Tips on Navigating your Professional Journey
No matter where we are on our professional journey, we always want to be aware of our career progression. While also remembering that it takes time to move...
Tips on Navigating your Professional Journey
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Affecting Change to Eradicate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Affecting Change to Eradicate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
In light of the multitude of recent reports regarding sexual harassment, we need more than conversations on the topic. We need actions that can eradicate comments...
Mentorship: a workplace necessity or a necessity for success?
Mentorship: a workplace necessity or a necessity for success?
For the community of business professionals, the idea of mentorship is a hot topic, especially when discussing women in the workplace. We are all aware of the "leaky...
Reflections on my internship at Momentum
Reflections on my internship at Momentum
Alas, the day is finally here. It is my last day working at Momentum. You see, I started with Momentum at the end of January. As part of my Brock Scholars program in...
What is Social Entrepreneurship?
What is Social Entrepreneurship?
Defining social entrepreneurship Over the last thirty years or so, the field of social entrepreneurship has grown rapidly. Why? Stanford Social Innovation Review...
Women & philanthropy
Women & philanthropy
As we previously discussed, women’s financial influence has increased radically due to greater financial independence, more spending power, and growing leadership....
Why Diversity Matters
Why Diversity Matters
In 2015, McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, released a study entitled Diversity Matters. The study examined data from 366 public companies...
Influence and Power Through Spending
Influence and Power Through Spending
Women control over $20 trillion in world-wide spending. That's a lot of buying power. Catalyst defines buying power as the total personal income that is...
Financial Independence
Financial Independence
In the spirit of independence and the 4th of July, we want to share some thoughts about financial independence. Last week, the Momentum blog posted on money and...
On money and fearlessness
On money and fearlessness
Last night, I read the chapter "Fearless About Money" from Arianna Huffington's book, On Becoming Fearless... In Love, Work, and Life. I was intrigued by this quote:...
Preventing and dealing with burnout
Preventing and dealing with burnout
50% of the American workforce is "burnt out." Sara Holtz's podcast, Advice To My Younger Me, featured Dana Campbell, a career strategy and burnout coach, on the...
Change through micro decision-making
Change through micro decision-making
Recently, Fortune published an article entitled "Sallie Krawcheck: Why Corporate America Will Never 'Get' Diversity." Sallie Krawcheck is an incredibly influential...