Damsels in Success

How To Keep Your Employees Focused and on Task

Keeping employees productive and focused is one of the major concerns of most employers. It often seems that virtually anything can distract an employee, from personal issues to frustrations on the job. A good employer needs to be inventive about getting the most from their employees. Use The Right Technology Frustrated employees can easily become [...]

80 percent women on Pinterest, is Google+ the gold mine?

While Facebook and Twitter have dominated the social space for long, Pinterest and Google+ still have managed to gain attention from social media users. The user base on both these platforms continue to grow. Inside Network’s AppData results revealed that Pinterest surpassed 10 million unique visitors in just 9 months; a figure any standalone site in [...]

5 Simple Tips on Giving the Best Business Speech Possible

If you have been asked to give a speech to your business colleagues, you may be filled with pride or terror—or both at the same time. Few things rival the feeling of standing up in front of your peers and giving a presentation, and many people refuse to do so out of fear or their [...]

Do women business leaders face unfair criticism?

When Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer banned working from home there was outrage. An internal business decision was reported internationally, and many column inches were dedicated to the move. And yet, as this Huffington Post article points out, when male CEOs make similar decisions it rarely makes the news. Some people justified the criticism levied at [...]

The Disparity of Women in STEM Jobs

We like to pretend that gender inequality in the work place is only an issue that the cast of Mad Men have to deal with. While things have gotten much better since the 1950s, there is still a long way to go – especially in certain industries. STEM jobs (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) are [...]