Stress is the number one source of dysfunction at work, ranging from discomfort, conflict, to burn out. You know how it is to come back home and spill out the acid you felt at work; ...

Women are natural relationship builders. We excel at reaching out and building friendships. But reading research from the Boolean Black Belt Sourcing we seem to be falling behind on our use of LinkedIn. At one time there were ...

Franziska von Hardenberg fulfilled a childhood dream when she became her own boss two years ago by opening her own business selling flowers. Today she employs 15 full-time and 60 part-time staff to dispatch fresh-cut ...

Aujourd’hui, du fait de lois, des exigences liées à la RSE et plus globalement d’une pression globale de la société et de l’économie,   les entreprises sont amenées à  « féminiser » leur encadrement supérieur et les ...

Why can't a woman be like a man? Why is it that women need a different strategy to be successful when working with men or in a male-dominated company or business? How come women can't ...

Parité/ Les femmes et les hommes sont-ils égaux face au développement d’entreprise ? Depuis plusieurs années, on mesure assez bien les différences hommes/femmes en matière de création d’entreprise. A chaque nouvelle étude, le constat ...

This spring, an aspiring professor—W, as she’s chosen to call herself in a blog post about the experience—attempted to negotiate her tenure-track job offer with the Nazareth College philosophy department. She wanted a slightly higher ...

The debate on working mothers is usually framed in “you can’t have it all” terms and often pits working mothers against their stay-at-home counterparts. Typically, the discussion focuses on middle-class mothers in mid-level jobs. But ...

Many business women feel they get confusing messages from their organizations about how to become leaders. Recently, a woman client came to me for coaching because her boss told her that she needed to smile ...

Despite massive changes in the gender divide in modern business, women are still lagging behind their male counterparts in one key area. Salary. In most developed economies the gap is around about 20% and in ...

I’m all about authenticity, and authenticity is THE KEY to career and leadership success…. but it’s also a fact that “just being you” can backfire as a career strategy. I realized that this sounded like a ...

Are men naturally better at negotiating? Natalie Reynolds looks at the unconscious characteristics that might mean women sell themselves short. In my previous two articles on negotiation, I provided some insight into the common mistakes ...

For the last 5 years I have worked around the world training people how to negotiate more effectively, both in commercial and personal environments. For a wide range of clients I have exposed common negotiation ...