For every woman frustrated with the lack of parity, for every man who longs for more work-life balance. For anyone looking for new avenues of dialogue, wealth and abundance for all, Girl Authentic is an invitation: a movement to talk about—and introduce—ideas that will create equilibrium for all of us.
Our structures need to change.
Girl Authentic empowers you to take an active role in changing the way
organizations work and think, one step at a time.
Betwixt and Between
How do you get from where you are to where you want to be? I’ve written a lot on this blog about the need for women to build new businesses – different kinds of [...]
What the world needs now is more wealthy women
What do Silicon Valley, the Catholic Church and the nation of Germany all have in common? If the articles I’m reading lately are any guide, the answer is an under-representation of women in leadership. [...]
When “Equilibrium” Means “No”
One of the greatest forces we have for equilibrium is the power of our own choices. I was reminded of this last month as I sat wringing my hands in Galway, Ireland, making a [...]
Bye-bye to the Long-Hours Culture
The title above was the subtitle of a recent article by Lucy Kellaway, a columnist for the Financial Times. This full-page piece ran in the Business section of “The World in 2015,” by The [...]
It Was the First Time There Was a Line
I was going to have to wait in line to use the restroom. And I couldn’t have been happier. I’ve been attending my profession’s annual global conference since I was a junior in college [...]
Walking the Talk
I have great business partners. When I launched GirlAuthentic in early 2013, one of them said to me, “That’s great. Now when are you going to start walking the talk?” He was right. He [...]
You want a horse? Go get a horse.
I wasn’t even 6 years old when I discovered something I really wanted: My own horse. My family had just moved to a much more rural area where EVERYONE had horses – well, except [...]
Is your workplace built on love – or fear? Here are 2 ways to tell.
We are embedded in fear – more deeply than we realize, much of the time. It’s ingrained, so we don’t even realize it much of the time. It’s become part of our autopilot at [...]
Closing the Gap
“We’re minding the gap, but how do we close it?” That’s the question the Women Donors Network asked recently. A lot has been written lately about all the gaps that exist for women – [...]
Step one: This conversation.
Step one: This conversation. A few weeks ago I had the honor of speaking at Penn State University’s wonderful “Powerful Women Paving the Way” conference. I love the conference name. I love that it [...]
Announcing Conversations!
Since the forming of GirlAuthentic, there have been many requests to tell people what the “model” looks like for a new business that is based on a balance of the feminine and masculine. I [...]
We’re Thinking Too Small
Why do we hold ourselves accountable to mostly arbitrary numbers of achievement over short periods of time – by month, quarter, or year? – This is how we measure our success. Your company [...]