As workplace consultant, and author Minda Harts traveled the country in recent years, she heard a common theme. “People would tell me that they didn’t trust their company or they didn’t trust their colleague or they didn’t trust their manager,” she said in a conversation with CFW. “But I realized what they were really saying […]
By Deb Pine, Executive Director, Center for Women and Business at Bentley University Despite our strong mentor networks, women remain underrepresented in senior leadership and board roles. The 2016 McKinsey/LeanIn study “Women in the Workplace” found that women hold 46 percent of professional, entry-level positions but only 19 percent of C-suite roles. Does this mean […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Eoneren) In the summer of 2004, Dr. Neha Sangwan worked as an internal medicine physician, caring for 18 critically ill patients daily. She recalls running from task to task, patient to patient, crisis to crisis. At one point in her day, she went to a nurse and asked for medication for a […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (bortonia) This Financial Literacy Month, having a clear, confident action plan to take control of your money and build lasting wealth is especially helpful. And who better to hear from on that than Vivian Tu, also known as Your Rich BFF? At the heart of her advice is the memorable framework, STRIP, […]
You don’t need to wait to get through a challenging time to cultivate happiness, says Dr. Laurie Santos, who teaches the most popular class in Yale’s history: “Psychology and the Good Life,” and has spoken to the Conferences for Women community. Plenty of proven, science-backed strategies exist to live happier, more fulfilling lives. Here are […]
While many things are beyond our control right now–from world events to how people will behave at Thanksgiving dinner–how we respond to them is up to us. So what if we use this time to focus on what success looks like for us in 2025? Here are five key insights we hope will inspire you […]
As an eventful year comes to a close, many people feel physically and emotionally exhausted. But Jacinta Jiménez, psychologist and author of The Burnout Fix, has tips for catching burnout before it catches you. 1. Develop Psychological Safety “Psychological safety,” says Jiménez, “is like a psychological trust fall.” The concept, coined by Harvard’s Amy Edmondson, […]
Robyn Garrett is a speaker, author, and CEO of Beamably, a leadership technology company that helps leaders develop the courage to change the world. She also literally wrote the book on happiness at work: Happy at Work: How to Create a Happy, Engaging Workplace for Today’s (and Tomorrow’s!) Workforce. She joined us recently for a […]
Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, is clear about the significance of care work—not only to families but also to organizations and society at large. “Care work is the work that makes all other work possible,” she says. Whether it’s paid professionals like nannies and home health aides or family members […]
Entrepreneur Julie Rice and her business partners Elizabeth Cutler and Ruth Zuckerman broke new ground nearly twenty years ago when they founded SoulCycle. And they soon realized that while people came for fitness, they returned for each other. Suddenly, Rice and Cutler had an idea for a new business called Peoplehood, which The New York […]