Tammie Jo Shults landed the Southwest flight to safety, but, this Southwest pilot has been breaking glass ceilings for women for years now. From combatting gender bias in the military to having her applications ignored to being the first woman to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, a multirole combat jet – here is a woman we admire. About 20 minutes after takeoff…
In the male-dominated world of cryptocurrency, IBM is going against the grain. The company’s 1,500 member blockchain team is led by Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president of global industries, platforms and blockchain. Meanwhile, the actual blockchain development was led by IBM Fellow Donna Dillenberger. With the tremendous surge in bitcoin’s popularity over the last year, blockchain, which is the platform…
Catherine Alonzo recalls that her very first boss who led their team did so from a place of wrath and terror. Six years into running her own business, she has found a raised voice to be one of the least useful habits to have in leading a team. Here are three essential leadership skills that she believes have enabled leadership to…
Are you your own CEO? This doesn’t mean you have to run your own business. If you want to, and that’s what is best for you, perfect. Do that. But you can still be your own CEO even if you’re not working for yourself. What does that mean? Well, who is making the decisions? Suzanne Lucas shares a story told to…
Beat the Mean Girls Without Sacrificing Your Authentic Self Fran Hauser, former President of Digital at Time, Inc., Angel Investor, and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate (out April 17) believes being nice is a “superpower”. She believes in negotiating effectively by leveraging your empathetic “she-nature.” CoveyClub: What inspired…
You’ve probably never heard of Zoe Boikou, but if you’re a make-up manic — chances are you’ve helped the young entrepreneur make millions from a business that started in her lounge room. It started in 2008, when a building frustration over the lack of high quality and affordable make-up brushes in Germany, sent her on the search for something better…
Tory Burch loves the word ambition, but in the past her relationship with that word was a bit more complicated. The designer, who launched her company in 2004 by cold calling people from her kitchen table, now has an internationally recognized lifestyle brand that includes clothing, accessories, footwear and fragrances. And yet, back when she first started out as an…
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman spoke out on Twitter about being featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. The 23-year-old athlete appeared in swimsuits and in a nude shoot for a feature titled “In Her Own Words.”. In a tweet captioned, “Thank you to the @SI_Swimsuit team,” the gold medalist shared an image from the photoshoot, along with a note about…
An interview with Gloria Steinem, the legendary feminist icon, sheds light on the structural and cultural barriers that have held women back and shares her advice on how to tap into your own inner leader. Marianne Schnall (MS): Why do you think it is that we have not yet had a woman president? Gloria Steinem? Gloria Steinem (GS): One reason is…
Yes, there is such a thing as a two-move workout. So basically, your dreams just came true. You can thank Women’s Health’s 2017 Next Fitness Star Betina Gozo for that. It’s all part of her new guidebook – The Woman’s Guide to Strength Training. The two moves at play here are the half-kneeling wood chop and the squat to overhead press.…
