First Lady Of Iceland Eliza Reid Advocates For Gender Equality By Cheryl Robinson Around the world, gender equality is a trending topic. Although women and girls make up half the population, the ongoing battle for women’s rights has continued for centuries. In 1945, the United Nations Charter made equality between men and women a fundamental principle to help advance gender equality. Since…
4 Lessons From Betty White About Longevity, Work & Retirement By Joseph Coughlin Betty White died only a few weeks from her 100th birthday. Few people knew her, that is, really knew her as a person. Most of us knew her through her work. And, it is through her long life, and long work life, that we can draw some insight…
Investment Banking To Care.com: How This General Manager Landed Executive Roles At A Young Age By Cheryl Robinson Family caregiving is on the rise in America. In 2020, Zippia reported that 57% of working families spent more than $10,000 on child care, and on average, Americans with children spend at least 10% of their household income on child care. Also, according to…
Around 9 p.m. on July 27, as Simone Biles soared high above the vault at the Tokyo Olympics, she lost herself. You could see the confusion in her eyes, which darted sideways instead of locking onto the ground as she made her way back to earth. She would later reveal that she was suffering from a frightening mental hiccup, known as “the…
BY DANA THOMAS When American politician and author Stacey Abrams was an 18-year-old freshman at Spelman College, a historically Black women’s university in Atlanta, Georgia, she laid out her life goals in a spreadsheet. She divided the document into three headings: “Business, Politics, and Ancillary – being love life and other ambitions that can feed into quality of life,” the now-47-year-old…
Ava DuVernay On How Stepping Into Your Power Leaves Room For Changing Your Mind By Vivian Nunez On Thursday, at the 2021 Forbes Power Women’s Summit, Ava DuVernay, award-winning producer, writer and director, shared her definitions of power, creativity, and progress. During her conversation with Moira Forbes, Forbes’ Executive Vice President and President of ForbesWomen, DuVernay said: “I really define…
Why MacKenzie Scott Is The World’s Most Powerful Woman By Maggie McGrath Three years ago, MacKenzie Scott was an author, wife, and mother of four who’d started an anti-bullying group and, in the 90s, helped her husband launch Amazon. She kept a low profile—but then she divorced Jeff Bezos, got a quarter of his Amazon stake and almost immediately started…
How TikTok’s Global Head Of Marketing Is Weaving Inclusivity Into The Platform By Amy Shoenthal It’s no exaggeration to say that TikTok is the fastest growing social media platform of all time. In September, the organization announced that it had surpassed one billion monthly active users, hitting that milestone years earlier than its Facebook and Instagram predecessors. In response, marketing…
By Martin Slagter ANN ARBOR, MI – After a year of seeking out new and innovative ways to teach children music through their computer screens and conducting lessons via Zoom, Yael Rothfeld said it has been exciting to return to in-person instruction this fall. Students can interact with Rothfeld, an elementary school music teacher at Thurston Elementary, doing two different tasks…
How This Chief People Officer Creates Safe Spaces For Employees To Learn By Cheryl Robinson Although the fight for equal pay and the need for more women in C-Suite positions is ongoing, females dominate one executive role. Even during the pandemic, women continue to dominate chief people officer or chief human resources officer roles (CHROs) at organizations. According to the…
