I recently met a life coach that I had admired for many years. She wanted to talk about ways we might be able to work together. I was honored and excited about the possibilities. She is one of those people I could just listen to for hours. So wise, authentic and passionate. She said one thing that has really stuck with me and is making me rethink how I run my … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Part III
In the Part I and II of this series we talked about the opportunity to support our need for flexible work cultures with a solid business case. We outlined the fact that the majority of our employees require flexibility at some point in their careers. Research increasingly points to flexibility as one of the most important career considerations of staff, emerging leaders and … [Read more...]
Do You Have a “Reputation?”
When I was growing up, we wanted to avoid being someone with a “reputation.” Today, we want a reputation, but we need it to be positive. However, maintaining one’s reputation is getting harder and harder. As social media and social networking sites continue to flourish, the power of the individual voice is growing greatly. We have to protect our reputations, and have … [Read more...]
Women and the Changing Global Economy
The numbers have been coming in steadily over the past few years, and there is no way to deny anymore that women are taking greater control of the U.S. economy (and much of the global economy) and doing it quietly and quickly. For example, back in 2008, U.S. News and World Report released data telling us that women controlled 60% of the wealth in the United States. That … [Read more...]
What Does it Take to be a Thought Leader?
Last week I attended a panel discussion at Barclay’s in New York City on the topic of How to Be a Thought Leader. The panel included Nicki Gilmour, CEO of The Glass Hammer, Carol Hymowitz, Editorial Director of Forbes Woman, and Barbara Jones, of Editorial Director of Hyperion Books. The discussion focused on professional women and thought leadership. According to … [Read more...]
ip.access Appoints New Chairman and Further Strengthens Management Team with New Senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Cambridge, UK, July 26 2010 – ip.access (www.ipaccess.com), the award-winning developer of picocell and femtocell solutions for mobile operators - and the company whose technology is at the heart of AT&T’s femtocell deployment in the U.S. - today announced a further strengthening of its senior management team. The company firstly confirmed that Teresa (Terry) M. Vega is … [Read more...]
Are You Ever “Out of Office?”
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer Some of you probably remember when a vacation was truly “away from the office” time and an Out of Office email reply ensured it stayed that way. In some ways, those were the good old days. After all, don’t we all need uninterrupted time away from business? With the advent of the PDA and other newer … [Read more...]
Women, Leadership and Are We There Yet?
Big question is “Where is there?” or even better “Where is here”? How do we know when change has really taken hold? How do we know when we, as women, have found what we want in terms of equality at work? First, some thoughts about change and how it happens. In our culture we have become so addicted to instant everything that we expect change at the drop of a hat. It just … [Read more...]
The Business Case for Building Flexible Work Cultures- Series Part II
In the Part I of this series we talked about the opportunity to support our need for flexible work cultures with a solid business case. We outlined the fact that the majority of our employees require flexibility at some point in their careers. Research increasingly points to flexibility as one of the most important career considerations of staff, emerging leaders and even our … [Read more...]
Through the Eyes of Haitian Children opening at Venice Arts
MEDIA ALERT Contact: Elysa Voshell, Venice Arts 310–578-1745 | [email protected] WHAT: Through the Eyes of Haitian Children, photographs of Haitian life taken before and after the devastating earthquake by youth participants in the Haiti-based project Zanmi Lakay (Haitian Creole for Friend’s Home). The project has been working with street children in Haiti for over … [Read more...]