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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. Irving CEO, She’s Got Goals, LLC Irving is an award-winning small business expert, the founder of She’s Got Goals, LLC, and the author of Don’t Duck The Government, They’ve Got Your Money. Karwanna D.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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By masking her identity from the hiring committee, it guaranteed that she’d be judged on her performance, not her gender. But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. As of 2019 , U.S. That number had fallen to about 21% in 2019.

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