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The U.S. Chamber’s Center for Women in Business (CWB) was formed with the goal of promoting and empowering women business leaders to achieve their personal and professional goals by:
Advancing Women to the Top is CWB's second report. We focus on the state of women’s leadership and the business imperative for maximizing the potential of women across industries and organizations.
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Women-owned businesses are thriving as important economic contributors in the U.S. and abroad. Women-owned firms have increased a rate 1½ times the national average and are growing at a faster rate than the national average, according to the American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report for 2012.
But women-owned businesses face challenges: as these firms grow larger they tend to start to fall behind in terms of growth and progress.
CWB is committed to supporting entrepreneurship, with events and online resources, and by sharing the stories of successful women entrepreneurs.
Research shows that the best indicator of a woman’s success is her network. To this end, CWB seeks to help women in all stages of their careers build their professional network, share ideas and experiences, and gain insight on their personal and professional goals.
One of the best ways to build a network and gain insight on one's goals is to have a mentor or be a mentor.
Young professionals find mentoring helpful in learning what options are available to them and how to navigate career advancement. And accomplished women find that mentoring is rewarding – and an opportunity for continued learning.
Joining the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is an easy choice to make and an investment that begins to pay off right away.