While workplace culture continues to evolve in many sectors, an alarming trend persists under the surface: the rise—and normalization—of workplace violence, bullying, and hostility toward women. These experiences are often downplayed or mischaracterized as miscommunication or personality conflicts (we’ve all heard or been the main character in the stories about how she “was just too hard to work with”), but the statistics paint a clearer picture: women are disproportionately

While more women than ever are launching businesses and stepping into leadership roles, the entrepreneurial pay gap remains wide—and it's not felt equally across generations. Younger women, especially Gen Z and millennials, are building businesses with bold purpose but face a lack of access to capital, mentorship, and institutional support. Meanwhile, Gen X and baby boomer women entrepreneurs often battle erasure, ageism, and exclusion from digital or innovation-forward fundi

Despite decades of progress, women in business continue to face significant discrimination, from funding gaps to leadership biases. While the number of women entrepreneurs and executives is steadily rising, the systems around them have not evolved at the same pace.

In an era where businesses tout inclusion, diversity, and equity as core values, a quiet but forceful resurgence of patriarchal norms is infiltrating workplace culture. Over the past year, several high-profile reversals in gender progress, hostile attitudes toward DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs, and an increase in workplace discrimination lawsuits reveal that the so-called post-pandemic reset may not be as equitable as advertised.

1. Recruiting With Intention and Equity Companies like Accenture have revamped their hiring processes to reduce bias and expand...

Today’s workforce is more generationally diverse than ever before. With Baby Boomers postponing retirement, Gen X in leadership roles, Millennials reshaping norms, and Gen Z entering the workforce with fresh expectations, managing a multigenerational team can feel like juggling smartphones, fax machines, and everything in between.

Many companies think culture is a "soft" issue — nice to have, but not business-critical. But here's the truth: a toxic or weak workplace...

Cindy LaCom The acronym “DEI” gets thrown around a lot, and many have begun to cringe at the thought of another diversity training or a...