Women

Anything Can Happen

In Edmonton in mid-March, Paddy Meade spoke with Alberta Venture about her rise to power in Alberta. >

Tomorrow, The World

Alberta’s next-generation female leaders are well on their way to the top of their respective industries. Today’s leading women identified these up-and-comers as ones who’ll take their torch and run with it. >

Union Dues

Women are staking ground in yet another workplace frontier. A report released in August by Statistics Canada shows the number of women in unions has quadrupled since the late 1970s. >

Thinking Like a Leader

For women, the road to a directorship appears fraught with overqualified guys in suits. But as seasoned board veteran Margot Micallef of Oliver Capital Partners will tell you, perception can be overcome by (figuratively) growing a pair of cojones. In her October 2 presentation, she urged women to “be competent and confident – but if you have to choose, be confident.” Here are Micallef’s suggested resources for harnessing a woman’s inner ballsyness:

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Working it on the Net

Get your name out there with the help of these women-driven business sites

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Grey Areas

Betty Ford is an employer’s dream.

The 75-year-old’s boss even has a nickname to describe her perennial performance as the company’s top sales producer. It’s Dynamo Betty.
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