By Suzanna de Baca, President and CEO, Business Publications Corp. When I was starting out my post-MBA career in the male-dominated world of investment management, there were few women in the business. I got a lot of comments about my appearance. One of my colleagues regularly and publicly remarked on Read more…
By Sarah Bogaards, Business Record staff writer Hometown: Mount Pleasant/Clinton Education: Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Wartburg College; Juris Doctor, University of Iowa; Ph.D. in education, Drake University Family: Husband, four children Age: 52 Contact: president.keck@grandview.edu Since July, Rachelle Keck has been getting acquainted with Grand View University, its students, Read more…
Research shows female employees often possess specific leadership attributes needed in tough times By Suzanna de Baca, Business Publications Corp. president and CEO Women do hard things better. I did a double take when I saw that statement in a Harvard Business Review article called “When women leaders leave, the Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record editor One of our goals with Fearless is to connect with people across the state who share goals similar to our mission of empowering Iowa women to succeed in work and life. So far this year, we’ve stopped in the Quad Cities and Sioux City. Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. I still vividly remember a situation in a past job where one of my female team members tearfully confided that a high-level male colleague had drunkenly and aggressively groped her during a company outing. When I urged her to report Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. When I first finished my MBA and began a career in financial services, I was often hesitant to offer my own opinion. Surrounded by many experienced and accomplished professionals, I frequently second-guessed my knowledge and held back in conversations. Over Read more…
By Emily Kestel The University of Iowa was recognized as a national leader in gender representation in leadership in a January 2022 study by the Eos Foundation. The study, called “The Women’s Power Gap at Elite Universities: Scaling the Ivory Tower,” examines the 130 public and private universities across the Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Representation and inclusion of all women in leadership positions continues to be an issue that businesses and organizations are dealing with. In our first Fearless Focus event of the year, we spoke with five women across the state about the personal and systemic barriers that women Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. If asked who my female heroes were when I was growing up, I would probably have said Joan of Arc, Frida Kahlo or Amelia Earhart – historical figures I admired for their bravery and independence. But looking back, the women Read more…
Thoughts ahead of Fearless Focus event on leadership By Emily Kestel Representation matters – especially in leadership. The latest data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows that in Iowa’s private sector, women held 30% of executive-level leadership positions and 40% of midlevel management positions. Furthermore, women of color made Read more…