I’ve always been passionate about women’s initiatives, especially when it comes to the workplace. I joined Women In Business (WIB) at the David Eccles School of Business as a freshman in college but always wanted to be involved beyond attending a few events a year. I applied to be a board member last year after a professor of mine saw that WIB was [...]
Likeability versus competency. It's a dilemma almost every woman in the workplace struggles to balance. Attendees at the most recent Women in Business luncheon got some fantastic tips on striking that balance from Dr. Patricia Gorman, Managing Director of Goff Strategic Leadership Center. Gorman spoke to a full room about ways women can become strategic leaders in their careers. The lecture was jam-packed [...]
Undergraduate business student Lauren Vandertoolen recently learned about a new group for undergraduates dedicated to the issues affecting women in the business world. Here's what she had to say about discovering Women in Business: Women in Business for Undergraduates is a new, fast-growing club empowering women not only in the David Eccles School of Business, but across campus. It is an addition to the [...]
MBA student Cassi Matthews helped organize a recent panel discussion at the David Eccles School of Business that took on the important topic of diversity. Here, she shares her thoughts on the rationale behind the discussion, and some of what she learned. Cassi writes: Diversity is a hot topic around the business school. There are a lot of misconceptions and ideas about it that [...]