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  • Women's Leadership Summit Sees Significant Growth, Focus On Empowerment And Resilience

    The quiet anticipation was a heavy thing, lingering in the August House event venue after the sharp, clean lines of Megan Klassen’s presentation about the Flint Group marketing agency had faded. Then came Dr. Debora Dragseth, bringing a sudden, almost confusing shift in focus. The professor of leadership from Dickinson State University...
  • Challenges Faced By Women In Engineering Leadership Roles

    The engineering field has witnessed a significant increase in early-career hires for women recently, indicating a positive trend towards diversifying hiring goals in STEM fields. However, a study by SheTO, a global network of women engineering leaders, reveals that this progress is short----d as women advance in their careers. According to...
  • How Marriott Achieved A 51% Female Executive Rate — And What Other Companies Can Learn From It

    A quiet, startling number hangs in the air: 51 percent. In the United States, more than half of all executive positions from vice president up at Marriott are held by women. It’s a figure that doesn’t shout; it just sits there, a plain fact, looking a little out of place next to the national landscape, where women hold a mere 29 percent o...
  • Rewriting The Rules Of Time: How Richard Mille Put Women At The Forefront Of Haute Horlogerie

    The faint click of a clasp, a cool weight on the wrist against the rising heat of skin. A machine of impossible intricacy, meant not just to measure time but to exist within it, enduring the very forces it records. This was once a world imagined for men, a sort of mechanical consolation prize for all the jewels they were not meant to wear...
  • The Ever-Changing Landscape Of American Restaurant Entrepreneurship

    Observe the restless machinery of American enterprise. A constant, churning motion of appetite and ambition, of small victories announced in press releases that flutter and vanish like moths. Here, the Women in Restaurant Leadership platform debuts an award, a necessary and overdue gesture. Investing in equity. In mentorship. The WiRL ...
  • BOLD Women's Summit: Fostering Leadership Development And Empowerment

    The BOLD Women's Summit, an event focused on Building Opportunities for Leadership Development, is set to take place in Joplin on November 18 at The Roxy Event Center. The summit will feature keynote speakers and breakout sessions aimed at personal and professional development, with a focus on achieving balance between the two. According t...
  • The Rise Of Female Leadership: A New Era Of Wealth And Power

    There are men who look at the entrails of the market to divine the past. Men who sift through the ashes of yesterday’s trades, explaining what was, what went wrong, what cannot be reclaimed. Then there are the others. The soothsayers. The behavioral economists. Men like Don Barden, who spent a quarter of a century inside the roaring heart of Wa...
  • Driving Change: Leadership, Innovation, And Investment In A Shifting Landscape

    The Forbes Power Women's Summit, now in its 14th year, recently convened in New York City, bringing together influential women to discuss pressing issues, including activism, artificial intelligence, and navigating industries dominated by men, such as healthcare, sports, and technology (Forbes). The summit, led by Executive Vice Preside...