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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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After analyzing over 10 million accounts, LinkedIn found that, compared to January 2019, in October 2022, 20% more women applied to fully-remote jobs while men decreased by the same amount. In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S.,

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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The Society for Human Resource Management found that half of all Black office workers wanted to work from home permanently, while only 39% of white workers did so. . For example, in 2019, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S. Mentoring initiatives .

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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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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

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Fostering creativity and innovation “Beyond the costumes and storytelling, I find that one of the most powerful motivators is defining clear goals, and giving employees the resources and decision-making authority to do what they do every day—deliver their best effort to make a difference,” Smith said. “At Mentoring served him as well.

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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. She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. With the U.S.

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The BossBabe Community of More Than 4 Million Is Strengthened by the Bond Its Founders Share

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The idea to create an online space for ambitious women evolved into a concrete plan, and by 2019, the business partners launched BossBabe. During the next 18 months, Canty sought out mentors with successful online businesses. That’s when I started exploring the online world,” she says. “I I didn’t know what I was going to do.

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