Tag 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
Filed under Management, Politics, School, Work
First Person Friday: Saving Time=Losing Sanity
Today’s First Person Friday comes to us from Diana Windley, who blogs about her mom+career world in Green Mountain, Utah at Mom Means Business. You can follow Diana on Twitter at DiWin. A few years ago I called to schedule … Continue reading
Filed under First Person Friday, Working Mom Blogs
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
Filed under Management, News, Work
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
Filed under Management, Work
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
Filed under Management, Work
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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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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A Culture of Perspective
A few years ago in a board of directors meeting, the president of my company was in the middle of a presentation when her cell phone rang; she looked at the display and saw that her son was calling. Concerned … Continue reading
Filed under Management, Work
When Will Things Finally Change?
Last night I was on a terrific panel about different kinds of work choices along with a career coach and a “mompreneuer.” I represented the full-time working mom perspective. The group asked interesting questions, many driven by personal experience, but … Continue reading
