The No. 1 reason women say they would quit their jobs in 2023 By Julia Boorstin Three years after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, women may have returned to the workforce after leaving in record numbers during the pandemic, but they feel growing pressure and are eager to seize better opportunities. While women continue to suffer from a pay gap, with working mothers seeing the largest…
As Turkish Founder Gamze Cizreli Takes Her Company Public, Earthquake Relief Efforts Are Still Front Of Mind By Maggie McGrath In 2007, Turkish entrepreneur Gamze Cizreli was starting over from a divorce and in search of funding to start a new business. She’d run a successful cafe in Ankara in the 1990’s and was ready to build a bigger hospitality…
How to Build Confidence at Work By Ann Howell A few days ago, I sat across the table from a client — let’s call her Olivia — as she shared a very common work experience. In a recent team meeting, Olivia and her colleagues had been brainstorming some strategic decisions. Olivia, however, didn’t fully agree with the outcome and had…
‘The Best Advice My Mother Gave Me,’ From 10 Top Female Entrepreneurs By MeiMei Fox “The most important thing parents can do is to believe in their child,” says Margot Machol Bisnow, author of Raising an Entrepreneur: 99 Stories from Families Who Did. “Parents tell me that of course they believe in their child. But actually, they don’t. They love them, they…
5 Strategies For Building Wealth As A Business Owner By Melissa Houston As a business owner, you have a unique opportunity to build wealth and secure your financial future. However, with so many competing priorities, figuring out where to begin can take time. Building wealth as a business owner requires a strategic approach and a commitment to action. Achieving financial…
How Brandefy Founder Meg Pryde Is Democratizing The Way We Shop Beauty By Gabby Shacknai Meg Pryde was fresh out of college and working in consumer packaged goods when she discovered something shocking: a single product would end up in two different containers with two different labels, one commanding a high $40 price tag and the other, a mere $10.…
Zarna Gard On Switching Careers, Storytelling, Strategy, And Success By Jia Wertz After being a stay-at-home mom for 16 years, all the while knowing she wanted to do more, Zarna Garg was pushed to try stand-up comedy by her children. Her daughter recognized that she had a real talent, one that she herself didn’t even consider. But with the encouragement…
During The Great Breakup, Women Must Mentor Women In The Workplace By MeiMei Fox According to LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co’s 2022 Women in the Workplace report, there is still a major gender gap in corporate leadership positions. Only one in four people in C-suite positions are female. To make matters worse, women leaders are leaving their positions in increasing numbers, citing…
Four Ways To Create A Healthy Work Environment By: Benjamin Laker Research completed this year suggests that nearly half of all workers are unhappy with their jobs, more than 50% feel stressed, and 25% have considered quitting. This may explain why there are 11 million job openings in the United States that remain unfilled according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Britain,…
Making connections while you’re still a student can help when it’s time to enter the workforce. By: Jackson Nimesheim Undergraduate students may feel like college will last a lifetime, but the countdown to graduation starts the day they step on campus. Students can set themselves up for professional success by building a network while they’re still in school, experts say. “There are…
