Executive Female articles from January 1990

Executive Female archives from January 1990

Making their mark in not-for-profit. (women watch)
January 1, 1990... Making Their Mark in Not-for-Profit While accounting and the sisterhood may seem like two incongruous professions, when a nun is spearheading reforms of not-for-profit accounting systems, the career mix makes sense. Sister Frances Mlocek is...

Competitive edge. (career tips)
January 1, 1990... COMPETITIVE EDGE WHICH PATH? When choosing the quickest route to the CEO's chair, you may not find very specific directions, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Four of the most well-traveled routes are finance,...

Getting a jump on taxes.
January 1, 1990... GETTING A JUMP ON TAXES April 15th is approaching quickly and the most important thing to do between now and then is to make sure you have all your records of tax-deductible expenses on hand when you sit down to prepare your 1989 tax return....

Preventing turf wars.
January 1, 1990... Preventing Turf Wars Staking out territory, whether it be physical, intellectual or symbolic, is a fact of corporate life. If anyone intrudes on your turf, you feel attacked. If you cross a colleague's boundary, she is likely to retaliate....

In the driver's seat, (Debbie Rice-Marko)
January 1, 1990... In The Driver's Seat You could never say that Debbie Rice-Marko is the stereotypical Southern belle, clueless as to what lurks beneath the hood of her car. In fact, Rice-Marko has just invested $3 million of her and her family's money in a...

The pregnant professional.
January 1, 1990... The Pregnant Professional Being pregnant is almost like wearing a gorilla costume -- you can't help attracting attention wherever you go. Although pending motherhood should be a private affair, when you are visibly pregnant and holding down...

Rehearsing for success. (visualization)
January 1, 1990... Rehearsing For Success When Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung placed second to Van Cliburn in a 1958 international competition, his career as a virtuoso seemed assured -- only to be undone a year later when he ran afoul of the government and was...

Beating burnout.
January 1, 1990... Beating Burnout The flame of your hard-driving, get-the-job-done employee has begun to smolder. Instead of delivering the letter-perfect reports you have grown accustomed to, she gives you lame excuses with a bad attitude. What is...

Free advice. (from Paula Nesbitt, M. June Smith, Judy Woodruff , and others)
January 1, 1990... free ADVICE M. June Smith, vice president, Coors Ceramicon Designs, Ltd. in Golden, Colorado and the first woman in the ceramics industry to direct a new-business venture. The best way for us to approach the 1990s is to unlearn the limiting...

A networking primer.
January 1, 1990... A Networking Primer More than 40,000 women joined NAFE last fall, increasing our ranks by more than 20 percent. To welcome the many new members and provide a refresher course for NAFE old-timers, we thought now would be a good time to...

Are you a corporate maverick?
January 1, 1990... Are You a Corporate Maverick? Companies have typically sought out employees who will keep in step with the corporate identity. While these staff members are good at toeing the line and keeping the peace, they tend to be passive and...

Reexamining feminism. (column)
January 1, 1990... Reexamining Feminism Recently at the University of Montreal, a young man in a hunting outfit rushed into a classroom and yelled in French, "You're all a bunch of feminists." He ordered the men into the adjoining corridor and opened fire on...

What it takes. (women caring for children and elderly parents) (column)
January 1, 1990... WHAT IT TAKES I like the term "sandwich generation" because food references comfort me. Cooking and eating are two of my three favorite things. When I first heard the expression, I thought it was an interesting social observation: Most...