I am in Raleigh, North Carolina speaking at the North Carolina Governer’s conference for women. My role is to represent the Asian American women who are 5% of the Total US population. As I started to think about how to represent this segment, I realized that the American Media has clubbed a large diverse community [...]

Gone are the days when leaders had to people with charisma, financial success and a lot of media coverage. There has never been a better time to lead without the whole fan fare. The world does not favor the priveleged and already wealthy to become leaders. Otherwise, it would be hard to understand how Gandhi, [...]

Apple named its latest device, iPad. Ofcourse! this shows a little oversight from their team in coming up with the name. But I truly believe this is NOT why we need women executives in Apple’s team. We need more women executives – AGREED. But naming a device “iPad” has been blown out of proportion – [...]

At her Harvard University commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.” She says, “What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. “ Se continues, “Ultimately, [...]

Technology is the only field in which FLEXIBILITY means 24×7 availability. I spoke at Paypal to their Women in Technology group to give them a talk on Work Life Balance. I emphasized on seeing work as part of life. It constitutes a struggle when we see WORK and LIFE as two different and competing entities. [...]

We all have a name or a face come to mind, as we listen to the word – CONTROL FREAK. Here is a newsflash, have you looked in the mirror…Do you trust people? Most recently, I have spoken to many women who believe that the real opportunity for women’s pay parity has arrived. Finally, we [...]

Technology is the only field in which FLEXIBILITY means 24×7 availability. I spoke at Paypal to their Women in Technology group to give them a talk on Work Life Balance. I emphasized on seeing work as part of life. It constitutes a struggle when we see WORK and LIFE as two different and competing entities. [...]

The recent recession is a glaring proof that all our diversity work is not enough or we need to rethink diversity in our companies. Why do I say so? Recession creates a breakdown for all of us. It is a time we can reflect on what is working and what is not. When more African [...]

Corporations today have two sets of employees – the 20 something of Gen Y and Baby Boomers. The biggest difference in these two groups is how they view diversity in a corporations. Whereas Baby Boomers are proud to members of affinity groups, the younger generation are hesitant to associate themselves with identity based groups. Generation [...]

Just got back from India after successfully executing on the ‘Advancement of Women Global conference‘ in Bangalore. It was great to interact and engage with women in Corporate India. The women in India are ready to take their careers to the next level. Here are some concerns that they shared in advancing their careers: 1. [...]