Category Archives: Women and Work

Honoring International Women’s Day, let’s talk parity in punditry

Digg DiggI remember it well. Katie Couric replaced Dan Rather. At a reported $15 million a year, Ms. Couric won the coveted, solo evening anchor slot on CBS’ Evening News. A glass ceiling was broken and then ABC would follow suit with installing Diane Sawyer at the helm. Prior to this, women simply didn’t deliver…

The work life balance policy debate: Revolution, Evolution or Movement?

While my work life cohorts were dishing out some pretty intense discussion at BlogHer this past weekend at the Screw Work/Life Balance, We Need Work/Life Policy

Lessons culled from Hillary Clinton’s resiliency factor

Author Rebecca Shambaugh chronicles Clinton’s resilience factor in her new book Leadership Secrets of Hillary Clinton (McGraw-Hill 2010).

Work Life Wish: Genderless respect and trust in the workplace

In a recent study by the Families and Work Institute, The State of Health in the American Workplace: Does having an effective workplace matter? a “Climate of respect and trust” is one of six criteria of effective workplaces. A Woman’s Nation takes a different approach.

Women at Work: The emancipation of the female voice

A few days ago she pointed me to Fem 2.0 where a “blog carnival” is taking place posing the question, “what is considered gainful employment” in the 21st century.