Blogs: Women’s Leadership

Beans for Brains Knitting and Crochet Scholarship Program Continues To Help Craft Brighter Futures

By Oriana Torres | Published: April 9, 2012

Reno, Nev. (March 21, 2012) – Jimmy Beans Wool, a leading online retailer of yarn and fabric, is now accepting applications for its annual Beans for Brains scholarship program for the 2012-2013 academic school year. Through the generous donations and efforts of Jimmy Beans Wool, The Yarn Group, Vogue Knitting Magazine, Tahki Stacy Charles, Classic …

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Ace the Interview

By rprior | Published: May 12, 2011

You’re smart, you’re hard-working, and you’re ready for your first job – or your next job. All you need to do is convince the person across the table from you. Wish you knew what that person is thinking? Kathy Kiely, President of The Ad Club, led a stellar keynote panel on landing a job at …

Eileen Fisher and Friends at Babson

By clauer | Published: May 10, 2011

Eileen Fisher, clothing designer, entrepreneur, and founder of EILEEN FISHER Inc. was inducted into Babson’s Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs at the World Stage event, held at the John F. Kennedy Library, on Thursday, April 28, 2011. The day after the World Stage event, Eileen Fisher and EILEEN FISHER Chief Culture Officer Susan Schor engaged students, …

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Equal Pay Day 2011

By rprior | Published: April 14, 2011

Did you miss Equal Pay Day? Tuesday, April 12, symbolizes the extra time that the average American woman works to earn the same amount that the average male earned in 2010. In short, it takes women extra months of work to catch up with their male colleagues’ annual earnings. You don’t have to identify as …

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April Message from the Director

By rprior | Published: April 5, 2011

Other than the April Fool’s Day snowstorm (yes, that’s true, and no, we were not amused), we can’t agree with T.S. Eliot that “April is the cruelest month.” Here at The Center for Women’s Leadership, at Babson College, and also in the larger communities of and for women, there’s so much happening that excitement and …

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Choosing the Right Business School

By jwhalen | Published: March 30, 2011

This is the time of year when thousands of young women are making choices about colleges, both for undergraduate and graduate degrees. While there are virtual volumes on the variables that go into these decisions, we thought you might like to hear the why and the how from an extraordinarily talented young woman who, this …

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Alignment

By jwhalen | Published: March 15, 2011

Given the initial response to the e-book Acceleration – Changing the Speed of Growth, there may be more internal entrepreneurs out there than previously reported. Many of the readers indicated that they had never thought of themselves in terms of being an internal entrepreneur until they read the e-book. The goal of the book was …

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14th Global Women Leaders Summit at the Burj Al Arab, Dubai. UAE Day 2

By jwhalen | Published: March 9, 2011

As the second day of the conference began, there appeared to be a great deal of excitement around the upcoming awards later in the morning. The room was filled to the brim and a number of extra tables were brought in to accommodate the overflow. The large Nigerian delegation was colorfully dressed in national dress …

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Empowering Women Helps Global Growth: Hillary Rodham Clinton

By clauer | Published: March 8, 2011

Today is International Women’s Day! In this article posted today on the Bloomberg opinion page, Hillary Rodham Clinton makes the case that women’s emerging economic power is the key to future growth. Among the initiatives that are significantly increasing economic access for women, Rodham Clinton sites the Ernst & Young Winning Women’s program: “Ernst & Young is tapping into the …

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Google Doodle for International Women’s Day

By rprior | Published: March 8, 2011

Google posted a new doodle today in honor of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Rather than linking to a web search, though, today’s doodle links to a Google page highlighting today’s “bridge” events. It also includes a short video about the event that includes this interesting set of statistics: “Did you know that …

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