Professional Women: How Do You Succeed in Today’s Competitive Landscape?

By: Lorraine K. Lee

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg’s recent post about how women remain underrepresented in the workplace has brought new light to just how far off companies are in reaching equality in the C-Suite (it’s more than 100 years away!).

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What will it take for the gap to close? How can companies and coworkers help bridge this divide? Share your best advice on how to succeed as a woman in the workplace, and tag your deck #WomenInLeadership.

It’s In the Numbers

Sandberg’s nonprofit Lean In partnered with consulting firm McKinsey to conduct the survey referenced in Sandberg’s post. Among their findings? Women are not leaving faster than men (SVP-level women are 20% less likely to leave); senior-level women are less interested in advancing than their male counterparts (although entry- and mid-level women share similar aspirations toward getting promoted); and women of color are 43% more interested in becoming a top exec than white women.

Women in the Workplace 2015 from Lean In

20/20/20

Sidekick shares 20 lessons from 20 women worth more than $20 million. The deck incorporates successes, failures, and words of wisdom from individuals ranging from Sheryl Sandberg and Taylor Swift to Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams. View what these powerhouses have to say:

20 Lessons From 20 Women Worth Over $20 Million from Sidekick

Scaling Your Business

How can you counteract the fact that female-owned firms are smaller than others — and might even be shrinking? This deck provides a 4-step program to help women grow their businesses successfully:

BEYOND SOLO: Female Entrepreneurs Who Scale Successfully from Bruce Kasanoff

Women in Politics

This PSA by UN Women features Suits’ Meghan Markle. “Today less than one-quarter of the world’s leaders are women. We need more because, when women lead, the world changes. We’re working to create a world where women lead.” See how you can join the movement.

When women lead, the world changes - UN Women’s Advocate Meghan Mar... from UN Women

A First-Hand Account

This illustrated deck by engineer and Fittr co-founder Kiki Schirr shows a typical week as a female engineer. View the entertaining deck here:

What's it like being a Woman in Tech? from Kiki Schirr

About I.C. Collins

I.C. Collins is grateful that he can pursue something that is both interesting and has value on several levels. For over three decades in the Automotive Sales Industry a bottom-line guy Collins doesn't shy away from telling the truth in ways that cut through the noise to deliver streetwise and corporate knowledge from someone who's been there and done that, many times over.

He aims to create “a long-lasting major brand that for generations is a company that is business-critical to the leading brands in the world. We are focused every day on creating something that’s valuable and has permanence.”

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Professional Women: How Do You Succeed in Today’s Competitive Landscape?

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