2. Find A Mentor.
Smart and savvy women know how to network. A report by Babson College’s Center for Women’s Leadership found that successful female CEOs rely on a group of directors, advisers and mentors to help them survive the day-to-day.

3. Become a Lifelong Learner.
Tacking a new education line onto that resume proves to your employer that you’re committed to improving your skills and that you care about being good at your job. Besides simply raising your salary and hopefully earning you a little more attention, a Master’s in Business Administration can also help decrease the gender gap. While women without a bachelor’s degree earn on average 9 percent less than their male counterpart, an MBA decreases that gap to about 4 percent.

4. Go Above and Beyond.
It’s not enough just to meet the basic requirements: If you want to keep moving up the corporate ladder, then you’ve got to be one step ahead of the rest. According to a 2003 Catalyst survey, 69 percent of all female executives from Fortune 1000 companies believe that the secret to getting promoted is through consistently exceeding performance expectations.

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