What’s Next? 4 L& D Leaders Advise How To Succeed Post-COVID and Beyond

Since the start of the pandemic, close to 2.3 million women have left the workforce. As we begin to recover from the pandemic, we wanted to take the time to celebrate and reflect on the contributions of notable women—the disruptors and the pioneers who have played a vital role in changing cultures and society.

But it’s important to realize that although women have come a long way in their rights, there is still a long way to go in terms of gender equality on corporate boards, in paychecks and more.

Live Your Bucket List: Founder, CEO, LGBTQ+ Advocate Does The Work and Wins

At her first job after graduating college in 1990 at Walden Books, Monica Smith, CEO and founder of Marketsmith, would walk into one of their stores filled with books and magazines and feel overwhelmed.

“It would become my best tool,” says Smith, who was severely dyslexic since childhood and was not able to read effectively until she was 18.

This Is How She Does It: 5 Ways Workplaces Put Women At Center of Recovery

Of course, women have come a long way since gaining their right to vote. Female representation in traditionally male-dominated industries continues to grow.

However, Pew Research shows that about 64% of women still think there is much work to do as progress in equal rights remains not far enough. And many argue that COVID has set back women a decade on progress towards equity in the workplace.

Who’s Who: 1st Black Female CEO of Global Bio Database Aims For Inclusivity

After delivering her third child at 5:25 a.m. March 18, 2020, by 8 a.m., Erica Lee, the chief operating officer of Marquis Who’s Who, was on the phone with her remote team asking how they were doing with her newly devised COVID plan to work from home.

“I had her, she’s fine, now let’s get you working,” she says she told her team.

Designing the Future: CEO's 7 Pillars to Successful Business Creation

Seven is considered a universal lucky number for those who believe in numerology.

Seven is an essential number in designing business strategy for Pamela Ayuso, CEO of Celaque, and author of Heptagram: the 7-Pillar Business Design System for the 21st Century.

Forging Solid Connections: CEO, Founder, Author on The Art of Connecting

Her mother would most definitely be proud.

Susan McPherson, founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, and author of The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships, has spent more than 33 years since her mother’s death building a successful career built on authenticity, integrity and clear communication.

Cruella At Work: 5 Tips to Manage Your Mean Boss In Person

It was easier perhaps to compartmentalize the effects your mean boss had on you when you were in your remote home office and only had to interact visually a few hours a day.

You could press “leave meeting.” You could delay opening an email you were dreading. You could relish the fact you were in slippers and yoga pants and any moment you could rush into the kitchen at whim, or even text a co-worker while a boss tantrum was in full bloom.

Post-COVID Turn Around: Fashion Entrepreneur Designs Win

This is the better life her parents imagined, and it is of her creation.

Ahyoung Kim Stobar, the daughter of an opera singer mother and a nationally renowned professor, TV and radio show host father in Korea, came to the United States from Korea in 1983 as a nine-year-old with her two brothers and parents.

All You Got: CEO, Founder On Creating The Relationship App Everyone Needs

Lesley Eccles does not gamble and is not particularly fond of sports.

ThIs may not seem remarkable for the CEO and Founder of Hello Relish, a relationship coaching company with a self-care and relationship app. But considering that Eccles and her husband, Nigel, were the co-founders of Fan Duel, the billion-dollar fantasy sports betting startup, it says a lot about her ability to separate work innovation from her personal life.

A Force Together: Founder, CEO Shares Tips For Working With Millennials, GenZ

Courtney McKenzie Newell in 2011 named her first agency Crowned Marketing & Communications, where she is founder and CEO because she was a crowned beauty pageant winner as a student at Florida International University.

Winning Miss Palm Beach County, and later competing in Miss Florida as part of the Miss American pageant series, McKenzie Newell says, ““I took that money and started my business and paid homage to where ti came from.”

Soledad O’Brien Explains Why Management of Energy is Your Essential Career Growth Skill

Issue 145 — October 18, 2020

A physicist friend once told me that everything in the world is ultimately just energy particles. In my non-scientifically trained mind, I visualized tiny pieces of matter dancing around amiably and without focus.

While my friend was referring to the physical world, the principle that everything is ultimately energy applies as well to leadership and to our individual career arcs. That’s because everything we give our time and attention to takes — energy.

Big Wisdom From Small Companies: 10 Women Biz Owners Share Their Keys To Success

October is Women’s Small Business Month, so Take The Lead honors the 11.6 million women small business owners in this country who are earning $1.9 trillion in revenue and employing 9.1 million people. Every day 825 women launch small businesses in the United States.

Yes, the numbers tell a story of perseverance and success. One quarter, or 20 % of all companies with $1 million in revenue are women-owned, with 39 % pf all small businesses owned by women. The fastest growth areas are Florida, Georgia, Texas, Michigan and South Carolina.

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