WOMEN in Management: Why Progress Has Stalled
October 27, 2010
Five reasons WOMEN's progress into management has stalled.
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Balancing on One Foot?
October 25, 2010
We moms start to learn from that first day a new baby arrives how to work faster, smarter, better. I, for one, often feel like the character in Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat , balanced on one foot, with several plates twirling in the air so that I can meet my responsibilities both at home and at work...
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Telework Red Flags
October 22, 2010
I’m just back from the Telework Summit in Philadelphia. The conference was rather focused on the technical requirements for telework—issues of hardware, space and policy. All necessary stuff. But… With all the technical set-up, training and coordination required (HR, finance, facilities, IT), it’s...
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Moms turned inside out
October 6, 2010
Do you compare your insides to other people’s outsides? Most of us do, even though we know better. We’re social creatures. It’s natural to make comparisons. But we rarely get to glimpse other people’s insides . When we make our comparisons, we inevitably wind up comparing how we feel to how other...
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Virtually Perfect Work
October 1, 2010
I work from home. So do all the people who work with MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org , the two organizations I co-founded. It works great for us and has for years, and so, when I read that the number of U.S. telecommuters dipped to 8.7 million in 2009 from 9.2 million in 2006 (according to the IDC, a...
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Top Companies for Working Mothers
September 30, 2010
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Your (Wo)Man in Washington welcomes guest blogger Alisa Gilbert who writes on the topics of bachelors degree . She welcomes your comments at her email Id: alisagilbert599 @ gmail.com ...
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Married, With Children? Not for Women in Management
September 28, 2010
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s new glass ceiling report on women in management was just released by the Joint Economic Committee , and the news is bad. In a comparison of the years 2000 and 2007, women comprised 49% of non-managerial workers in both years, but their representation in...
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