Posts Tagged ‘women’
How to focus on your career and be a mom
This post is by SmartBrief editor Rebecca Pollack, who recently attended the American Veterinary Medical Association‘s annual convention in Atlanta. I’m surrounded by women, some who are expecting and a few on their cell phones with their kids, before the next education session starts at the American Veterinary Medical Association annual convention. Dr. Micaela Z. [...]
Fran Durekas on changing workplace demographics
As part of my coverage of SHRM’s annual conference out in San Diego last week, I sat down with Fran Durekas, founder of employer-sponsored early childhood education provider CCLC, to learn about the trends and demographic changes that are taking place in the workplace and what companies can do to adapt to them. One of [...]
Live from NAWBO: Celebrating diversity
The National Association of Women Business Owners, one of SmartBrief’s great association partners, hosted its 2010 Women’s Business Conference last week. Devora Zack, president of Only Connect Consulting and author of “Networking for People Who Hate Networking,” opened Thursday’s sessions with a networking ice breaker and the assertion that “the best thing you can get [...]
More women in the workplace, but still not enough opportunities
Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Sasha Galbraith, who is a current partner of Galbraith Management Consultants, an international consulting firm specializing in solving strategy and organizational design challenges across corporate, business unit and international levels. Dr. Galbraith’s expertise focuses on executive women and their progression in a corporate hierarchy. She provides consulting services to [...]
Making the jobs fit mothers’ realities
Does it take a Nobel-prize-winning scientist to figure out how to help women balance careers with the demands of family life? Apparently, it takes two. Women in science need more workplace flexibility after having children to advance in their careers, Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, two female winners of this year’s Nobel Prize [...]
From Milken: How Title IX is shaping leadership
Today’s post is from Liz Ruskin, contributing editor for SmartBrief on Leadership. When will women shatter the glass ceiling trapping them in middle management? “We think the big breakthrough for women is going to be when the Title IX generation gets to an age when they’re starting to become leaders,” said Robert Damon, North American [...]
