How Cher Wang, A Taiwanese Entrepreneur And Philanthropist, Made History By Shelley Zalis As many renowned faces appear throughout March to commemorate Women’s History Month, let’s also shine a spotlight on women making history now. One of those remarkable individuals is Cher Wang, co-founder and chairwoman of HTC. Wang, a Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist was one of the first women to…
Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver On Leading With Kindness And Authenticity By Samantha Walravens & Geek Girl Rising Kindness and authenticity are not words typically used to describe leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Then again, Amy Weaver, Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce, is not your typical leader. She spent most of her career as a lawyer, leading legal teams at Expedia and…
Joanna Griffiths On How To Step Into The CEO Role Confidently By Melissa Houston Women often face CEO imposter syndrome when running their businesses, and we need to own who we are unapologetic. You need to step into the role of CEO with confidence and do the things that all CEOs do with confidence, like understanding your business numbers. Being…
Valeisha Butterfield Jones Drives Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Forward By Cheryl Robinson Implementing diversity and inclusion efforts is more than creating a division within a corporation to try and improve company culture. HR.com reported on survey data stating that most organizations lack a mature and effective diversity, equity, and inclusion program. Just 33% of participants say their organization has a formal budget…
How Twitter’s CMO Takes A People-First Approach To Leadership By Amy Shoenthal As Twitter’s first ever Chief Marketing Officer, Leslie Berland began her tenure in 2016 with an unconventional strategy, enlisting employees from across the organization to provide input into the company’s new brand identity. Never mind that many of them didn’t even think the company needed a brand identity at all.…
How Dina Ayman Advocates For Global Diversity and Inclusion By Dr. Brittany Chambers “Engineering is not for girls” were the words Dina Ayman heard from her father while applying to college. Her father wanted her to become a doctor, which Ayman notes is common in Arab culture, he was not convinced that she’d be successful in a male-dominated field. And…
Heydemann To Be First Female CEO of Telecoms Group Orange By Mathieu Rosemain Orange (ORAN.PA) on Friday, January 28, named Christel Heydemann its new chief executive, making her the first woman to lead France’s biggest telecoms operator amid a revamp of its governance. A former graduate of France’s elite engineering school Polytechnique, 47-year-old Heydemann will replace Stephane Richard from April 4 at the helm of…
This South African Scientist Is Helping Combat Air Pollution By Andrew Wight South African scientist Dr Raeesa Moolla struggled to breathe as a child with asthma and allergies — now she is helping to figure out the health impacts of the things that people breathe in, particularly in the Global South. Moolla, a researcher at the School of Geography, Archaeology…
These 7 Female Leaders Are Bringing Inclusivity and Accessibility To Healthcare By Marija Butkovic World Bank and WHO have agreed that half the world still lacks access to essential health services, while 100 million people are being pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses. A study has found that “although the quantity rather than the quality of health services has been the focus historically…
The Founder of the ‘World’s Best’ Whiskey on Being a Real Leader By Nicklas Balboa The long and winding road to success is filled with challenges and stumbling blocks. There’s so little room at the top — and the climb to get there can change people. A once powerful visionary bends to the will of his or her investors, losing sight of…
