WNBA Legend Sheryl Swoopes Is A Role Model With Her Non-Profit By Cheryl Robinson Equal gender pay in sports has been an ongoing saga since women started playing professionally. In May, the news of the U.S. Soccer Federation announcing that players for the men’s and women’s national teams would get equal compensation sparked hope for all female athletes. Although there…
Why Melinda Gates’ Next Act Is The Future of Philanthropy By Moira Forbes “I’m now an incredibly confident giver. I know what I believe in,” says philanthropist Melinda French Gates in an exclusive interview with Forbes. “I know I have so much still to learn, and that actually excites me. I have certain convictions, and I’m living those out through…
How Success Happened for Wendy Lund, CCO of Organon By Robert Tuchman From an early age, Wendy Lund’s entrepreneurial mindset was inspired by her father, a CFO of a major retail chain in New York, who taught her about the power of building something from the ground up. Her dad showed her that companies aren’t built by one person, but…
Xendit COO Makes Leap From Investment Banking To Electronic Payments By Ardian Wibisono When Tessa Wijaya decided to make a job switch in 2016 from investment banking to an Indonesian electronic payments startup, it wasn’t because the money was better, as she took an 80% pay cut. The native of a small town in West Java says she was okay…
Penguin Random House’s CMO On The Future of Publishing By Amy Shoenthal Every so often, Penguin Random House’s Chief Marketing Officer Sanyu Dillon hears someone say that publishing is a dying industry. After two decades of seeing that industry cycle through societal changes and evolving consumer reading habits, Dillon has learned not to dwell on such critiques. She simply does the same…
First Black Woman to Earn a Harvard MBA Paves Path for Underrepresented Communities By Cheryl Robinson The 1960s were a critical moment in United States history; whether living through it or reading about it, there’s no doubt that decade accelerated the civil rights movement, laying the foundation for where we are today. The first of anything monumental is challenging. Individuals…
Passion: Why To Unfollow It, According To TEDx Speaker By Melody Wilding You were probably conditioned from a young age to believe that, in order to be successful, you must “find your passion.” But it’s time to forget that old idea, says author Terri Trespicio, whose TEDx talk, Stop searching for your passion, has more than seven million views. In her…
Fighting the Norms: Ask Yourself These 5 Questions To Embrace Your True Self By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor No matter where we live in the world, we face the problem of fighting ongoing norms. Things that our families of origin or our societies or communities expect of us. There are roles we should traditionally play and rules of…
Where Does Curiosity Belong In The Workplace? By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor Curious George, the beloved monkey gets himself into mess after mess due to his curious nature. It is innate in animals and humans to be curious. Are we curious enough as adults? As professionals? On the less messy adult side of curiosity, what value can it…
Biggie Size: A Six Step Process To Launching Your Career By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor Back in my high school and college days, when you would go through the Wendy’s drive-through and order, they always asked you if you wanted to biggie size the meal. It was a gigantic upgrade in fries and a drink. Lately, I ponder…