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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” The organization, for which she now serves as board chair, has helped more than 40,000 people to date via mentoring and training materials delivered via Coursera.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. In addition to her role at Brightworks Consulting, Gannon is co-founder and president of The Foundation for Female Equity and Inclusion, a 501(c)(3) organization.

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3 Tips to Organize Your Executive & Team Members

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3 Tips for Organizing Your Executive & Team Members. This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized. A person’s personality type and strengths have a big effect on the way he or she manages time, and the person gets and stays organized.

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3 Tips for Organizing Your Executive & Team Members

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This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized, is chances are the person you’re trying to help doesn’t have the same style preferences as you do. So identifying a person’s style preferences before you help them get organized is key.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

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That internal dialogue that each person generates while trying to sort out what they’re observing and how they feel about it, multiplied across the organization, is what creates the underlying dynamics of a company culture. Their teams and organizations have purpose; they’re going somewhere. Do you know what I mean?”.

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Why Success Doesn’t Mean You’re Living a Fulfilled Life

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Many have volunteered as mentors or coaches, even when it’s not part of their jobs. Others volunteered for organizations, such as Rosie’s Theatre Kids , a group that helps inner-city kids find themselves through song and dance. This article was published in November 2016 and has been updated.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. I was new to the school, didn’t know anyone, and I organized a show with all the rappers and comedians and singers from the school. Chance the Rapper never had a Plan B. And I closed out the show. It was cool.

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