Microsoft promotes "returnship" program for women

What to do with critical feedback | Consider company culture to make a positive first impression | Be brave, adaptable for success in working abroad Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( June 6, 2018 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( [] A Leader's Edge [] [What to do with critical feedback]( Receiving negative feedback may make you feel defensive, so it's important to take your time and get more data before reacting, writes organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich. Rather than shunning people who give critical feedback, seek to draw them closer. [Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model)]( (5/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] Career Progression: Developing Leaders [] [Consider company culture to make a positive first impression]( Introducing yourself in the right way can make a big difference as you seek to make a positive first impression at a new job. Adjust how much personal information you share based on the culture of the new company, writes Stav Ziv. [The Muse]( (6/5) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Be brave, adaptable for success in working abroad]( Face your fears and don't hesitate to ask for help while working or studying abroad, career adviser Huixian Ye says. Orit Gadiesh, chairman of Bain & Co., advises being curious and willing to adapt to a new culture. [CNBC]( (5/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [How to master continuing education, training opportunities]( Before you take a learning and development course, ensure that you have the time and commitment to finish it and that it will be valuable, Hannah Morgan writes. Choose the right type of training that suits your learning style, and be open to both technical and soft-skill development. 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[TechTarget (free registration)]( (6/1) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Effective strategies for improving diversity]( Organizations can best improve diversity "from the top and the middle," says Matt Krentz, a senior partner and managing director for Boston Consulting Group. The most effective strategies include identifying diversity issues in hiring, retention or other areas, and focusing resources on them, Krentz suggests. [Workforce online]( (6/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Gender pay gap comes with $160T cost for global economy]( Equality in pay, hours and workforce participation between men and women would add $160 trillion to the global economy -- or $23,620 per person -- according to a study by the World Bank. "This is a stark reminder that world leaders need to act now and act decisively to invest in policies that promote more and better jobs for women and equal pay at work," says World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva. [The Guardian (London)]( (5/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] Women and Innovation in the Workforce [] [Microsoft promotes "returnship" program for women]( Microsoft promotes "returnship" program for women (Pixabay) Microsoft is touting a "returnship" program that hires women from diverse backgrounds who have taken time off to raise children or to care for family members. The program, part of Microsoft's LEAP diversity initiative, recruits women and minorities who are self-taught coders or who are graduates of coding boot camps. [Reuters]( (6/5) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Backstage Capital raising $36M for startups founded by black women]( Venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton is raising $36 million to invest in startups owned by black women. Hamilton, whose fund's backers include Marc Andreessen and David Rose, tweeted of her new fund's mission: "They're calling it a 'diversity fund'. I'm calling it an IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME fund." [Silicon Republic (Ireland)]( (6/6) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [State Street takes a closer look at leadership pipeline]( Asset manager State Street is pushing companies in which it has a stake to provide more data about women in management. In the past, "I think we've been overly focused on the board and not recognized that you have to have a pipeline for women coming onto the board," said State Street's Robert Walker. [Bloomberg BNA (free content)]( (5/30) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [] It can be disorienting to learn that people don't always see us the way we see ourselves. 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