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Guest Blogger: Chief Cheryl Horvath on Does the Fire Service have a bias against diversity?
By Cheryl Horvath, Fire Chief, Mountain Vista Fire District, Arizona Recently I was chatting with a number of public safety women regarding the lack of sufficient numbers of women in fire and law enforcement. A [...]
Why You Need A Sponsor — In Addition To A Mentor — To Fast-Track Your Career
Sponsors: The People Who Can Open More Career Doors Than You Ever Thought Possible By Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. If you want to advance your career, having a mentor isn’t enough [...]
Do You Need a Mentor? Or Do You REALLY NEED a Sponsor?
Are You Overmentored and Undersponsored? By Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. A few years ago, I read a compelling article in Harvard Business Review that was a game changer for me, as [...]
Today’s Infographic: Banning The Phrase “lacks executive presence”
Should we ban the term "Executive Presence?" By Lori Nishiura MacKenzie, Executive Director at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University More than two years have passed since Sheryl Sandberg launched the [...]
10 Great Speakers for Less than $100? Register for ICMA + Governing + League of Women in Government Symposium Today!
Join the League of Women in Government (League) in collaboration with the International City/County Management Association, Governing and our amazing co-sponsors for this half day League Symposium + Networking Event the day before the ICMA Annual Conference [...]
Today’s Workplace Tip: Make Sure Women’s Ideas are Heard
We’ve all heard the myth that women don’t support each other—but it’s not true. Women can be powerful allies at work, and there are simple things we can do every day to celebrate and advocate [...]