Who’s In Charge? Authority Gap Is Real and What You Can Do About It

It is likely that if many of us had a nickel for every time someone questioned our authority or expertise, many of us would not be too concerned about having enough saved for retirement.

Yes, those moments when your title and role are announced and the naysayers shrink in the back of the room, can be satisfying, but the consistent presumption of a lack of authority and credibility based on gender is far too prevalent and costly. It hinders not just acknowledgment, but advancement, opportunity, income and quality of life.

How Can You Help? 8 Ways You Can Step Up During COVID Crisis

During this unpredictable time of great personal and professional upheaval with threats to the health and economic security of millions, it is a good time to step up and give back.

Particularly if you are in a position where you have not been wiped out or depleted by COVID-19 and its consequences, you can use your resources to help others.

She Had To: The 19th CEO, Co-Founder On Creating News Site With Gender Lens

She got the idea for her latest ambitious journalism venture four years ago while on maternity leave for her first child. As more non-profit journalism sites were launching in the media landscape, Emily Ramshaw thought, “Why is there not one for women, politics and policy?”

Why Women Should Go for "Impossible" Jobs

Greetings from Arizona where I’m up reading (time zone change) with no one else awake to talk to about this horrible article The Next CEO Of Wells Fargo Will Be A Female…Human Shield, subtitled “Giving the worst job in American banking to a woman is the wrong way to make history.” I shake my head.

The SumGloria FeldtOctober 14, 2019Gender Equality, Gender Bias, Power, Leadership, ForbesComment

“Popularity is Overrated” Or What Bernadette Can Teach Us About Likability & Ambition

“Popularity is overrated.” This may be the best and most telling line for women looking for purpose in their work—in spite of a “likeability problem.” She admits at one point, “I’m nobody’s friend.” Spoken by Bernadette Fox, played by Cate Blanchett in the new film, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” these phrases are protest against shame, judgment, social ridicule and even mean girls.

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