Julia Hartz

3 Must-Read Takeaways From a Conversation With Eventbrite Founder Julia Hartz The CEO of Eventbrite started working in television production before co-founding the event management platform in 2006. By ROBERT TUCHMAN  This week on How Success Happens, I had the pleasure of speaking with Julia Hartz, the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a global online self-service ticketing platform listed on the New York…

This All-Female Creative Agency Made Rest Mandatory

By Karin Eldor Five years ago, a younger Madison Utendahl wishes she had told her then exhausted, burnt out self: “It’s okay to rest.” In fact, not only is it okay to rest — it’s imperative. After experiencing peak burnout at age 27, with symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, extreme exhaustion (to the point where “no amount of espressos” would keep…

How This Entrepreneur Is Uncorking The Wine World

How This Entrepreneur Is Uncorking The Wine World By Laura Begley Bloom When it comes to the global wine industry, straight white men dominate the field. A new company, Go There Wines, is aiming to disrupt things by building a unique platform that is making a difference by championing women winemakers, winemakers of color and queer winemakers from lesser-known regions around…

This Tech Founder Makes Women’s Commutes Safer

Meet The Tech Founder Working To Make Women’s Commutes Safer By Bianca Barratt In today’s workplace, it’s not unusual for employees to find themselves leaving work late into the night. Whether it’s due to working late shifts, attending events, or simply socializing with colleagues, walking alone in the dark – either to get to public transport or a final destination…

Women Are Leading The Tech Nonprofit Sector

Women Are Leading The Tech Nonprofit Sector. Meet Six Solving Problems They’ve Lived. By Shannon Farley The share of women in tech leadership roles recently dropped to 28%. This gender gap presents a huge problem, and not only for workforce diversity. Women experience the world and its myriad of problems differently than their male counterparts. This difference in experience can result…