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How to Raise Girls to Be Leaders

Girls begin losing confidence as early as age 6. Get research-backed strategies to build your daughter's self-belief, voice, and leadership skills.

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Raising Girls to Be Leaders

Learn how to raise girls to be leaders with research-backed strategies to build confidence, resilience, and leadership skills from an early age.

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For Working Mothers

Learn how to avoid the motherhood penalty with strategies to address bias against working moms, increase visibility, and advance your career.

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Accelerating your Career

Learn how to accelerate your career with proven strategies to get promoted faster, build visibility, and reach the next level at work.

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What I Wish I Knew about Leadership Growing Up

Girls are often told they aren't leaders. Learn why that narrative is wrong and how we can help girls see themselves as leaders from a young age.

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Celebrate the Ambition of Working Mothers

Working mothers are more ambitious than women overall, yet maternal bias holds them back. See the data and learn how to support moms at work.

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The Surprising Benefit of Using All Your PTO

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How to Deal With a Micromanager Without Hurting Your Career

3 concrete tips for dealing with a micromanager

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What Is Likeability Bias? Why Successful Women Face This Hurdle at Work

High competence or intelligence can trigger hostility for women at work.

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Asking for a Promotion in Your Performance Review: How to Prepare

A week-by-week guide to prepare you to ask for a promotion in your performance review

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How to Get a Job in 2026: What Every New Graduate Needs to Know

A 2026 guide to getting a job in a difficult market

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The Hidden Rules of Work Every Young Woman Should Know Before Starting Her Career

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Young Women Aren’t Opting Out. They’re Opting for Better.

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How to Respond When Someone Questions Your Competence at Work

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The “Gen Z Women Are Opting Out” Story Is Wrong

New Lean In research shows Gen Z women want leadership roles when they believe their company genuinely wants them there.

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Public Speaking Anxiety: Why It's Different for Women, and How to Move Past It

Women face gender bias when speaking in public. Here are tactics for building confidence when presenting.

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How Do I Manage a Performance Review after Maternity Leave?

Managing a performance review after a hard six months with a new baby? Get advice on giving yourself credit and reframing the conversation.

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How to Negotiate Your Salary and Get Paid What You're Worth

Women face more pushback than men when they negotiate. Here are research-backed negotiation strategies to help you get what you're worth.

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Why Women's Leadership Is More Important than Ever in the Age of AI

AI can't replicate communication, empathy, or ethical judgment, the strengths that position women to lead in an AI-powered workplace.

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Q&A: The Importance of Women's Financial Literacy, with Mrs. Dow Jones

Mrs. Dow Jones on negotiating pay, investing instead of just saving, and why financial literacy is real freedom for women.

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Q&A: The "Rainbow Ceiling" for LGBTQ+ Workers, with Layla McKay

Layla McCay explains the rainbow ceiling holding back LGBTQ+ workers, the pay gap behind it, and how allies can help close it.

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Interrupted at work? You're not alone.

Women are twice as likely as men to be interrupted or spoken over at work. See what the research shows and what you can do about it.

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Why ambition and failure go hand in hand

Women fear failure more than men, and they're judged more harshly for it. See what the research shows and how to overcome your fear of failure.

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The hidden challenges younger women face at work

Younger women face ageism, sexual harassment, and promotion barriers at the same rates as older women. See the research and what companies must do.

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The workplace doesn’t take young women seriously—now they’re fighting back

Ageism hits young women hardest—they face bias around competence and credibility that men their age don't. See the research and how women are pushing back.

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Role modeling for girls

Girls look to the women in their lives for cues about how to think and act. Get practical tips for inspiring the next generation of female leaders.

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#inspireinclusion 5 ways adults can lift up girls as leaders

Girls face real barriers to leadership. Learn 5 ways adults can help them expand their definition of leadership and step into their power.

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How you can help girls embrace failure and take positive risks

Girls fear failure more than boys do, and it holds them back. Learn research-backed strategies to help girls build a growth mindset and take positive risks.

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Raising Resilient Girls

A growth mindset is crucial for girls, leading to improvements in learning and emotional resilience. Empower your girl to see challenges as opportunities.

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Help your girls speak up at school

From classroom discussions to real-world challenges, discover how to help girls strengthen their voice, embrace mistakes, and speak up with courage.

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How to help teen girls navigate friendship conflict

Friendship conflict can be painful and powerful. Discover research-informed strategies to help girls build confidence, set boundaries, and repair relationships.

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Why self-efficacy matters, and how to build it in girls

Self-efficacy is a key driver of resilience, confidence, and success in teen girls. Learn 5 actionable strategies parents can use to nurture it.

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How to Succeed in Your First Job

Learn how to succeed in your first job—research-backed steps for women to build visibility, earn promotions, and navigate workplace bias from day one.

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Girls and AI

86% of jobs most at risk from AI are held by women. Learn which careers will grow and how to prepare the girls in your life to lead in the AI era.

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Speaking While Female

Women are interrupted, ignored, and penalized for speaking up at work. See the research on gender bias in communication and what leaders can do about it.