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Tying Up Loose Ends
Click to enlarge Tomorrow I hit the road (more accurately the sky) for the second Vision2020 Congress in Chicago. Last year's event featured a lot of talk about the lack of women leaders in many areas...
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Get Off of My Corporate Lawn!
The current Harvard Business Review includes a nice visualization of corporate board composition in the US, along with comparisons to stats from 1987. In general, boards have gotten smaller and older...
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MegaTrip In Progress
Last Friday I left my home at 7:30 am and arrived in a different time zone before noon. I am still at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (#aamc11) having a great time. I...
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Last Week's Travels
Last week I flew to Portland, Oregon, for the third annual congress of Vision 2020. Our group wants to drive women to full equality by 2020, the centennial of the 19th amendment granting women US...
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Floral Hardware
Click for source page Once again, I have encountered folks complaining about feminization of tools with pink or floral patterns on hammers, screwdrivers, and toolboxes. When I first encountered these...
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No New Thing
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9, King James Bible You know it's going...
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Keeping Score: What Really Counts
Earlier today I tweeted a story that really hit home based on the retweets: “@moorehn: No matter what profession a woman is in, she's in the service profession. http://t.co/8ChPhtH8XO” MUST READ —...
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Yes, It Matters
Vacation planning can brighten up an otherwise tedious period of time when the weather is less than ideal and work is, well, work. The other day a hotel site greeted me with the following choices for...
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The Elephant in the Room at #scio14
Today began Science Online Together, the blogging, social media, and writing conference that occurs annually in Raleigh. This gathering now attracts an international crowd, despite its humble roots as...
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Mean Girls
When LL was an actress, not a punchline... The Queen Bee phenomenon can be quite distressing for women who aspire to leadership roles. This term describes a woman who achieves and then believes that...
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"Happy" Women's Equality Day
94 years ago, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Our fore-mothers fought for this right, believing that without political power any other rights could...
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