Babson College was recently recognized in the latest issue (Aug.Sept.Oct. 2009) of Pink Magazine as one of their favorite picks for our efforts to reach out to women.  In addition to Babson’s Fast Track MBA, the article highlighted five other programs for executives—University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), University of Michigan (Ross), NewYork University (Stern), Emory University [...]

I had the great privilege and pleasure of having breakfast last week with the new administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills.  The breakfast was for a board on which I serve, the national advisory board to the SBA for the SBDC program.  This was our first meeting with Administrator Mills to hear [...]

If you are a regular follower of events and activities at Babson’s Center for Women’s Leadership, you already know that for the first time in a dozen years (even longer if you count the amazing student-run conferences back in the days when) we will not be holding our Annual Women’s Leadership Conference this autumn. [...]

At Babson, for the past two weeks, 30 young Saudi women have descended on our campus, eager to engage and learn about social entrepreneurship. Their mission-to develop a new social venture -one that is SUSTAINABLE, FUNDABLE ($$) and EXECUTABLE within the confines of their culture and society.
 
It hasn’t been easy.
 
These thirty girls came together from [...]

Politics aside, Sonia Sotomayor is someone worth knowing about. So is her mother, Celina.
As with all the other women Supreme Court nominees, many nasty, irrelevant and erroneous news items are being spewed into the media. Post-election, what has happened to our American love of the rags to riches, up with your bootstraps stories that inspire [...]

Not only is Ursula Burns the first black woman who will lead a Fortune 500 company, but this recent succession announcement by Xerox Corporation is also historic in that it is the first time a woman will succeed another woman (Anne Mulcahy) as CEO of a major multinational.  I for one am not entirely surprised [...]

A wonderfully WICED thing is being created in Liverpool by a team of
very dedicated women.  WICED (Women’s International Centre for
Economic Development) is a new entry onto the scene of women’s
entrepreneurship.  While it is currently housed with the Train2000
program, WICED will eventually be housed in its own incubator building
currently being designed just for their purposes.
I learned [...]

I’m a member of the “sandwich generation” – one of those women still raising kids but taking care of parents. Recently I had the occasion to be in a doctor’s office while my dad was having a procedure and that gave me the chance to pick up the May issue of Essence magazine. I was initially [...]

I love the New York Times.  Really. I start most days reading it online. But an article on May 10 left me reeling. “Backlash:  Women Bullying Women at Work”.  Oh, yikes! 
According to a study done by Workplace Bullying Institute (yes; they really exist), not only do women account for 40% of the reported bullying behavior, [...]

A couple of weeks ago Jan Shubert and I presented at the Conference Boards, Women’s Leadership Conference in New York City.  The topic was Intrapreneurs: Key to Company and Professional Growth.  At 11:15AM when the session was to start there was absolutely no one there.  Jan and I looked at each other with a blank [...]