What do the 100 most influential people in the world, as named by TIME magazine, have in common? Impact. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) TIME magazine’s annual 100 list of the world’s most influential people is out. Each individual is described in accolades by another influential person in a postcard moment. Here [...]
Posts Tagged "Marissa Mayer"
Are Many Female Execs Bad Role Models?
April 4, 2013 – 11:00 am
Female execs in finance fear they haven’t done enough to make their industry more friendly to women, reports the New York Times. Could the same be said of tech? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) It’s wonderful when women reach the top of traditionally male-dominated industries, but do they have a responsibility to make the [...]
Marissa Mayer Leans In: “We Are All Capable of So Much More Than We Think”
March 29, 2013 – 2:23 pm
“New beginnings – professional, personal, or come what may – are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we are all capable of so much more than we think.” By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Today, Marissa Mayer shared her “Lean In” story on [...]
Just Because It’s Women’s History Month Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good Month for Women
March 28, 2013 – 8:00 am
March is the month we celebrate the enormous contributions of women throughout history, but this year it was also a month with more than its fair share of sexism in the news. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Women’s History Month commemorating our impressive contributions to history is winding to a close. Too bad the [...]
Shame On Those Queen Bees?
March 28, 2013 – 6:00 am
An essay in The Wall Street Journal recycled a tired trope: “queen bees” in the office are making the lives of other women a living hell. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) & Katherine Ullman (Program Associate, Center for WorkLife Law) An essay this month in The Wall Street Journal recycled a [...]
Attention Women: You Are Not Pathetic
March 18, 2013 – 9:00 am
What high-profile working mothers say carries weight with other working mothers whether we like it or not. By Stefania Pomponi (Co-Founder, Clever Girls Collective) Sarah Lacy’s article on Marissa Mayer’s life as a working mom suggests that women who are critical of Marissa Mayer’s statements that she wasn’t planning to take much of a maternity [...]
This Isn’t a Girl Thing
March 15, 2013 – 8:00 am
Marissa Mayer’s decision to bring all Yahoo! employees back to the office has nothing to do with gender — it’s all about business and reinvigorating a stumbling behemoth. By Shaherose Charania (Co-Founder & CEO, Women 2.0) I had a chat with my friends at Bloomberg last week. They were perplexed that the media was still [...]
Calling For The End Of The Queen Bee
March 6, 2013 – 6:00 am
When we weaken the power of one woman, we weaken the power of all women. When we weaken the power of women in workplaces that already have way too few women, we contribute to further reducing the number of successful women and we end up with only one woman survivor at the top – the [...]
Women CEOs: Myths And Messages (Infographic)
March 4, 2013 – 9:00 am
Who hasn’t heard the urban legend that women must choose between family and career? 80% of women in the US have children, and 80% of current Fortune 500 female CEOs also have children. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Where equality is nonexistent is in the salaries of women who climb the corporate [...]
The Value Of Promoting Yourself To Your Harshest Critic
February 11, 2013 – 7:00 am
“Fortune does favor the bold. I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.” – Sheryl Sandberg By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis) Women who promote themselves experience greater career advancement, compensation and career satisfaction. So I say “amen!” to Oprah’s advice that “in order to get people’s attention [...]
