Category Archives: Women and Work

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

I 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…

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.