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  Early Career

  Mentorship Isn’t Optional. It’s Career Infrastructure.

  This article incorporates insights from Forté research and community data on the impact of mentorship in the workplace. Working hard is important. But early in your career, working hard without guidance is inefficient. Many professionals assume that if they perform well, opportunities will follow. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t.   And often, it has nothing […]

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  Career Stage

  How to Negotiate with Confidence

  Many women are reluctant to negotiate — but the more you know about negotiation, the easier it is to ask for what you want.

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  Forté Signals

  Why “What’s My Next Step?” Is the Wrong Career Question Now

  For most of our working lives, we are taught to believe that progress should feel clear. You do the work.You do it well.You get good feedback.You pass Go. But the $200 never shows up. You start wondering if maybe you misread the rules.Or if you missed something obvious that everyone else seems to know.Or if […]

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  Diversity and Inclusion

  After the Quota: Where Progress Gets Personal

  As Europe approaches its 2026 boardroom mandate, the harder work of influence and power is still ahead. For those joining us in progress, Europe’s deadline is now in sight. As the continent enters the final months before its gender balance mandate takes effect, the requirement is no longer abstract. By June 30, 2026, thousands of […]

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  Articles

  Worked Up Over Words

  When vocabulary becomes evidence Lately, ordinary conversations at work feel strangely high-stakes. At first, the sensitivity seemed to focus on specific vocabulary words. You can literally see people asking themselves in real-time, “can I still say this?” But it’s not really about vocabulary, or any one particular word. People are careful with their words because […]

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  Women on Boards

  Building What Comes Next: Leadership Lessons from the Global Women on Boards Conference

  Amelia Greene didn’t set out to build a career in the chemical industry or become a voice for inclusive leadership. Early on, she imagined becoming an orthodontist until she fainted three times while shadowing a dentist. Then a short-lived attempt at lab research confirmed something else. She preferred going out to lunch with her friends […]

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