Women@Work, the Times Union’s networking group for women in leadership and the workplace, hosts its ninth annual Summit on June 5. This event’s theme is “Own the Room” and it will celebrate the ...

This difference in gendered perception represents a double standard in accepted assertiveness. While assertive behavior from men is framed as leadership, the same behavior in women is often framed as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. Men should support women even more, especially in the workplace.

Women are overwhelmingly ambitious in their careers, and they see workplace flexibility as a pillar for helping them get ahead at work. A majority of women workers, 87%, say they're ambitious in their ...

New research shows men and women are equally committed to doing their best at work, but there's a growing ambition gap among women who want to get ahead — and companies rolling back commitments to ...

Sarah Chavarria walked into a meeting with her board of directors, sat down and said: “We need to talk about menopause.” Never mind that the board was almost all older men at that 2023 meeting, one of ...

A 2025 study finds that when women and men both use AI to produce identical work product, the women are viewed as less competent than the men. This reflects a broader pattern of gender bias that ...

NPR's Kathryn Fink and Jordan Marie Smith talk about why Broadcast News still resonates in conversations about women and ambition. Many people have role models growing up. One of mine was Holly Hunter ...