By Mayor Sly James - Kansas City, MO As Mayor, I attend meetings all across the City and when I do, I often find myself surrounded by men. It’s not enough to point that fact out. I want to do my part to change it. That means taking action steps to ensure that city government works well for [...]
By Bonnie Svrcek - Deputy City Manager, City of Lynchburg, VA Last week I had the opportunity and privilege of presenting to the Virginia Municipal League's Women in Municipal Government breakfast on the Status of Women in Local Government in Virginia. The audience was 99 percent local elected female officials from mostly cities and towns throughout the [...]
Sometimes we overlook how easy it is for women to be supportive of one another. By Linda Kelly - Town Manager, Town of Windsor CA Keynote speaker at the ICMA Annual Conference on Sunday, September 27, 2015 was Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and [...]
How some men in business are rated as "ideal workers" while women aren't rated similarly. BU Professor's study shows that we don’t police men’s time the way that we police women’s time. 5/7/15 -- Boston, MassachusettsQuestrom professor Erin Reid for BU Research story on businessmen who fake working 80 hour weeks to appear to [...]