COVID-19 has brought immense devastation to people around the world with business owners being one of the hardest-hit groups. Especially female-owned businesses. Active US business ownership between February and April saw a 22% drop, according to a June piece from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The largest on record, the 3.3 million decrease ...
After decades of building your career and company, you’ve learned so much about how to be a success. Yet you’ve also discovered that it can be hard to find peers that understand the unique issues that you face. That’s what peer advisory groups are for. For businesswomen striving to obtain and hold on to high-power ...
Are you interested in career advancement? General resources are great, but they can’t replace the effect of expert human feedback and coaching. One of the best ways to gain this resource is by finding a mentor. It can be a significant factor to improving diversity in leadership. According to a 2019 study from Leanin.org, 1 ...
After the tragic death of George Floyd set off a chain reaction in the world, particularly in the Black Lives Matter movement, Outmatch brought together a panel of experts to speak about racial injustice in corporate America. Aaliyah Haqq from the Center for Workforce Excellence, EWF President Jennifer Carter, and James Pogue, diversity consultant and ...
Whether you're actively searching or looking to assess your next career move, it's a brave new world out there. In this webinar, EWF Leaders Tanis Cornell and Jennifer Carter teamed up with EWF Career Coaching Practice Lead Elizabeth Lions to explore how COVID-19 has changed the job search, share proven ways to master video interviews, ...
Dear EWF Community, The murder of George Floyd is just the latest in a long history of institutionalized violence against the Black community. There is no question that racism is institutional, systemic, and pervasive. No one stands outside that system. Accordingly, we all have a part to play in dismantling it – especially white people, ...
Furloughing employees wan’t unheard of, but until the COVID crisis, it had never been done at this scale across industries. Many leaders are in uncharted territory. On May 13, 2020, our CEO Tanis Cornell joined John Brennan, VP of Human Capital at Life Time Fitness, on OutMatch‘s The Future of Work Webinar Series. They had a great discussion about how the ...
Help us help others EWF International has joined forces with Owners Forum Members Chef Amber Williams of Le Rouge Cuisine and Holly Carroccio of Nexus Advisors to feed the hungry – AND support women-owned small businesses in the process. Your generous donations go to provide meals for some of Dallas’ most vulnerable. Through CitySquare, we’re helping feed ...
On April 29, 2020, our President Jennifer Carter joined author and coach Bill Bartlett on OutMatch's The Future of Work Webinar Series. They had a great discussion about how to Lead Through Anxiety and Uncertainty. Check out Two "Must Dos" from the Session. Click here to watch the full Webinar. Key Takeaways Before anything else – even if the answer is ...
Building influence is vital to unlocking career opportunities. It involves 4 main areas: 1) forging meaningful relationships with coworkers, 2) collaborating well and often, 3) managing the organization’s perception of you and your work, and 4) developing insight into the broader business and business community. Informal relationships outside the chain of command often determine what ...