Life-saving drugs must be tested on human subjects before they’re made available to us all. One woman is pushing hard to make sure those subjects get the humanity they deserve. Meet Dr. Janice Parente.
Of the Five Themes of Career Success, our survey shows women gave themselves low scores in Self-Initiation. It appears that the same career advancement challenges faced by women in the middle of their careers are still present even among these women at the top.
These 19 women are inspired and inspiring, and when it comes to starting, growing and sustaining a successful enterprise, they know how it's done. Managing $160 million in annual revenue and employing thousands of people, these women are sharing insights into their entrepreneurial spirit.
For many successful women, their careers are journeys that don’t always turn out the way they planned—often in a good way. If success and learning are your goals, it's your job to leverage what you learn at each stage of your journey.
Out of the five themes of career success "leadership maturity" placed third, as women no longer feel like they have to behave like men to succeed.
There are clear differences in the way men and women define leadership responsibility and act on it through their style of leadership; men see it as being transactional, hierarchal, and unilateral, while women tend toward greater interaction, collaboration, and participation.
Our advice-based column answers your most pressing questions. This time we've assembled three experts to help this HR hiring manager's distressed plea: "Why do women quit after returning from maternity leave? How can I stop this exodus of new moms?"
It’s becoming a tradition in Kim Koopersmith’s family to enter the legal profession—but their priority has always been devotion to the unit. It's no surprise as she broke through barriers in her field, she found a way to make law firms more flexible and family-friendly.
The first in her family to go to university, Cherie Blair became a lawyer and didn’t quit working when her husband became Prime Minister of Britain. After 10 Downing Street, she started the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.
I am no stranger to the search for freedom. I’ve always been drawn to the open road and I feel more at home at the helm of a company, rather than a navigator of red tape (respect to those super stars who can and do!).