Bonnie Marcus
Forbes
California, United States
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What Does It Mean To Age Boldly?
It’s clear that older women, once dismissed as irrelevant, are now fully stepping into their power and pushing aside the ageist assumptions that define them as over the hill. → Read More
The 3 Things Women Over 50 Can Do to Keep Their Jobs
'You went to school with Abe Lincoln, right?' an older woman exec was asked by a young colleague. Here's what she should have done in response. → Read More
What Does It Takes To Keep Women In Tech Companies? Ask Them.
Companies are spending millions of dollars on gender diversity programs yet it seems the programs are not giving them the results they desire. Why? Maybe they need to ask the women what they want and need to stay. → Read More
The Three Lessons You Can Learn From Ruth Bader Ginsburg About Ambition
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a role model for all women to step into their power and own their ambition. Here are the three lessons we can learn from Ginsburg about ambition. → Read More
This Morning Routine Is The Key To Your Success
If you just shift and start putting your words, thoughts, and emotions on things that you are grateful for, either that you have or that you’d like to have, you’ll start to see more evidence of that manifesting in your life. → Read More
The Music Industry Remains A Boy's Club: How Do Women Break In?
How do women make it in the music industry? I interviewed the women from Third Side Music to understand what it takes to break in and get ahead. → Read More
What Happens When CEOs Take A Pledge To Improve Diversity And Inclusion?
In the spring of 2017, a group of CEO’s spearheaded by Tim Ryan, CEO of PwC, took a pledge to address diversity and inclusion in the workplace. I recently had a conversation with Mike Dillon, Chief Diversity Officer at PwC, to better understand how PwC is implementing their action plan. → Read More
Is Netflix Cracking The Code For Women In Tech To Succeed?
Is Netlfix cracking the code for women in tech to succeed? I had the pleasure of interviewing Tracy Wright, Director, Global Content Operations, to learn more about how the culture at Netflix supports and empowers women. → Read More
Want To Be Successful? Find A Strong Female Role Model
What does it take to be successful? Successful people have their own special formula that has enabled them to reach their full potential. Nina Tassler is a great example of a successful woman who credits much of her positive attitude and determination to her mother. → Read More
UN Global Compact Launches Online Tool To Drive Women's Empowerment
There are many benefits to empowering women from an economic, societal, and workplace perspective. The UN Global Compact launched an online tool to help companies assess their progress in gender equality and drive change. → Read More
The Assumptions You Make About Yourself Can Sabotage Your Success
We make assumptions every day. Our assumptions have power over our ability to be successful. We form strong beliefs and opinions based on assumptions we make about ourselves, and these become our story. → Read More
How This New Mom Intrapreneur Created A Flexible Schedule (And Career)
Flexibility is a win-win for both companies and career-minded women. Companies don’t lose top female talent and women don’t need to abandon their ambition. They can realize their goals in a non-traditional non-linear manner. → Read More
Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America, Shares The Three Things A New Leader Needs To Know
Assuming a new leadership role is challenging and many of the challenges have the potential to derail you, especially in your first year. During those initial months all eyes are on your performance and you need to manage the high expectations of your colleagues, direct reports, your clients and your board. How do you focus on your vision and also prove yourself to other stakeholders? What does… → Read More
It's Not Hard To Support A Young Woman's Dream
Soledad O’Brien’s career as a journalist exposed her to many young women who have been the victims of both poverty and disasters. Often without the family support or financial resources to be successful, these young women have no roadmap to realize their full potential. Moved by their capability and their ambition despite obstacles, Soledad had the desire to do her part to launch young women… → Read More
Getting Real About What It Takes To Get Ahead
We would all like to believe that the principles of meritocracy are upheld in our company and that our talent and hard work will get us ahead. After all, when we focused on our work in college and graduate school, we earned good grades and perhaps even honors. But now we’re in the workplace and using this same approach doesn’t get us very far. At best, our stellar performance only qualifies us… → Read More
Your Network Is Your Net Worth: 7 Ways To Build Social Capital
A strong network is like money in the bank. Your network can help you build visibility, connect you with influencers, and open up doors for new opportunities. Building and nurturing a network is one of the most powerful things you can do to support your career advancement. Yet often, our networking efforts are just social, haphazard, and as a result, ineffective. You make friends and… → Read More
7 Questions High Achieving Women Should Answer Before Accepting A Job Offer
If you are currently dissatisfied with your job and your company, you are more than likely looking for another position with a new organization. Perhaps you are unhappy because you were passed over for a well deserved promotion. Maybe you just don’t see any potential for you to advance your career. You finally realize that the culture doesn’t support women’s advancement or you have come to the… → Read More
5 Things You Need To Do To Get The Promotion You Deserve
If you have been in the workplace for a couple of years, you have most likely already learned the lesson that your talent and hard work will not ensure your promotion. The myth of the meritocracy has been shattered. Though it seems unfair to be passed over to less qualified candidates, it can be a rude awakening to the reality of the workplace today. It takes more than your talent and great performance… → Read More
What Will It Take To Succeed In The Future World Of Work?
Today it’s a challenge to manage the fast pace of the workplace. Technology and changing demographics create the rapid need for change, and businesses and employees are scrambling to keep up. But even more changes are on the horizon as we transition into the agile workplace of the future. What does this future world of work look like and what skills will be required to survive and thrive in this… → Read More
New Study Reveals Senior Executive Women Still Struggle With Self Promotion
Just because you’ve made it to the top doesn’t mean you can rest on your laurels. A new study released last week reveals that senior women executives still struggle with some of the career advancement challenges that women in middle management do. The research conducted in November 2013 by Barbara Annis and Associates in partnership with Thomson Reuters and Women of Influence was the result of a… → Read More