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by Cathie Ericson
“I wish I’d known earlier on that you don’t have to be linear in your career. If something is pulling you in a different direction, there are firms out there that will support those interests or needs,” says Katten’s Christina Grigorian. And, she says, she was fortunate to find that you don’t have to follow a traditional trajectory on the partner track to have a fulfilling career.
by Aimee Hansen
Feminine-inclusive leadership is a management style for which women leaders are earning global respect. This is a moment on the world stage where the importance of feminine values in leadership are drawing attention.
by Cathie Ericson
“I always assumed success was innate and didn’t realize it can also come from hard work, and everyone can reap the benefits of putting in the work,” says PGIM Investments’ Wendy Strutt.
For example, she was always intimidated by negotiation, assuming it was something one just had a talent for, until she learned anyone could build the skill through obtaining sufficient information and then thinking through the next steps. “Anyone can do those things, especially early in your career where you have time to doggedly go about researching something. It was transformational when I realized there really isn’t a mystique about it.”
by Cathie Ericson
“Those who can help, should help.”
That’s the impetus behind Liz Elting’s mission, as founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, which lifts up women and marginalized populations in education, health and other ways.
by Aimee Hansen
Systemic racism is exemplified in cumulative and insidious ways in our everyday interactions, and we often do not even see it.
Noam Shpancer Ph.D. speaks to the importance of identifying the “true character of American racism,” in Psychology Today, as “a systemic feature of our social architecture, interwoven into the collective fabric by way of myriad traditions, legacies, laws, myths, institutions, and habits.”
by Cathie Ericson
“Because I was gay, I felt my successes were always discounted by my family,” says Lale Topcuoglu of JOHCM.
But as she has built her career, she has realized that sometimes you find validation in the unlikeliest of places.
By Aimee Hansen
With Monday’s ruling, this moment could offer a new permission slip for coming out at work for many.
In a victory landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that existing U.S. Federal Law (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) protects LGTBQ workers from discrimination. The statutory interpretation declared that the current prohibition of “sex” discrimination is inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity.
By Katherine Dean, head of Family Dynamics, Wells Fargo Private Bank
Have you ever worried about a child?
Wondering what’s on their mind and whether they are doing OK? And how things are going with school and socially for them? Any parent, as well as grandparents, aunts, and uncles, would most likely answer “yes,” especially as a child becomes a young adult.
by Aimee Hansen
What desire or longing do you have?
Is there something you want to be, or do, or feel or have?
Is there something within that seeks to be expressed or experienced, or that calls for a change?