As a business that's strategy-focused, I regularly experience bias on the part of male clients who appear reluctant to accept that a woman can deliver meaningful contributions. That makes it very challenging for women-owned companies like my own to elevate their visibility.
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LISA ROWAN Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; the... ANNE M. MULCAHY Being a conglomerate, each of our businesses has a different challenge; business landscape is differ... KUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA It is their loss. I try to add something to each place I work for. Unfortunately all of my experienc... ABDELFATTAH QASEM I think that you learn some great lessons in this business, and one of them is to accept the disappo... HERMAN SARKOWSKY Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens th... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS We're very pleased that Georgia is on the leading edge of this national trend. Georgia's pro-busines... CRAIG LESSER The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own... FLORENCE ELLINWOOD ALLEN We provide companies with last-mile visibility. Our planning tools and software enable companies to ... 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JEN ZIMMERMAN For as small of a swim team (Gunnison) is, they have some great depth. They came off a long bus ride... JEN ZIMMERMAN I think we still have some qualifications for this team. For the girls who might be a bit off, they'... JEN ZIMMERMAN Those girls have really stepped up for us. JEN ZIMMERMAN No teacher needs legislative approval to teach what is the scientifically accepted norms of their di... MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN We're trying to figure a way to keep the price down. MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN But I think this year's team is the closest thing we've had in terms of being a strong team and gett... MIKE ZIMMERMAN In our first two meets this year, they've really set the tone for the entire team. They have a lot t... MIKE ZIMMERMAN Some of the top teams in the state will be there. We're ready to run against some of those teams and... MIKE ZIMMERMAN I didn't come up here expecting to play. I am not really surprised. It's just whenever they need me.... RYAN ZIMMERMAN It's great news ... it's a key element of bringing swimming back to Charles. ROBERT ZIMMERMAN It took probably a month before he would actually sleep through the night without waking up and cryi... SARAH ZIMMERMAN Self love is the only way to a high quality love life. The quality of men and love relationships you... JANET ONG ZIMMERMAN There is no perfect love. There is only a right kind of love. This kind of love cares for your well-... JANET ONG ZIMMERMAN As a kid, I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, wh... BETH DITTO A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house. BETH DITTO It's not the winning that teaches you how to be resilient. It's the setback. It's the lo... BETH BROOKE My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by... BETH BROOKE I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned te... BETH DITTO Setbacks are just learning experiences. BETH BROOKE I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns. BETH DITTO Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound. BETH GIBBONS The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben... BETH ORTON I enjoy doing fun things outdoors with my son to stay in shape. We like camping together. After a we... BETH RIESGRAF My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigge... BETH DITTO We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away... BETH REVIS I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why. BETH DITTO I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money. BETH HENLEY I think that people have to be able to see two sides of the coin to survive because it is a racist s... BETH HENLEY I think I had a job in a children's theatre. I taught badly because I was into nihilism at the time ... BETH HENLEY I remember not knowing what a cue light was because I'd never worked in a production that was high c... BETH HENLEY I love writing for the screen. BETH HENLEY