Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead
In Lean In, hear personal stories, learn about research that shines a light on gender differences, and practical advice to help women achieve their goals.
THE JILLS OF ALL TRADES™ is a powerhouse talent collective of Freelancers, Consultants & Solopreneurs. Our platform AGGREGATES solo professionals, who are often fragmented and hard to find, to gain bolder & bigger marketing exposure. We CENTRALIZE relevant resources, tips, & tools to make it easier & faster for solos to run their businesses. Learn more here.
We know there can be obstacles along the path from idea to commercialization. WEDC’s entrepreneurial programs are designed to further advance startup activity by supporting the full path from startup to commercialization. By working with our statewide network of partners, our initiatives spur entrepreneurial activity by providing direct capital infusions and incenting investments through angel and venture tax credits, mentoring, training and other important resources. Learn more here.
The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L & E Clinic) provides free legal services to nascent entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through the work of law students supervised by faculty and private sector attorneys. We have three primary goals: Provide high-quality legal services to entrepreneurs and startup companies, train law students in the practical aspects of transactional law while providing a challenging academic experience, and impact the economy by helping Wisconsin businesses launch and grow. Learn more here.
The Office of Talent Management (OTM) is dedicated to recruiting, engaging, developing, retaining and advancing a diverse workforce of right-fit talent, elevating UW-Madison’s position as a world-class, 21st century employer. OTM provides employees and supervisors with a wide range of resources, including professional development, leadership training and educational opportunities to cultivate individual and organizational excellence. Learn more here.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialog, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR works with policymakers, scholars, and public interest groups to design, execute, and disseminate research that illuminates economic and social policy issues affecting women and families and to build a network of individuals and organizations that conduct and use women-oriented policy research. Learn more here.
We leverage the strengths of UW-Madison to be a convener and leading voice in education, applied research, and impactful engagement to promote global wellbeing and full participation of women in society. The 4W Initiative is grounded in human rights principles. This means working toward equal rights for women and girls as an end in itself, while also recognizing the important role that women play in sustaining families, communities, civil society, local and global economies and our earth. 4W values build on each other, beginning with basic needs and freedom from harm, and moving toward full agency and global leadership. Learn more here.
In Lean In, hear personal stories, learn about research that shines a light on gender differences, and practical advice to help women achieve their goals.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the art of asking but were afraid to ask (or at least didn’t know what to google).
Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to.
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs and speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.
In Women Who Run with the Wolves, hear about intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature.
In Designing Your Life learn how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are.
In What Color is Your Parachute? find support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work–and which don’t In today’s challenging job-market.
Lois P. Frankel reveals a distinctive set of behaviors that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. She teaches you how to eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back and offers invaluable coaching tips.
Lab Dynamics is a unique guide to the interpersonal side of scientific research and management. The book provides practical solutions to some of the toughest problems that working scientists and science managers face daily.
Via chapters such as “Your Brain is Your Bitch,” “Fear is for Suckers” and “My Subconscious Made Me Do It,” the book takes you on a wild joy ride to your own transformation and helps you create the money, relationships, careers and general all around awesomeness you so desire.
As they travelled the country, these authors discovered that the mothers and fathers they meet are desperate for help translating the Confidence Code into a formula that works for girls, so that their daughters can be empowered, from a young age, by the power and satisfaction of a confident life. They heard their pleas.
In The Confidence Code, journalists Shipman and Kay travel to the frontiers of neuroscience on a hunt for the confidence gene and reveal surprising new research on its roots in our brains. Inspiring, insightful, and persuasive, The Confidence Code shows that by acting on our best instincts and by daring to be authentic, women can feel the transformative power of a life on confidence.
Shipman and Kay, two TV journalists well acquainted with the stress of the workplace, describe the new economic trends that offer today’s overworked working women more professional and personal choices than ever before. At last, you no longer have to do it all to have it all—Womenomics shows you how.
Companies with 3 or more women directors
outperform those with lower representation.
Review the report and let the data speak for itself.