It is my honor to be joining 50/50 Leadership as the Board Chair and Executive Director. Our founder, Pauline Field’s shoes are big and I hope I can learn to fill them over time, with lots of support from our fabulous team.

The end of the year has a little more meaning for me this year than usual. After more than 17 years, I am stepping down from the Chair of 50/50 Leadership.

If we want 50% of leadership positions to be held by women, then we must improve our country’s childcare system.

Stress is a silent killer, negatively affecting your mood, efficiency, and overall livelihood, even having an impact on those around you as well. It’s simultaneously counterproductive and seemingly inevitable, pulling you out to sea like a tidal wave. Suddenly, you find yourself drowning and not knowing what to do.

Interviewing is an inevitable part of job searching and more people are searching than ever. One of the best ways you can stand out as a candidate is to be prepared for the behavioral-based interview.

Financial strategies that you can implement to achieve a debt-free life.

Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson, explains how being positive can enhance your life and improve your leadership skills.

A complex world requires leaders to rely on their team more than information and reports.

The California legislature has been busy and it has passed many laws, signed by the Governor, that will benefit women.

It’s common to associate leadership with specific traits: being outgoing, outspoken, and having the ability to make decisive decisions in an instant, all of which are typical characteristics of an extroverted leader. But let’s not discount the skills that introverted leaders bring to the table as well. 

Every team has underlying issues that nobody wants to talk about. Fierce Conversations will help leaders address these issues.

The process of learning is often associated with attending schools, but what happens after graduation? It is essential to continue stimulating your brain because new knowledge leads to endless possibilities of improvement.

Life. How precious it is. My son was the result of an unplanned pregnancy. I had a choice, perhaps the biggest of my life.

“I wish I had mentors and a network like this when I just started my business” is a statement our Next-Gen Chairperson, Lillit, hears over and over from many of our colleagues at the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Have you ever noticed the difference between listening to an audio recording of a famous speech and watching a video recording of the actual thing? Big difference, right? This is because of the nonverbal communication expressed in the video, from the expressive hand gestures to the engaging eye contact to fervent nods or shakes of a head. With body language, we are able to pick up on more subtle nuances that words alone cannot get across.

Onboarding sets the tone for your organization. Use these five suggestions to ensure you’re setting up new team members for success.

We work in groups to give us purpose and accomplish more than we can on our own. The Art of Gathering will help you maximize your group work and make every gathering count.

A message from our Founder for September 2021

Shirley and Sean share their different experiences working in the STEM field.