Interesting Features for PWN for 7/25/2016

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/leadership/centered-leadership-how-talented-women-thrive

This article discusses a new approach to leadership that can help women become more self-confident and effective leaders

http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-leadership-style/how-can-young-women-develop-a-leadership-style/

An in-depth look at how young women can develop a strong leadership style

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/07/19/8-secrets-of-great-communicators/#10d1ba3d3318

Here is a list of 8 secrets of great communicators

Interesting Features for PWN for 7/11/2016

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/29/womens-talk-why-language-matters-to-female-entrepreneurs

Sue Stockdale, an executive coach, author, and motivational speaker discusses the importance of language used when offering opportunities to women.

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/09/forget-politics-its-business-that-needs-female-leaders

Harriet Minter, editor of the Gaurdian's Women in Leadership section, writes about the need for more female entrepreneurs.

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jul/01/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-executive-coach

Sandra Richardson, a co-active coach and trainer, gives us a glimpse into the day in the life of an executive coach.

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/30/obama-on-feminism-and-other-lessons-from-the-first-united-state-of-women-summit

Dr. Patti Fletcher, a multi-disciplined executive and entrepreneur, covers the first United State of Women Summit.

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/27/three-simple-steps-to-better-employee-engagement

Karen Kimsey-House, co-founder and CEO of The Coaches Training Institute, put together an interesting piece on 3 simple ways to improve employee engagement and create an environment in which staff actually want to work.

Interesting Features for PWN for 6/29/2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/opinion/sunday/sheryl-sandberg-on-the-myth-of-the-catty-woman.html?_r=0

Sheryl Sandberg wrote an interesting article in the New York Times on the myth of the “catty woman.” The idea that women are each other’s enemies is statistically untrue. A study showed that when a woman was made chief executive, a woman had a better chance of joining senior management than when the chief executive was a man. This article also discusses the idea behind “queen bees” and how their behavior isn’t inherently female, but rather a natural way human beings in general react to discrimination when belonging to a nondominant group. Interestingly put, Sheryl writes “queen bees aren’t a reason for inequality but rather a result of inequality.” She sounds hopeful in stating that as more woman advance in the workplace, queen bees will no longer exists.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3061213/the-gender-pay-gap-is-even-worse-at-the-top

Leah Hunter, writer for Fast Company writes about how the gender pay gap increases dramatically in the 80^th and 90^th percentiles. The numbers speak for themselves and it is evident that this is clearly an issue. One possibility as to why women are earning less than men in higher up positions may be that they feel so fortunate to be in those positions that they sell themselves short and worry that asking for a higher pay may put their job security at stake. Again, it goes back to the problem of women masking their talents and not self-promoting.

http://inpowercoaching.com/how-to-the-overcome-imposter-syndrome/

Silkarmour wrote a nice piece in inpower coaching on why women tend to have imposter syndrome more than men and how we can go about overcoming it. Starting from a young age, girls are taught not to speak highly of themselves and to remain humble. This has led women to become perfectionists with the “disease to please.” This article gives some pointers on how we can stop feeling like we aren’t good enough to achieve success and how we can feel more confident about ourselves. 

Interesting Features for PWN for 6/6/2016 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sheryl-sandberg

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Emily Peck, Executive Editor of Business and Technology for The Huffington Post, wrote a fun article about the difference between women and men’s dress code. Ever noticed Sheryl Sanberg’s shoes? This article points out that even in the tech world where Mark Zuckerberg gets to walk around in a T-shirt, women are not playing by the same rules. This article also states that women who spend more time grooming are promoted more often and make more money than their bare-faced colleagues. It is unfortunate that appearance seems to matter more for working women than men.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272966

Merrilyn Datta, Chief Commercial Officer of a company called Definiens, wrote an interesting piece in Entrepreneur about 3 ways in which we can attract more women to STEM fields. Woman only make up 26 percent of computer scientists and 12 percent of engineers, but these numbers have recently gotten worse. This is a disconnect since studies show that woman on a team raise team performance and collective intelligence. Thus, it is important as a society to expose girls at a young age to the STEM fields.

http://fortune.com/2016/05/25/women-best-advice-grads/

Fortune has compiled words of wisdom from 8 influential women including Sheryl, Sandberg, Elizabeth Warren, and Loretta Lynch. It is motivating and inspiring to read quotes by such influential women! 

Interesting Features For PWN For 5/3/2016

https://sasconfidential.com/2015/11/25/80-hours/

Meghan Duffy, an ecologist at the University of Michigan,  eloquently discusses the myth in academia about the 80 hours a week workload. She believes that the idea that you must work 80 hours a week to make it in academia is damaging and causing very talented individuals to be deterred from the academic setting because they think that tenure track positions will require such extensive hours of work. Duffy suggests that the main reason why this myth has endured is that people are just flat out bad at recognizing how much they really work. The article also points out that the key to success in not only an academic setting but in any career is efficiency. It is not how many hours you work that is important, but rather how much working is getting done during the hours that you’re working.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3057545/the-future-of-work/why-millennial-women-are-burning-out

Kelly Clay, wrote an interesting article in Fast Company on reasons behind why career women in today’s generation are burning out. Only 11% of women leave the workplace permanently to have children so the other reason for this gap may be traced to high pressures that companies place in “always-connected” work environments. It is incredibly tough to not check email when you’re not at work since access to internet and email is so readily available on our mobile devices these days. Also, this article points out that work comes in at all hours and it is quite challenging to set boundaries and allow yourself to renew and rest when you are not at the office. Unfortunately, it can be especially hard for younger women to say no in competitive industries where they can be easily replaced. Women are known to have significantly higher rates of “role overload,” and feel that they can’t finish their assigned duties in time.

http://www.nature.com/news/the-quiet-revolutionary-how-the-co-discovery-of-crispr-explosively-changed-emmanuelle-charpentier-s-life-1.19814

Alison Abbott, wrote a nice article in Nature News Features on the pioneering role of Emmanuelle Charpentier’s in advancing the CRISPR-Cas9 technique. Charpentier is not a fan of the academic limelight and is not getting nearly as much recognition for the “CRISPR Nobel” as some of her male colleagues. However, she is quite successful in the field and just published a Nature paper on the mechanisms of a CRISPR system that may be more efficient than CRISPR-Cas9. This article coves Charpentier’s personal and professional background and describes how resourceful she is at starting her labs and her thirst for making scientific advancements.