Rise and Lead Women
Equal Pay Day 2021: Let’s Focus on Action
In order to draw attention to the gender pay gap, many nations throughout the world have organized Equal Pay Days. Far from being a time to celebrate, Equal Pay Day shows...
Importance of Sponsorship and Mentorship with Cristina Falcone
Cristina Falcone, Vice President of Public Affairs at UPS Europe joins us on the Rise To Leadership Podcast. In this conversation, Cristina shares the importance of...
Leading The Change Through Self-Awareness with The Kraft Heinz Benelux Managing Director, Bob Rog
Our conversation with Bob Rog, Managing Director Benelux at The Kraft Heinz Company, is now on Spotify and Apple podcast. Bob Rog is responsible for all commercial...
Achieving Gender Diversity and Inclusion: It’s Time for More than Just Talk
Women have been disappearing from the workplace during the pandemic. A report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) found that from February to May...
Rise and Lead Summit
Representation Matters: Closing the Gender Leadership Gap
Despite seeing very significant advancements for women in the past few decades, the fact is that progress in women representation in the workplace has been slow. Women are...
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 the insurance and broking industry, Marguerite...
Is Artificial Intelligence a challenge to Humanity?
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...
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 advances in female board participation, gender...
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 reading what I experienced when attending...
Mentoring
Importance of Sponsorship and Mentorship with Cristina Falcone
Cristina Falcone, Vice President of Public Affairs at UPS Europe joins us on the Rise To Leadership Podcast. In this conversation, Cristina shares the importance of...
Leading The Change Through Self-Awareness with The Kraft Heinz Benelux Managing Director, Bob Rog
Our conversation with Bob Rog, Managing Director Benelux at The Kraft Heinz Company, is now on Spotify and Apple podcast. Bob Rog is responsible for all commercial...
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 women in positions of power where they can...
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. We’ve been conditioned, even as young girls, to...
News
Facebook Launches New Online Tool for Small Businesses
Between stay-at-home orders and the resulting loss of sales, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on businesses of all sizes. However, small businesses have been...
Rise and Lead Women and UPS Benelux Offers A Webinar to Help Small Business Owners to Learn Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Strategies
UPS Benelux and Rise and Lead Women host a webinar to help small business owners in the Benelux establish an online presence and expand their reach, using digital marketing...
UPS and Rise and Lead Women Host Webinar To Help Small Businesses In The Benelux Establish An Online Presence And Increase Their Reach During The Global Corona Crisis
UPS and Rise and Lead Women Host Webinar To Help Small Businesses In The Benelux Establish An Online Presence And Increase Their Reach During The Global Corona Crisis...
Rise and Lead Women launches a series of Virtual Roundtable Discussion on the impact and way forward of COVID-19 on women in different sectors of society
April 14, 2020 Rise and Lead Women launches a series of Virtual Roundtable Discussion on the impact and way forward of COVID-19 on women in different sectors of...
Small Business Resources
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. Every school holiday means a holiday for...
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 to get the funding they need to launch...
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. I hosted multiple roundtables with Melisa...
Role Model Interviews
Inspiring Women Leaders Interview Series with Aylin Bumin
"To close the gender leadership gap, we need to bring men to the discussion table." Aylin Bumin Interviews for the Rise & Lead Inspiring Women Leaders Series Rise &...
Inspiring Women Leaders Interview Series with Marian Spier
Marian Spier, a social entrepreneur, consultant, CEO, and founder of TEDxAmsterdamWomen and FEM-START sat down with Rise and Lead Founder Ebere Akadiri for our Inspiring...
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." Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen Interviews for...
Rise and Lead Africa
African Women Address Food Insecurity and Other Threats of COVID-19
The World Food Program (WFP) warns that COVID-19 could double the number of people in the world facing food insecurity, pushing it to more than 265 million people by the end...
Who We Are
Rise and Lead’s mission is to promote the advancement of women leaders in the workplace and in business. We achieve this by helping women learn leadership skills that position them to thrive in the professional world while advocating for equal opportunity in companies and society. Read more…
Event Calendar
Check out our upcoming events, such as Rising Leaders Summit – Africa and Rise and Lead Summit 2021, as well as successful past events and a gallery of photos. Read more…
Podcast
Our Rise to Leadership Podcast is a bi-monthly LinkedIn Live Show and podcast that takes the guesswork out of how great leaders get to the top and what competencies and qualities have helped them along their journey. Read more…