During the last #Rise&LeadSummit, I spoke about the fact that I’m a student of leadership. After the Summit, a friend who has known me for a while called to tell me that I should stop calling myself a student as she believes that I’m an experienced leader. Over...
On any given day, investors and venture capitalists hear numerous pitches from a variety of startups and young entrepreneurs hoping to get the funding they need to launch their ideas or expand their business. You may have an ingenious idea that can change the game in...
Over the years there have been numerous discussions on the need for women professionals to find mentors who will guide and help them as they climb up the ladder of leadership. There is no question that the right mentorship can help emerging leaders effectively map out...
A few days ago, I was invited by ImpactFest to join hundreds of impact makers and social enterprises in The Hague, Netherlands. I hosted multiple roundtables with Melisa Dicker, the Partnership Director at Rise & Lead Women. During our session, we discussed...
Artificial Intelligence is here, and it is already causing significant disruption in the workforce. Today, technology is continuously defining the era of fast-paced business transformation and driving a set of questions of what the future of work and leadership in...
In the beginning, the term workplace diversity was primarily used to address racial and ethnic diversity. However, in recent years, the term workplace diversity has been expanded to encompass a larger variety of characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age,...
The gender funding gap is an ever-present issue in the global workforce as female entrepreneurs continue to receive less funding than their male counterparts. Although the number of female-founded businesses might have risen in the past few years, the low rate of...
Globally, women hold 29% of senior management roles, the highest number ever on record However, regardless of the recent advances in female board participation, gender diversity among C Suite and Corporate Boards remains unsatisfactorily low. Gender balanced numbers...
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, at the rate we’re going, it would take approximately 217 years before we reach true gender parity. There is overwhelming evidence on how diversity helps economies and diverse workforces to have better...
