BY: Career Mastered Editorial Staff Did you know? In 2024, an estimated 1,800 new businesses were started each day by women in the United States—bringing the total number of women-owned businesses to over 13 million, which represents approximately 42% of all U.S. businesses. Keep your eye on these entrepreneurial champions who make success look effortless. […]
The Power of Her Presence By: Lisa Wicker Fall always signals reflection and renewal—a time to close out the year stronger, sharper, and more focused than ever before. As we get ready to step boldly into 2026, I am reminded of the unstoppable force that women entrepreneurs represent. Their stories of resilience, reinvention, and rise
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By: Robin M. Wilson Dr. Shanita Williams is breaking cycles in her family and in her community. The daughter of an incarcerated father and a teenage mother, Shanita is the Vice President of People, Experiences, and Inclusion at Southern New Hampshire University and an author, TEDx Speaker, and CEO who has spent more than 10
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By: Hadley Roy Achieving work-life balance can feel like an impossible task. If your goal is to optimize work-life harmony this year, here are three quick tips to help you get ahead – plus a big question to ask yourself if these and other tips aren’t working. Set Boundaries (with easy ways to maintain them)
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Becoming a great leader doesn’t happen overnight or the second you get promoted into your management level position. Leading well requires a considerable amount of effort adapting to the constant changes in business. If you want to grow your leadership power, here are tools you can add to your belt in order to do just
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By: Priya Kumar In the journey of life, we often find ourselves donning various roles and titles. Personally, I wear the hats of an entrepreneur, managing a full-time job, a dedicated single mother, an educator involved in serving nonprofits, and a marathon runner. These roles, though diverse, have taught me profound lessons about balancing life
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BY: Lisa Nichols Impacting women’s global leadership and careers begins with providing a strong foundation for success and a powerful network of women who are influencing the world. Dr. Lisa Wicker has created a network that does just that. Beginning with Excel Village, girls in 5th-12th grades are mentored and provided with opportunities to learn
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When you calculate the immediate increase in social capital, and access to new business and professional opportunities in women-led circles, you, my dear, have influenced your own personal economy. Gaining an entourage to elevate the conversation around women, to celebrate wins, to express ideas, and to encourage collaboration and kudos is the new definition of
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BY: Marci Bryant I’m a stay-at-work-from-home-mom-of-a-toddler in the middle of a pandemic. Most days I am unequivocally tired, and there is often more on my to-do list than there are available hours and resources. Cohabitating for the first time, adjusting to parenthood, finding my way on a new job, and navigating new success as a
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BY: Lindsey McMillion Stemann It’s that new pair of shoes that you are so excited to wear tomorrow. Sure, you hope that people compliment you on them, but even then, it isn’t about that. It’s about feeling good, looking good and having confidence. Am I right? Over time though, the shoes get worn out and
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Game Changer Girls Are Virtually Everywhere! BY: Tisha L Hammond Deciding to be happy is good for your health. Being announced in the first class of inaugural Ambassadors to the Career Mastered Women’s Leadership Network (CMWLN) is good for your net worth! When you calculate the immediate increase in social capital, and access to new
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BY: Center for Creative Leadership Every role we play as humans has certain responsibilities and skills that come with it. And as we all know, each of us plays multiple roles. In our personal lives, this usually feels natural. We may play the roles of both parent and child, sibling, friend, and more. We lean
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What experience should we take from this year to build on to it? BY: Kayvonna Stigall As we bend the corner of 2020, rounding out the last quarter its only logical that we start to look at the upcoming 2021 New Year. Many may be wondering what does this next year hold when it comes
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BY: Evelyn Summerville One of the most liberating truths I embraced in life is my career. I own it. Therefore, I chart the course to determine its direction and accept responsibility for getting ahead. Armed with this truth, I realized that as important as a job is grasping the bigger picture of my career held
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BY: DR.LISA WICKER Coming off of a year of uncertainty, loss, and challenges, we’ve all had to adjust some of our family traditions for holidays, birthdays, weddings, and more. I am persuaded that celebrating the holidays without my mother will never feel normal. To be honest, this entire year has not felt normal, due to
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BY: TISHA L HAMMOND Dr.Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker has been carrying a weight since 2011. Seeing women race to the top of a career ladder, successfully doing more work with smaller teams, working long hours with no obvious comparator in view, and still not being handed the keys to the C-suite all wore heavy on
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By: Eugenia M. Orr, EdD Have you noticed that even in the midst of this global pandemic, and the associate uncertainty, that people are yet prospering? New homes, moves, remodeling and promotions. Out of struggle comes advancement and growth. For many of us, not much is going to keep us down. In fact, we are
