This week, Skye Learning would like to spotlight Rich Maltzman, PMP^®, a subject matter expert who has contributed to numerous Skye courses, including our PMP^® Exam Prep Course, CAPM^®  Exam Prep Course, and Six Sigma Black Belt Exam Prep Course.

Maltzman is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)^® with decades of experience in project management. He is the Learning and Professional Advancement Leader at a major telecom supplier and the Co-founder and Principal of EarthPM, LLC. Maltzman also contributed to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)^® Guide, 4^th Edition, and authored the book Green Project Management, published in 2010.

Most of us have heard this statistic: women earn about 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, known as the raw gender wage gap. When the wage gap is adjusted to account for occupation, hours worked, experience, and more, we still see an adjusted wage gap of about 93 to 95 cents per dollar. So why does the wage gap persist, even when all factors are equal?

Negotiation is a frequent suspect, since most studies suggest that women negotiate less often than men. Even more concerning, women who do negotiate are usually less successful than men. So are men simply better negotiators than women? This doesn’t appear to be the case.

Working women are often confronted with double binds caused by gender stereotypes and norms about gender roles, which can hinder women in business from successfully occupying positions of authority. A double bind is a situation in which a person making a decision receives conflicting messages, and no matter what the person does, they'll be doing something that will be thought of as wrong.

The most significant difference between nonprofits and for-profit organizations lies in their purpose: nonprofits have a social mission, while for-profits aim to offer products and services that are valuable to consumers and generate revenue. Nonprofits also receive certain tax breaks. Check out these seven key differences between nonprofit and for-profit organizations in our latest infographic.

This week, Skye Learning would like to spotlight Julia Campbell, a subject matter expert whose commentary is featured in numerous Skye courses: Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Modern Marketing, Social Media for Nonprofits, and Principles of Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations.

Campbell is a digital marketing consultant and strategist, as well as the Founder and Principal of J Campbell Social Marketing. She is also a keynote speaker and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Campbell is passionate about training nonprofits to use digital tools to raise money and awareness for their organizations.

At the core of strong leadership is the ability to communicate effectively. And while much focus is placed on verbal communication skills, it is often the nonverbal messages - sent through facial expressions, body movements, and gestures - that have a greater impact.

Understanding how to read and use body language to communicate can help women business leaders, in particular, establish their positions of authority and prevent feeling constrained by gender stereotypes. Certain nonverbal cues can come more naturally than others, but like verbal communication, nonverbal messages can be controlled by the individual.

It has been more than 100 years since women started entering the workforce, and they are still fighting for equality. Research highlights a lack of women in higher positions, pay gaps between women and their male coworkers, and discrimination against women who are married, women who have children, and women in general. Take a look at our latest infographic for a brief history of women in the workplace.

Skye Learning is excited to spotlight Dmitri Artamonov, a subject matter expert for the Certificate in Emerging Technology for Managers. Artamonov’s expert commentary is featured in both A Manager’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence and A Manager’s Guide to Robotics.

Artamonov is the Co-founder and CTO of Envel and a Contributing CTO on Artificial Intelligence for the Forbes Technology Council. He is a senior technology professional, visionary, and Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer and Trainer. Artamonov has worked across industries for businesses ranging from start-ups to international corporations, and his past client work includes projects with NASDAQQ, BNY Melon, and Deloitte.

Women are an invaluable part of the workforce, making up nearly 47 percent of all working adults. Women are athletes, academics, actors, and accountants; politicians, pilots, plumbers, and police officers; scientists, school teachers, sanitation workers, and security guards. Few jobs have never been held by a woman.  

In many ways, we are far from the days in American history in which women were told their place was either in the home or in particular roles doing "woman's work."

Active listening is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding. Active listening can be employed in varied organizational settings, in discussions between managers and employees, in interviews of all types, and in mediation and conflict resolution. Check out these ten tips on how you can improve your active listening skills.