Women’s sites (like this one!) spend a lot of time congratulating the number of women moving into male-domimated industries. But how about men moving into roles held traditionally by women?
Read More
There’s a new angle to the glass ceiling conversation and this one puts part of the blame on women — those that choose not to work outside the home to be precise.
Read More
Although the idea of a meritocracy sounds logical, even reasonable, it unfortunately doesn’t correspond with the realities of the business world. And the notion that women would get further ahead if only they tried harder ignores plenty of research and evidence indicating otherwise.
Women and men alike often generalize about skills associated with specific genders but to what degree do these compliments hold women back from real positions of power?
Read More
Men tend to see networking as part and parcel of playing the game, but women are prone to seeing it as based on false motives. Developing and deepening relationships through out-of-company networking and managing up puts you in a favorable position.
Read More
Most professionals know that networking is an important part of building your business and career but few place the appropriate emphasis on developing their contacts. At the risk of generalizing, women seem to spend less time cultivating their networks than men do, for a couple of reasons.
Read More
I’m talking about quotas. Dropping the Q-word sends many professionals, men and women alike, back to their corner offices in a huff. Like a bad-tasting medicine, however, the threat of treatment may instigate radical change.
For the record, I believe corporate board appointments should be allocated to qualified individuals only. But if a percentage of those qualified board members were required to be women, wouldn’t that motivate companies to search harder to find suitable candidates or at least groom women for these roles?
No doubt you’ve heard the story by now of the Toronto couple who have chosen to keep the sex of their infant, known as Storm, a secret known only to a select few. While parenting choices often create controversy, the choice to avoid assigning a specific gender role seems to have brought commenters to a new level of apoplectic fury. Yet I’m not sure that we’re truly targeting our anger appropriately.
Read More