Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor: the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant ‘To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.’ Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognize the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences—good and bad. I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame ..read more

Today, we’re standing at the tail end of an unprecedented unraveling of that progress – decades of work toward gender parity has been wiped out over the past three years in a series of events that have come to be known as The Great Resignation, The Great Reshuffling, and, most recently, the Great Panic, as corporations return to office requirements and hustle culture, and a surge of tech industry layoffs disproportionately impacts women and people of color. , Cheryl Stookes, Vice President of Revenue Growth and Marketing at Softchoice and business leadership author, drew our attention to one o ..read more

What’s more, the report notes that, despite being just as ambitious, women continue to face strong headwinds to advancement, a fact that is driving women leaders to leave their companies at the highest rate in years. As highlighted in a sobering Chief.com article, research shows that in the workplace. However, in the past two years, that collective progress has been quickly undone. The most recent for 2022 by Lean In and McKinsey & Company was not encouraging: women are still dramatically underrepresented in leadership, and the broken rung is still holding them back. gender parity has neve ..read more

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