By Stephanie Wilcox (Middlefield, CT) “Women are the original prototype of a network,” said Susan RoAne, an influential networking and business communication expert and author of The Secrets of Savvy Networking. “They helped each other through famine and harsh times. They got together on the farm or in quilting groups, which were the first examples […]
By Jennifer Brown, President & Founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting Picture the most efficient, productive, and innovative organization you can imagine. What does it look like? Chances are that it resembles a highly-advanced form of an Employee Resource Group (ERG), also known as Affinity Groups or Business Resource Groups — a multi-disciplinary, globally dispersed, diverse […]
By Elisabeth Grant (Washington, D.C.) A recent University of Maryland study, cited in this Washington Post article, finds that moms today are spending more time with their kids (an average of 14.1 hours a week) than they did 40 years ago (10.2 hours a week). But despite reports that moms are doing better balancing their […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently released the results of its annual study [PDF], which gathers information on the types of benefits employers offer their employees. It was found that most benefits remained stable this past year, though many benefit offerings are down from five years ago. It […]
Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision revealed new capital requirements. The Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged. Yields on peripheral eurozone bonds rose with renewed sovereign debt issuance. A Beige Book survey revealed economic growth mixed or slow in USA. Economic […]
Contributed by Dr. Sylvia Lafair Handling conflict is a major part of leadership development. You can have the best product in the world yet, if the marketing team, sales team, or administrative team is at odds with each other the dissention will tumble to customers who will find another product elsewhere. Think about the word […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) This article originally appeared on our new corporate citizenship site Evolved Employer. Should companies encourage their workforce to innovate? Innovation is a big buzz word lately, with companies striving to embed it within their cultures and looking within their ranks for new ideas rather than outsourcing or working […]
By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago) In a recent article, Peter Ranscombe quotes Laura Morse, visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as saying that women get more encouragement than criticism. She also said that bosses should push their female employees to realize their full potential and instead of patting them on the head, they […]
Contributed by Kathryn Kolbert, Director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College Power. Ambition. Money. Failure. These are taboos that haunt women today, stunting their climb to leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. We may not like to talk about them, and we don’t necessarily need to conform to […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) The Wall Street Reform Act introduced a raft of new rules with the aim of stabilising the U.S. financial systems. These rules now need to be implemented, and someone has got to do the implementing. Are you in the market for a new job? Maybe a move to the public sector […]