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CAREER TIPS
Mentoring vs. Sponsoring: What do Women in Leadership Need?
Over the years there have been numerous discussions on the need for women professionals to find mentors who will guide and help them...
Rise and Lead Summit Conversations: Advancing Women In Leadership
Globally, women hold 29% of senior management roles, the highest number ever on record However, regardless of the recent...
Taking Gender Equality in the Workplace Into Your Own Hands
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, at the rate we’re going, it would take approximately 217 years...
How to Work on Your Mindset Once You’ve Reached the Boardroom
Worldwide, women only occupy 24% of senior roles as of 2018. Women around the world are doing their part to close this gap, by...
Are You Financially Well?
The Close Brothers Banking Group released their 2018 Financial Well-being Index and found that women are scoring significantly...
What Influence Can Do For You At Work
Influence is an incredibly powerful tool that can help you accomplish many things at work. Influence can mean more people will...
WORKPLACE LEADERSHIPS
Empathy: An Important Facet of Leadership
In our quest to become the best kind of leader we could be, we focus on a variety of skills that we could develop from...
Finance Expert Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen on Negotiating, The Pay Gap and Women in Leadership
At the last Rise & Lead Summit 2019, participants had the chance to experience and learn from a renowned female expert in...
We All Long for A Sense of Belonging
However, some workplace cultures are not inclusive. This problem causes organisations to lose out on valuable contributions from...
Building A Culture of Authenticity
During the last #Rise&LeadSummit, I spoke about the fact that I’m a student of leadership. After the Summit, a friend who...
Is Artificial Intelligence a challenge to Humanity?
Artificial Intelligence is here, and it is already causing significant disruption in the workforce. Today, technology is...
Workplace Diversity
In the beginning, the term workplace diversity was primarily used to address racial and ethnic diversity. However, in recent...
EVENTS
Rise & Lead Summit once again gathers leaders from around the world to discuss Women. Business. Sustainability.
August 22, 2019 Rise & Lead Summit once again gathers leaders from around the world to discuss Women. Business. Sustainability....
Rise and Lead Women Leadership Program: Developing Your Leadership Potential
Gender inequality is real. Women around the world have been subjected to social and economic disparity, such as the lack of...
The Rise & Lead Web Mentoring Masterclass Series: Our Answer to the Call for Women Leadership
In one way or another, all women have been negatively affected by patriarchy, whether this be consciously or subconsciously....
My Rise & Lead Summit Experience
Dear Reader, If you haven’t secured your place yet at the Rise & Lead event Connect2Grow on the 31st of January then perhaps...
The Hague’s first RISE AND LEAD SUMMIT for women in business takes place on SEPTEMBER 27th 2018
September 03, 2018 The Hague’s first RISE AND LEAD SUMMIT for women in business takes place on SEPTEMBER 27th 2018 On September...
RISE AND LEAD WOMEN LAUNCHES A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
January 15, 2018 RISE AND LEAD WOMEN LAUNCHES A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP WEBMENTORING MASTERCLASS SERIES...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Seven Tips for Pitching Your Business to Investors
On any given day, investors and venture capitalists hear numerous pitches from a variety of startups and young entrepreneurs hoping...
3 Smart Ways to Closing The Gap in StartUp Funding
A few days ago, I was invited by ImpactFest to join hundreds of impact makers and social enterprises in The Hague, Netherlands....
Dealing with Gender Bias in Closing the Funding Gap
The gender funding gap is an ever-present issue in the global workforce as female entrepreneurs continue to receive less funding...
How You Can Leverage Social Media for Your Business
Businesses in the digital age cannot ignore the power of social media if they want to thrive and expand. A 2019 report for We...
Do You Have Low Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy?
The theory of entrepreneurial self-efficacy made its debut way back in 1994 in “Entrepreneurial Potential and Potential...
PRESS RELEASE
Rise & Lead Summit once again gathers leaders from around the world to discuss Women. Business. Sustainability.
August 22, 2019 Rise & Lead Summit once again gathers leaders from around the world to discuss Women. Business. Sustainability....
Poonam Barua to Return as Keynote Speaker at the Rise and Lead Summit 2019
June 19, 2019 Poonam Barua to Return as Keynote Speaker at the Rise and Lead Summit 2019 The second annual Rise and Lead Summit...
Aon Brings Financial Expertise to the Rise and Lead Women’s Summit
May 22, 2019 Aon Brings Financial Expertise to the Rise and Lead Women’s Summit Through their passion for diversity and...
Rise and Lead Summit Returns for 2019!
Join us 19th-20th September at NH Hotel-WTC, The Hague Women. Business. Sustainability. The Face of Leadership is changing, and...
Connect2Grow: Mastering Your Mindset For Personal And Career Growth
Several reports have shown there is a severe shortage of women in leadership roles in the workplace, marketplace, and positions...
Elliot Lloyd International Joins Rise & Lead Women in Advancing Women Leadership
February 18, 2019 Elliot Lloyd International Joins Rise & Lead Women in Advancing Women Leadership Rise & Lead...
ALL THE LATEST POSTS
Is Your Business Prepared for Covid-19 and its Aftermath?
This March, news about the coronavirus hit home in the Netherlands. The Dutch by nature, love skating and going on short vacations....
The Undesirable Qualities of Leaders and How to Fix Them: Rise and Lead Mentoring Circle Conversations During the International Women’s Day (IWD) Celebration at Elsevier
Recently, Elsevier invited me as a keynote speaker to share my signature talk on how to rise to leadership at their IWD...
Inspiring Women Leaders Interview Series with Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen
"To close the gender leadership gap, we need to stop talking about the glass ceiling but instead, step into the glass slipper."...