Category Archives: Management
It’s Lonely in the Middle
As I’m winding down my MBA experience, I’m taking a management class to prepare for what I hope will be a big career transition over the next few years. The course launched this weekend with a case about a manager … Continue reading
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Flexibility at What Cost?
A couple of weeks ago a CEO named Maynard Webb extolled the virtues of life as an independent contractor in The Huffington Post. He wrote compellingly about the need for a new model of flexible work, saying that: There is … Continue reading
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Women and Business Reporting: Separate But Unequal
Earlier today an article came across my twitter feed from ForbesWoman titled “Worst Words to Say at Work: These nine words and phrases will make you sound noncommittal, undependable and untrustworthy“. The article didn’t specifically mention women anywhere, so I’m … Continue reading
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Embracing My Inner Self-Aggrandizing Jerk
Over the weekend Jon Prial at Balanced Bits drew my attention to a terrific report by NPR’s On The Media, tweeting “Knew it was MamaBee fodder as soon as I heard it.” The piece was nominally about women in media … Continue reading
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Workplace Prioritizing: What is “Urgent?”
A few of my favorite #worklife bloggers (Judy Martin, Chrysula Winegar, Leanne Chase, Cali Yost) have been engaging in a conversation about the value of slowing down, finding serenity, and insisting on quality of life in the workplace. For me, … Continue reading
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The Cost of Suspicion
The other day a friend of mine who is on maternity leave mentioned that her large company asked that she sign a document indicating that she would give back her six weeks of parental leave pay if she left the … Continue reading
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Mommy-Tracking at Goldman Sachs: A Disconnect Between Expectations and Reality
Last week business news widely reported that a Vice President at Goldman Sachs was suing the firm for “mommy-tracking.” The same firm that is handling her case is also suing Citigroup on behalf of an associate in the asset finance … Continue reading
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Wake Up, Ivory Tower: We Need You!
Earlier this week NPR ran a three-part series on how companies are changing their business models to accomodate new work life strategies. It was interesting — though could only scratch the surface of the issues. In response to the NPR … Continue reading
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How Can We Promote Work Life Without Losing Our Jobs?
The other day I said to a friend that I was very skeptical of work life experts who suggest that women march right in and ask their employers for flexibility or part-time or other kinds of “work-life” accomodation. I suspect … Continue reading
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Pushing Ourselves to the Top of the Corporate Ladder
Last week Forbes touted a new study from Bain & Company indicating that 80% of 1,800 polled businesspeople — men and women — say they are convinced of the benefits of gender parity at all levels. Orit Gadiesh and Julie … Continue reading
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