Katy Mims was my friend and mentor—and next-door neighbor—for over 20 years. Katy was a fifth-generation Floridian who started out as a journalist...
An Equal World is an Enabled World #EachForEqual
Women still lag behind men in a variety of ways. For every dollar a man makes a woman makes significantly less, for example in the US a woman makes ab...
Does Gender Bias Exist? #BalanceForBetter
On average, women get interrupted three times more in conversations than men. If you are a woman and attending a meeting remotely, the number goes up....
Purge Perfectionism
I was invited to speak at Raymond James’ Women in Capital Markets Conference in January of this year. I was excited to hear that Claire Shipman was ...
Act First, Don’t Overthink
Women are less confident than men and have a tendency to second guess themselves more often. In their book, The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Ka...
Assertiveness is critical to leadership success
In my blog on “When I Say No, I Feel Guilty,” I outlined some approaches to assertiveness and boundary setting. One of the problems that many wome...
Live Life with Gumption
I had a wonderful friend and mentor that I lived next door to for over 20 years – her name was Katy Mims. Katy was a fifth generation Floridian and ...
Celebrating International Women’s Day Makes Good Business Sense
#BeBoldForChange is this year’s theme celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. IWD was started in the early 1900’s in conjunction...
Why Boards Need More Women
Just as it’s true for work teams, diversity on boards leads to increased innovation, productivity and performance. When different perspectives are r...