The latest women's leadership news, research and advice to fit your life. August 22, 2017: Edition 127
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ORIGINAL CONTENT & FRESH NEWS YOU NEED NOW
Gloria's "The Sum" Weekly Column: The Word of The Week Is Crossroads (Part 2) As in moral crossroads. Leaders have a choice: they have the power to call people to their higher selves or to their basest instincts. The skills used in either are much the same. How those skills are used makes all the difference. Comment @GloriaFeldt TELL ME MORE
Age Defying: More Older Women In Workplace Intergenerational teams offer the most innovations as more older women contribute.
Women Entrepreneurs Brave Healthcare Startup Space to Make A Difference The co-founders of myLAB Box faced tough, personal questions and persevered. TELL ME MORE
Sick and Tired: Call In Sick To Take Care of Yourself Tips on when and how to be the most honest and effective when you're not your best. TELL ME MORE
TAKING THE LEAD. YOUR ACTION OF THE WEEK
Honor
National Women's Equality Day August 26 by working to make your office culture safe, hate-free and supportive for difficult conversations on equality of race, gender and all else.
Spread The Word for 8/26 National Women's Equality Day See you how you can participate and share the message. READ IT AT NATIONAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY Morality as a Business Proposition Is taking a stand with a company's moral compass an economic indicator? READ IT AT NEW YORK TIMES
Changing the Images of a Princess Disney launched a photo campaign to show young girls what royalty can be. READ IT AT VOGUE
The Problem With Women RunningFor Office It's about money and mindset. READ IT AT MIC
Making a
Case For Support Females need managers behind them from early on throughout their careers. READ IT AT CODE LIKE A GIRL
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The world needs the talent and the power of women. It’s our collective responsibility to continue to demand change and widen and shatter the glass in the artificial ceiling.”
-- Phyllis A. James, MGM Resorts International’s executive vp, chief diversity and corporate responsibility officer
UPCOMING VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR
Join us on Wednesday, September13th at 6:30 pm ET when we'll be joined by two of the pioneering engineers and scientists who played a integral role in the 1977 Voyager space missions. Fran Bagenal and Linda Morabito will stop by for a live chat to discuss what it was like to be a part of the groundbreaking NASA exploration mission, the new PBS
documentary The Farthest, and how women continue to make their mark on the history of space exploration.
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