There’s no doubt that women are still facing the challenges of stereotypes, especially when you’re a woman in a male-dominated industry. Transitioning from sports to tech, Lindsay McCormick successfully proves that women can break the traditional workplace roles. McCormick is a sports broadcaster whose career has taken her from hosting live events for the Super Bowl XLIX to being a…
The tech industry is a global behemoth that pulls in billions and billions of dollars each year. But in the largest country for tech in the world, the United States, women still make up less than a third of tech employees. In India, only about 8% of tech firms are owned by women. However, despite the discrimination that female tech…
Nina Garcia, editor-in-chief of Elle, has a job that many would love to have — but that doesn’t mean it’s always smooth sailing. The publishing industry, like almost every other industry, is undergoing a technological revolution and jobs are at risk. “The future of publishing is much in line with the future of other industries,” says Garcia. The secret to…
CEO of Pink Lily, Tori Gerbig, is the author of this article from Entrepreneur. Opinions expressed by the article’s author are her own. Even after decades of hard work and progress toward gender parity in the workforce, there are still reports of disappointingly low numbers of U.S. women in senior leadership roles. Despite the fact that women represent more than half the country’s…
The 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit has been packed with advice to young entrepreneurs. From raising your first million to growing your company to a billion dollars (and beyond), the founders of ThirdLove, Reformation, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and more dished on it all. Much of this advice came from the most influential women in business and media…
Janelle Monáe speaks her mind. Through her art, and in her off-camera life, she gives voice to the voiceless and comfort to the afflicted. And she does it to a funky beat. With the release of her new album, Dirty Computer, Monáe talks to Ashley C. Ford about visibility, about fighting for love, and about always choosing freedom over fear.…
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona. She is a 2018 TED Fellow. She grew up in Turkey, where she loved physics and the night sky. She attended school in Turkey and was the first generation of her family to attend college. She completed her undergraduate studies at Bilkent University in 2009 and moved to Texas Tech University for her graduate studies,…
A new documentary special Women Of Impact: Changing The World, premiered October 26th on National Geographic and narrates the stories of over 40 women across a wide spectrum of disciplines, backgrounds and generations. Narrated by Juliana Marguiles, the documentary includes interviews with fabled ocean explorer Sylvia Earle, photographer Ami Vitale, ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall and ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. Many of…
Established around the mission to set a new standard for clothing, using technical fabrics, a conscious supply chain (direct-to-consumer) and innovative production process, ADAY and its founders quickly gained recognition for disrupting the fashion industry with their minimalist, meaningful designs. ADAY’s latest label, Plant Bae, is an ode to their commitment to unique production and a responsible standard, combining beech trees…
Do men and women lead differently? Researchers have found that women tend to have a distinct leadership style that shapes how they run their teams. Specifically, these studies show that women tend to use what’s called the transformational leadership style. Transformational Leadership: Transformational leaders aim to enhance the motivation, morale and job performance of followers by working with teams to identify needed change, to…
