Women's Leadership Initiative: Rising to the Challenge

Perfect leadership article for a Monday morning!

Women in leadership positions in credit unions: Do you have what it takes? - CUInsight When we were kids playing outside, we would come up with all sorts of games. Some involved running, some involved flying through the air on swings, and some involved balls to hit, throw, or kick. We were on teams and figured out who would do what and where. There always seemed to be one person […]

4 Traits That Keep Women from the C-Suite And how to overcome them.

“This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel The therapist, author, and podcast host offers wisdom on navigating romantic relationships under quarantine.

It’s Not Just You: In Online Meetings, Many Women Can’t Get a Word In Overlapping chatter. Interruptions. Few nonverbal cues. For women, virtual meetings can mirror the inequities of in-person meetings.

College student makes masks for the deaf & hard of hearing A college senior from Versailles put her stir-craziness to good use with a project that will help the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.

Today is . It marks how long women must work into 2020 to catch up to what men earned in 2019 alone. And today, equal pay day feels even more urgent than ever because of the coronavirus. ⁠
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On average, women are paid 18% less than men in the U.S. That number is even worse for Black women and Latinas, who are paid 38% and 45% less than white men on average. ⁠
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In just a year, the average woman loses $10,122 as a result of the gender pay gap. And in 40 years, that number rises to $407,760. This loss of income adds up—on average, women have 30% less money in savings than men—so they are less equipped to weather the crisis. ⁠
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Now, more than ever, the pay gap matters. 🗣

Great strategies to employ when you are feeling overwhelmed and over worked!

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Debunked! We are not doomed (although I'm glad I found a good one!)

Educated Women Will Doom Us All Looks like we’re all doomed because women are getting more college degrees. The Wall Street Journal says so, anyway.

Interesting read

Melinda Gates on Fighting for Gender Equality Melinda Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Pivotal Ventures, is committing $1 billion over the next ten years to advance gender equality. She says evidence shows it’s the best way to drive economic development in nations and performance in companies. She shares he...