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An Argument (or Ten) For Starting Early
As CEO of WOMEN Unlimited, Inc, I experience firsthand a variety of training and development “pushbacks” from large corporations. Most often, the concerns circle around investing in talented early-career women. The hesitancy is understandable. Will early-career women stay with the company long enough to justify the investment in their training and development? Aren’t monies better…
Diversity: Lessons Learned
–Audrey R. Goodman During this our 20th Anniversary year, from time to time I will be inviting guest bloggers from our most successful corporate partnerships to share their take on diversity, talent management and creating a successful pipeline of women executives. Audrey Goodman currently an Organization Effectiveness consultant and, former Vice President Organization Development at…
Happy Anniversary
April 18th –Today’s the Day Today marks WOMEN Unlimited Inc.’s 20th Anniversary. Twenty years ago, on a Monday in 1994, we held our first LEAD program. It was attended by 18 high-potential women from 13 Fortune 1000 companies. Double-Decade Partnerships Right from that first program back in 1994, we have actively worked with our corporate…
20th Anniversary Reflections
April 18th marks WOMEN Unlimited Inc.’s 20th anniversary. That’s when the dream of our founder, Jean Otte, to help talented women reach the top of their corporations became a reality. The first LEAD program was attended by 18 women from AT&T, PSEG, Colgate-Palmolive Company, and Volvo to name a few. And today, thanks to our…
The Double-Edged Benefits of Intrapreneurs
As someone who works jointly with talented women and their Fortune 1000 companies, I’m always on the lookout for approaches and strategies that benefit both. It’s the focus of WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. partnerships: helping women move forward so both they and their companies reach new levels of success. Intrapreneurship is definitely a win-win strategy and…
Women Have To Stop Shying Away From Their Own Accomplishments
Most women are passionate cheerleaders for the achievements of those they care about—kids, spouses, parents, siblings, friends, bosses, colleagues, subordinates…with one notable exception… THEMSELVES. Women often shy away from getting the word out about their corporate accomplishments. They tend to harbor the misguided expectation that their work will speak for itself. Not likely. And even…
Mentoring Success – In the Words of Mentees Themselves
In my January blog I highlighted the key finding from my doctoral dissertation, Women’s Mentoring Wisdom. Most notably, that mentees were successful when they acted intentionally and took deliberate steps to prepare for their mentoring relationships, to leverage their mentors’ insights and to transfer what they learned to organizational relationships. This time, I’d like to…
77 Cents is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Since President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on January 28th, there’s been a lot of back and forth on whether women really earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn…how that number was arrived at…and whether it’s the right stat to be bandying around. To my mind, it’s a distractor. No matter…
Happy New Year! Happy National Mentoring Month!
Happy New Year. I wish you all a year filled with happiness and prosperity. It’s an especially exciting year for us at WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. since it marks our 20th Year Anniversary helping organizations foster the success of their talented women. In the weeks and months ahead you’ll be hearing much more about how we…