You Want #13Percent Button Swag? YOU GOT IT!
Look for the League of Women in Government at the ICMA Conference in Seattle for your own #13Percent button to show your support for advancing women to senior level positions in local government!
How to Make the Most of Your Upcoming Conference Experience & Network Like a Pro!
Making the Most of YOUR Conference Experience Are you headed to the ICMA Conference in San Antonio, your state association meeting or regional luncheon? Regardless of where you are headed, you'll want to make the most of your time and your organization's investment in you while you attend the event. But how do you get the [...]
What Works for Women Series: The Tightrope
Learn how to navigate the tightrope between between being perceived as too “masculine” and too “feminine” By: Joan C. Williams, Distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know [...]
What Works for Women Series: Prove it Again
Ever feel like you have to prove yourself more than men? Learn tactics for demonstrating your competence. By: Joan C. Williams, Distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know The "What Works for [...]
Guest Blogger Mary Van Milligen on How Does ‘Helping’ Impact Your Future?
By Mary Van Milligen, City of Woodbury, MN For a time, and to be honest with myself (and you) – still to this day, I find myself volunteering first and far more frequently at work and at home. Results are important to me and if no one else is going to do it, well then [...]
City of Dayton Unveils Paid Parental Leave for Employees
Mayor Nan Whaley, flanked by Keary McCarthy (right) with Innovation Ohio, expectant mother, Liz Brown (center), and other city officials announces the city's new parental leave policy. See the news announcement HERE
In case you hadn’t heard…….Two women make Army Ranger history! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Reposted from CNN.com By Ray Sanchez and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver made history Friday as the first two women to graduate from the U.S. Army's elite Ranger School. The two received their tabs as part of Ranger Class 08-15 at Fort Benning, Georgia, marking a historic moment in [...]
Is It Time For U.S. to Mandate Paid Family Leave for Private & Public Sectors?
Facebook is at the forefront of a radical workplace shift — and every business in America should take notice...... Graphic Credit: Think Progress Reprinted from Business Insider/Aol.Jobs.com By: Rachel Gillett After his daughter's 5 a.m. feeding during the first few months after she was born, Adam Isserlis would lie back in bed with his newborn child [...]
The Business Benefits of Gender Diversity
How hiring a gender-diverse workforce can improve a company's bottom line Reprinted from Gallup.com By Sangeeta Bharadwaj Badal Gender diversity is vital to any workplace. Not just because it's a laudable goal; it simply makes bottom-line business sense. If you need proof, look no further than a recent Gallup study, which finds that hiring a [...]
5 Ways to Prevent Gender Bias and Help Shape Our Daughters Into Strong Female Leaders
Are you holding your own daughter back? Here are 5 ways to raise girls to be leaders. Reprinted from MAKERS Team & The Washington Post Photo Credit: Klaus mVedfelt via Getty Images Could we be hindering our daughters from becoming strong leaders? According to the Washington Post, new research from the Harvard Graduate School of [...]