Against the Odds, Women Can Still be Powerful Innovators
When women have an opportunity to work with other women, they are able to overcome cultural gender biases and be innovative together, even in repressive cultures.
When women have an opportunity to work with other women, they are able to overcome cultural gender biases and be innovative together, even in repressive cultures.
Women in finance and other businesses that sell advice can struggle in male-dominated cultures -- but they can flourish in their own businesses. These tips from financial advisors can help.
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One Tough Mother
One Tough Mother is not an academic text but an inspirational autobiography from the late Gert Boyle. It is the story of her inheriting her father’s sporting goods business and the unexpected death of her husband when she was 46. Gert rebuilt the company that is now one of the finest examples of G3 family enterprise ownership of a publicly traded global company.
"One Tough Mother: Taking Charge in Life, Business and Apple Pies” by Gert Boyle, G2 CEO of Columbia Sportswear.
Through tenacity, a thick skin and an outsider's perspective, she helped this now-ubiquitous company secure its early financing.
Non-clinical levels of psychopathy can help some people transcend societal expectations, and plow ahead in business.
These three women, all over 50, bucked the statistics by embracing digital technology and pivoting their businesses.
No longer passive wives and mothers, women are complementary and assertive partners to their spouses and respected leaders within their families.
Empowered, confident women excel in three skills that many others don't develop: communicating effectively, networking and handling rejection.
Women improve financial performance, make fewer mistakes and encourage more innovators to speak up.
Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation