We asked Tamara Fields, Texas Conference for Women board member and Austin Office Managing Director at Accenture, what leaders and white women allies can do to help women of color advance in their workplace. Here are her answers: Read More
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CFW Board Member on How to Support Women of Color in the Workplace
Posted in Speaker Articles, Success & Leadership, Job Advancement Tagged February 2020 Newsletter, Tamara Fields
3 Ways to Advocate for Yourself and Unlock Your Career Potential
Tips from IBM’s Kate Reed
In high school, some people were voted “Most Athletic,” others “Most Likely to Be Famous.” I claimed the prize for “Most Talkative” and have been proudly continuing down that path ever since.
I am a total and complete extrovert. I love being in groups and meeting new people. I could pretty much carry on a conversation with a wall. But it gets awkward when I have to talk about myself. Whether it’s initiating networking conversations or speaking up in a meeting, there have been moments throughout my career when I’ve hesitated to advocate for myself, wondering how to walk the line between confidence and conceit.
Introvert or extrovert, self-promotion can be challenging. It’s also necessary for career development in so many ways, from increasing your earning potential to landing the next job opportunity. Advocating for yourself helps you stay competitive, build your personal brand, and make more professional connections. Read More
What It Will Take for All Women to Advance
Minda Harts noticed something recently while being on the circuit of women’s events over the past year. When she signed copies of her new book, The Memo, she rarely saw a white woman. That’s not surprising perhaps, given the book’s subtitle, What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table. But it is, in her view, a missed opportunity.
“I often say success is not a solo sport,” Minda recently said. “If we saw each other as resources, we could get so much more accomplished.” But to do that, takes the courage to listen to and understand other people’s experiences—to pay more attention to the intersection of race and gender, among other things, that fall under the commitment to gender equality. Only then, she suggests, can women succeed in doing what is required for true gender equality: namely, turn allyship into action. Read More
Posted in Speaker Articles, Success & Leadership, Job Advancement Tagged Minda Harts, February 2020 Newsletter
4 Money Tips to Help You Have More Time to Do What You Love
Tonya Rapley, who Black Enterprise Magazine called the “New Face of Wealth Building,” is on a mission to help women break the cycle of living paycheck-to-paycheck and do more of what they love.
Author of The Money Manual and founder of My Fab Finance, Tonya offers these tips for making better decisions about money: Read More
Posted in Speaker Articles, Financial Fitness Tagged Breakout Recap, Tonya Rapley, February 2020 Newsletter
Proven Success Principles that Will Help You Move Forward in Your Career
What do Fortune 500 CEOs do that makes them successful? Top-rated Conferences for Women speaker Charmaine McClarie asked them, then helpfully distilled their answers into six “Success Principles.”
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The Biggest Danger Women Pose to the Status Quo
Start 2020 strong with Pat Mitchell, first female president of CNN Productions and PBS, co-founder and curator of TEDWomen, global advocate for women’s rights, and author of Becoming a Dangerous Woman.
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Posted in Podcasts, Life on Your Terms, Networking, Success & Leadership Tagged Celeste Headlee, January 2020 Newsletter, Pat Mitchell
You’re Not Lost: Create the Career YOU Want | 2019 Session
Making some career decisions can be enough to bring any adult to her knees. The anxiety, second-guessing and unsolicited opinions we face are often abundant and result in self-doubt. They can also prevent you from making the small decisions that will help you get where you want to go. Career strategist Maxie McCoy will offer insights and advice for how to think about your choices, trust your instincts and decide whether to stay the course or pivot in a new direction. Read More
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Posted in Career Choices, Breakout Session Tagged 2019 Session, Maxie McCoy, Adda Grace Power
Harness Resilience to Catapult Yourself Forward | 2019 Session
Women today face more stresses and strains, both professionally and personally, than ever before. But what if you could embrace life’s challenges in ways that enabled you to catapult yourself forward? Join resilience expert Anne Grady as she presents with a comedic spin her story of being forced to build resilience and how her life was transformed as a result. She will share the important tools to enable you to cultivate your ability to adapt, continually learn and establish a healthy relationship with key stressors. Attendees will learn how to:
- Identify triggers and self-defeating habits to proactively manage them;
- Utilize brain-based strategies to improve emotional regulation and attention;
- Identify personal and professional high pay-off activities and priorities; and
- Take advantage of risk, change, and adversity to get back up faster and stronger
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Posted in Life on Your Terms, Life Balance, Health & Wellness, Breakout Session Tagged Colleen Richards Powell, Anne Grady, 2019 Session
50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present & Future of Women and Power | 2019 Session
50/50 gives the 10,000 year history of gender + power — from setbacks and uprisings, to the bigger context of where we are today. Using her signature, cinematic-thought-essay style, Emmy-nominated filmmaker & founder of The Webby Awards Tiffany Shlain brings us on an electric ride to explore, where are we really on the greater arc of history of women and power? This session will kick-off by viewing this powerful 20 minute film. We will then discuss what it’s going to take to get to a #5050 world — not just politics and board rooms, but truly shifting the gender balance to be better for everyone. Read More
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Posted in Success & Leadership, Job Advancement, Innovation, Breakout Session Tagged 2019 Session, Tracy Atkinson, Jessica Donohue, Tiffany Shlain
Viral Parenting: Raising Responsible Kids in an Online World | 2019 Session
Raising responsible, safe, and communicative kids in a digital world is challenging yet possible. And although children and teens may fight you, they are quietly begging for boundaries and for parents to set guidelines to help them navigate a complex and pressure filled online landscape.This session will offer practical tools to keep your kids safe in their online lives, and show you how to create stronger family relationships. Attendees will learn about privacy, bullying, respectfulness, and family time, as well as the importance of trust and open communication. These strategies are timeless–whether applied to texting, snapping, Facebooking, kiking, or whatever social media platforms await us in the future. Learn how to integrate family contracts, guided conversations, device checks, and other strategies for teaching children about personal responsibility and safety. Read More
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Posted in Health & Wellness, Breakout Session Tagged 2019 Session, Mindy McKnight, Sean McKnight