Career
Borg Institute study finds women in tech face greatest barriers at mid-career
Borg Institute study finds women in tech face greatest barriers at mid-career
By Elise Ackerman
Mercury News
Article Launched: 09/30/2008 04:36:50 PM PDT
If you are a woman, a technical career can be bad for your health, tough on your ego and devastating to a desire to raise a family, according to new research from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and Stanford University.
Five secrets for success help women climb the ladder
Five secrets for success help women climb the ladder
Harvey Schachter, September 29, 2008 at 7:31 AM EDT
What drives and sustains successful female leaders? McKinsey & Co. management consultants found after interviewing 85 women around the world that five broad and interrelated dimensions are key. In The McKinsey Quarterly, consultants Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston and Rebecca Craske present their Centred Leadership model:
Office 2020: A sci-fi odyssey
28 Sep 2008, 0101 hrs IST, Sujata Dutta Sachdeva,TNN
The workplace is getting a makeover. And how. As New Age corporates transform themselves, technology will be used to the hilt.
Calling All Texas Women - Join us at the Texas Conference for Women
The Texas Conference for Women is an opportunity you won't want to miss! Join us in Houston on October 16 for thought-provoking sessions and workshops on hot topics such as starting a business, living green, rejoining the workforce, and recession-proofing your finances.
Texas Women - Join us at the Texas Women's Conference
The Texas Conference for Women is an opportunity you won't want to miss! Join us in Houston on October 16 for thought-provoking sessions and workshops on hot topics such as starting a business, living green, rejoining the workforce, and recession-proofing your finances.
MBA Moms Most Likely to Opt Out
Business Week recently published a story titled, MBA Moms Most Likely to Opt Out: Check it out here
The findings of this study show that MBA moms are more likely to take career breaks than doctor or lawyer moms. A variety of reasons for this difference are hypothesized, including financial investment in the degree, family-friendliness of the work environment, and harder to define career trajectories.
STAYING IN THE GAME
I recently received a lovely note from our corporate lawyer just checking in and seeing how business was going. He loves the idea of Cubes&Crayons and wanted to see what kind of progress we were making. How thoughtful! He then said he would love to chat and catch up if I had a moment; he had some new things in the works. After several scheduling mishaps, we finally connected a week ago.
OnRampers Persevere
Cross-Posted from Mothers & More Loop Discussion:
Thanks to the Mothers & More members who shared their personal stories about work and family. Your situations and experiences may be different from each other, but many of us see ourselves in one or another of you. I fully recognize that significant hurdles still exist and pay inequities are very real. Some of you are frustrated with the lack of OnRamps you are finding, and others with the fact that it essentially costs you money to go to work, but we have to believe that a shift is on the horizon.
Thanks to the Mothers & More members who shared their personal stories about work and family. Your situations and experiences may be different from each other, but many of us see ourselves in one or another of you. I fully recognize that significant hurdles still exist and pay inequities are very real. Some of you are frustrated with the lack of OnRamps you are finding, and others with the fact that it essentially costs you money to go to work, but we have to believe that a shift is on the horizon.
