IOWA

Affiliates Management Co., parent company of Coopera, announced that Victor Miguel Corro has been promoted to CEO of Coopera. Corro succeeds current CEO Miriam De Dios Woodward, who has accepted the position of CEO of PolicyWorks LLC, a sister AMC company. Des Moines Business Record

NATION

In order to paint a clearer picture of workplace sexual harassment, the National Women’s Law
Center analyzed sexual harassment charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by women in the private sector between 2012 and 2016. National Women’s Law Center

Some observers have suggested that a “confidence gap” is partly to blame for the lack of gender parity at the highest levels of the business world, with women being less willing to tout their own accomplishments. Research suggests, however, that women may avoid self-promotion because they fear a potential backlash, not because they are actually less confident. The Atlantic 

Already paid less than men, women are still asked to do the “office housework,” according to a new study. MarketWatch 

A new Pew survey examined the leadership skills people believe women bring to the job — and the results are both strikingly familiar and somewhat more favorable to women. Washington Post

Fortune has released its Most Powerful Women in Business ranking, with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson claiming the top spot. Fortune 

Over the past year, Inc. has worked to identify, profile, and share the stories of the most impressive female entrepreneurs of our age. The result? Inc.’s recently unveiled Female Founders 100. Inc.com