Photos and story by Emily Blobaum When you think about the topic of paternity leave, your mind probably doesn’t immediately go to Disney Pixar movies. Or maybe it does. When I asked Ben Keenan, an HR consultant at Principal Financial Read more…
By Kaci Kohlhepp Conetzkey I knew being a mom was going to be hard. I’m the youngest of five with 10 nieces and nephews and three great nieces and nephews. I have one sister with triplet boys and another sister Read more…
By Lilian Sanchez I grew up the proud daughter of an immigrant. A single mom who sought refuge from an abusive household in the state known for its Field of Dreams. I grew up proud of my Mexican roots surrounded Read more…
By Tiffany O’Donnell | CEO, Women Lead Change Have you seen the memes about “How it started/How it’s going?” You’ll see things like a couple’s wedding picture (how it started) adjacent to their now grown family (how it’s going). Or Read more…
If there’s anything that I’ve learned in interacting with, reading about and listening to women in leadership positions over the last few years, it’s that the path to getting where they are now was not a straight line. Occasionally, I’ll Read more…
If you tuned in to our Fearless launch, you heard me say that women’s issues are everyone’s issues and we’ll be covering them as such. With this month’s focus on leadership, it’s imperative that we discuss what men can do Read more…
The Nov. 13 edition of the Business Record was produced entirely by women and contains 12 stories about 12 fearless women. To see the full issue, click here.
By Abigail Pelzer | Publisher, Marshalltown Times-Republican This time I made it home before the storm hit. Living with two years of motherly guilt for being at work and not by my son’s side during an EF-3 tornado, I was Read more…
Thirty percent. That’s roughly the proportion of executive-level leadership positions in Iowa that are held by women. This statistic is perhaps important not because it’s new, but because it’s NOT new. So why are we bringing it up now? One of Read more…
Elle Wyant is an account executive at United Parcel Service and is the chair of the LGBTQ Business Resource Group at UPS. She is also on the One Iowa board of directors. The biggest turning point in her life was Read more…