BY VANESSA VAN EDWARDS 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…
By Aimee Lewis In a remote village in Pakistan’s Chitral Valley, about 1500 meters above sea level, wi-fi is intermittent. It is among these mountains bordering Afghanistan that Karishma Ali is changing lives — and trying to tell her story despite technological difficulties. It is a world away, says Ali, from the capital Islamabad, where she would have spent most…
The Gender Alliance wants equality to be at the heart of the UN’s sustainable development goals. These five women are leading that drive.
As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to better results.
How Future Businesswomen Can Get Leadership Experience You’re never too young to set goals for yourself. As young women, we spend our high school English classes having lofty daydreams about our future, wondering if we’ll end up hustling in New York City or Los Angeles, starting a small company in our hometown, or if we’ll be traveling the world. There…
Just days before Anne McClain and Christina Koch were to venture outside the International Space Station, NASA swapped Ms. McClain for a man. They’d realized there weren’t two spacesuits ready that would work for both women.
How To Speak Up And Stand Out In The Workplace Do you have trouble speaking up for your needs in the workplace? How about pushing back and saying no when you need to? Do you consider yourself to be a nice person, but constantly second-guess yourself? If so, then Dr. Lois Frankel is someone you need to know. After all, she has helped tens of thousands…
To try and encourage the voices of women to be heard, UNDP, working with UN Women, WILPF and ICAN, launched an online discussion last month to explore the role of women peace-builders in post-conflict economic and political decision making.
Revealing the Secrets to Peak Professional and Personal Performance Peak performance — it’s something just about everyone strives for. There are countless diets, books, blogs, TV shows and more dedicated to becoming your best self and operating at your highest capacity, both in business and in life. The question is, can it actually be done? While most focus on just one…
In 2012, Jessica Alba co-founded the Honest Company with the goal of providing baby and home products made with ingredients that wouldn’t be a mystery and were ethically sourced. The company would help customers and their growing families make informed and healthy choices. Today, Honest sells more than 100 consumer products that are available online and in more than 17,000…
