Kate Brodock

Leadership qualities are not inherently masculine or feminine, but a blend of traits and skills that can be harnessed by anyone. However, there’s been a growing appreciation for the unique strengths often associated with feminine traits and their impact on leadership effectiveness. At this point, the benefits of women in leadership are undeniable (though we’re biased). We won’t list the research that points to that.

ICYMI, the startup investing ecosystem took a nose dive. Again. It was a nose dive of about 0.5%, and represents the amount of US-based venture capital dollars allocated to women-led startups in 2022. 1.9%. 1.9%. And that’s down from 2.4% in 2021, which was down from 2.7% in 2020, the highest it’s ever gotten. 2.7% in and of itself is pathetic. I’ve been sitting on this data for a little bit, because it never gets any easier to continue to digest and internalize as our reality.

Hello, and welcome to Switch! If you’ve followed Women 2.0 for the past few years, you probably know we usually take March – Women’s History Month – in stride, and don’t make a big hullabaloo. The way we see it, every single day we work on behalf of and celebrate women, as we focus on creating a world where women don’t even need a month to have to be elevated in the public’s eye, where our global status quo is one of equality and equity. Call me idealistic….