Your Voice Deserves To be Heard
You are sitting in the meeting with the managers discussing how to move forward with a project. The boss turns to you and asks your opinion. You hear yourself say it before you even realize the words coming out of your mouth. “I know this is a dumb idea, but…” Words have power. Adding a…
Starting a business is one of the biggest roller coaster rides anyone can voluntarily go on, from both an emotional and financial perspective. However, every year, thousands of people decide to take the plunge. One of the most important parts to starting a business is access to capital, but it has recently become apparent that…
Many women today can feel as if they are pulled between several different competing sets of standards. On the one hand, they’re told to be dominant and bold. This is certainly behavior that tends to be rewarded in the workplace. On the other hand, many women are still socially conditioned to avoid being ‘pushy,’ which is…
Within the professional domain, traits which are typically viewed as masculine are still highly valued: assertiveness, ability to negotiate, confidence, and yes, even a level of aggressiveness is still sometimes looked upon with respect. With the influx of women taking more roles in management, that perception is shifting towards more inclusion to a variety of communication…
This was my 4th year attending Influence, the speaking conference for speakers to learn about speaking (it’s so meta!) and it was by far my best experience. Going to a conference year after year has a lot of benefits, and this year that was true in spades for me. During the last year I’ve been…
Laughter is universal and exists in humans and primates. The primary function of laughter in apes in response to tickling was intended to continue the play in progress. The apes laughed when they wanted the tickling to continue, and I can admit this makes me want to find some apes and tickle them. They will…
We had such a great conversation the last time I was on that Ronn invited me back to ask the question “Is sexism still alive and well?” and the answer is a sad but resounding, “yep.” Everywhere you look these days there’s an issue or conversation that’s impacted by sexism, most notably politics, the tech…
This Saturday was the first Meetup of the Bitch Stigma San Francisco chapter and we had an absolutely fantastic turnout and subsequent discussion. I’m always delighted at the variety of women who are drawn to this group, different perspectives and backgrounds and yet so many common experiences. This group had women who originally from all over the…
If you’re a straight man, workplace discrimination based on gender or sexuality is probably not high on your list of concerns, but for millions of woman and members of the LGBT community, it’s an everyday reality that’s hard not to be concerned about. Incidences of blatant or subtle sexism and discrimination in the workplace are…
Ronn Owens has been a respected radio host on KGO Radio in San Francisco for 40 years, from 10am to Noon 5 days a week talking about “everything from local politics and pop culture to current events, personal issues, or just pain gossip…” so when his producer got in touch with me about coming on…