Guest Opinion

Editor’s note: To usher in the new year, we asked more than a dozen women who live across the state to write about their hopes, dreams, and things to keep in mind for women’s advancement and gender equity. Read the full collection of columns here. By Karen Mackey Self-advocacy is the Read more…

Editor’s note: To usher in the new year, we asked more than a dozen women who live across the state to write about their hopes, dreams, and things to keep in mind for women’s advancement and gender equity. Read the full collection of columns here. By Dr. Edith Parker Maternal mortality Read more…

Editor’s note: To usher in the new year, we asked more than a dozen women who live across the state to write about their hopes, dreams, and things to keep in mind for women’s advancement and gender equity. Read the full collection of columns here. By Amy Eaton While speaking at Read more…

Plus, 10 tips on confidence  By Kimberly Baeth, president, Golden Openings Inc. While I worked as the member services director at the North Hennepin Chamber of Commerce in suburban Minneapolis, I discovered there was no such thing as giant working scissors. Ribbon-cuttings existed but there was no magic behind them.  Read more…

By Angie Chaplin, founder/owner, Mindful Leadership For 30 years, I have devoted my career to studying, designing, implementing and facilitating leadership cultures for industries ranging from higher education to nonprofits and financial services to the federal government.   Examining companies and cultures of all shapes and sizes, I observed the impact Read more…

By Maria Corona, executive director, Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence Intimate partner violence is a preventable but persistent public health problem affecting almost 1 in 2 women in their lifetime. Failing to prevent violence is a public policy choice. Gender, racial, economic and social inequity are the roots of sustaining Read more…

By Danielle Smid, attorney, BrownWinick As a part of the #MeToo movement and litigation that ensued therefrom, employers learned quickly that implementing a strict anti-harassment policy and harassment training for their workforce is imperative in preventing workplace harassment. But harassment and other forms of inappropriate behavior continue to reach epidemic Read more…

By Megan Brown-Saldana, executive director, Lead(h)er Mentorship is problem-solving expertise or insight and is a medium in which, with the right influence, you can do anything.  I was matched with my first formal mentor, Amber, at 28 years old through Lead(h)er’s Strike a Match Mentorship Program. As I was searching Read more…