Founding Editor's Blog - PINK Community

She's Got Your Back!

At PINK we're still hearing horror stories about women who don't step up to support their sisters at work. But with only about 18 percent of leadership positions held by women, it's not so surprising. It's hard enough for women to get...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 6:52 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: glass breakers, leadership, women, mentor

Resilient Leadership

“We must be resilient to be successful .” T hat’s what Penny McIntyre, Newell Rubbermaid’s head of the nearly $2 billion office products division, told the company women's network today . Her talk comes right as so many women...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 3:18 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: leadership, women, resilience

Spring into Ownership Event Takeaways

Here are the Top 10 Success Secrets from PINK's sold-out "Spring into Ownership" event, sponsored by Porsche, Microsoft, Southern Company, FedEx, Jackson Lewis and B98.5. CNN's Director of Network Booking, Maria Ebrahimji asks the questions...

Published Fri, May 07 2010 3:48 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: spring into ownership event, takeaways

'Men Working' leaves half the world out

My son Alden called me at work one morning recently. He wanted to know my thoughts about the word "mankind" and whether it's OK to use the term in an essay. So I blurted out, "Not if you don't want to exclude more than half of the...

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 11:46 AM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: leadership, business, workplace, women

The 2010 Culture Shift in the Workplace

Look for a healthy increase in women leaders and a more woman-friendly work culture in the new decade! But I’m under no Pollyanna illusions. Equity at work still eludes women. The pay gap holds steady about 80 cents per every dollar a man makes...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 10:01 AM by Cynthia Good

Mireille Guiliano - Her Success Secrets:

Author of the best selling books – French Women Don’t Get Fat and her new book – Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire , Mireille Guiliano spent 20 years at Veuve Clicquot, becoming CEO and senior executive at LVMH. With Guiliano...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 1:21 PM by Cynthia Good

Recession Resolutions for 2010

In Little PINK Book we've written much about the subtle benefits of the recession. (Think new jobs/opportunities for women, stern reminders that we need to budget and plan for the future, back to basic values, etc.) Also since the Great Recession...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 10:46 PM by Cynthia Good

My Top 10

We had a sell out crowd in Atlanta at our 5th Annual Fall Empowerment Conference. (Thanks again to Presenting Sponsor, MetLife!) The women leaders on the dais covered it all. In fact, some of those attending told me personally that the top-featured women...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 10:38 PM by Cynthia Good

Chicago's Top 10

Here are my top 10 take-aways from the first of our 5th Annual Fall Empowerment Series of events presented by MetLife . This is just some of the wisdom offered in Chicago by America's most influential women in business who graciously shared their...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 4:36 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: Fall Empowerment Series

Men, Women & the Economy!

We know that overall, men have been hit the hardest in this economy, with most job losses occurring in male dominated fields (think manufacturing, finance, and construction). But the recession has been especially brutal for women in top leadership positions...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 12:46 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: Little PINK Book, CEO, take credit, recession, glass breakers, leadership, confidence, accomplishments, business

2009 Glass-Breakers Awards

Just back from PINK's first ever - Annual Top 15 Women in Business Awards where Ernst & Young and PINK honored the top women business leaders 2009; many of whom manage multi-billion dollar P&Ls. They were honored not just for succeeding (which...

Published Thu, Jul 23 2009 5:51 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: PINK, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ernst and Young

Celebrating Change

PINK is celebrating! We launched the magazine (really the movement) five years ago and acknowledged the milestone this year with events at Saks in NYC and Atlanta. GlaxoSmithKline's Global Innovation Head, Donna Sturgess, spoke to the New York crowd...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2009 4:37 PM by Cynthia Good

Filed under: Little PINK Book, PINK, Anniversary, Saks Fifth Avenue, Donna Sturgess, Buyologyinc

Missing Freedom

Mostd of us take the privilege of driving our cars each day for granted. I know I did. Each day I jumped into my car with the radio on, the air conditioning blowing and struggled in Atlanta's horrendous traffic. With these dizziness problems I haven't...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2009 5:10 AM by Dr. Kathleen Hall

Filed under: Dr. Kathleen Hall, freedom

The Gift of Hope

My husband came home last week and told me he thought we needed to get out of the house on a short vacation. I have been incarcerated since I was hit by the car six weeks ago. With my current disabilities it is impossible to go far. Jim surprised me with...

Published Tue, Jun 30 2009 6:50 PM by Dr. Kathleen Hall

Filed under: Dr. Kathleen Hall, hope

Joy in a Green Vase

The Fed Ex man called me on my phone to tell me the farm gate was locked and he had an important delivery that I had to pick up at the gate. We got on the golf cart and Jim drove me to the gate where the Fed Ex man handed me a flower delivery box. It...

Published Mon, Jun 29 2009 5:25 PM by Dr. Kathleen Hall

Filed under: Dr. Kathleen Hall, joy, flowers