Executive Female articles from January 1997

Executive Female archives from January 1997

Birth of an association: a story. (National Association of Female Executives)(excerpt from The Dollar Bill Knows No Sex: Lessons in Life and Money)(includes related articles)
January 1, 1997... When NAFE was formed in 1972, women were just beginning their journey from pink-collar ghettos and suburban kitchens to power-suit territory and corner offices. Access to credit and financing was little more than a dream. Corporations viewed...

Microloans offer more than just money. (microenterprise development organizations; includes list of resources)
January 1, 1997... American women now own 36 percent of all US businesses, and they're opening them at twice the rate of men. Nearly one-fourth of women finance their businesses with personal plastic. But with interest rates hovering around 18 percent, this is...

Your freebies can make money for you. (sales promotions)
January 1, 1997... A logo-emblazoned sweater never turned anyone's business around, but many firms do benefit from the judicious use of carefully crafted promotional items. Industry spends an estimated $8 billion a year on promotional products, also known...

Are you paid what you're worth? (includes advice for asking for a raise)
January 1, 1997... Kristine King was thrilled when she landed a job as a client services coordinator for a major music studio in New York City -- until she learned the truth about her salary. Then she realized that, although she was in charge of all day-to-day...

Good leadership: what's its gender? (masculine and feminine management styles; includes bibliography)
January 1, 1997... If you believe the Body Shop's CEO Anita Roddick, "all business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by feminine principles' -- qualities like love and care and intuition." Since the 70s, women have been climbing the...

The truth about women and money. (discussion among three women financial experts)(Cover Story)(Panel Discussion)
January 1, 1997... In money the great equalizer? You'd think so. It's a straight-forward, unambiguous measure for men and women alike. If you're good at making, keeping and spending money, it shouldn't matter whether you're male or female. But it does...

The new retirement. (members of the baby boom generation will continue working well past traditional retirement age)(includes related articles)
January 1, 1997... It's coming. And we had better get ready for it -- a whole new way of looking at retirement and the last third of our lives. "As lifetimes have grown longer, the process of physical aging has gradually and rather mysteriously slowed down,"...

The Beardstown Ladies' Stitch-in-Time Guide to Growing Your Nest Egg.
January 1, 1997... Okay, okay, so you've succumbed to the call of the credit card rather than the security of a 401(k). Not to worry: The Beardstown Ladies are back. This group of women in Illinois, ranging in age from 42 to 88, got together in 1983 after...

Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career: How to Make More Time for What's Really Important.
January 1, 1997... It's the age of the maxed-out multitasker. Every moment serves double duty. Showers are perfect for mental list-making. Commuting provides the opportunity to make business calls on the car phone. Waiting in line at the post office allows...

Equal Compensation for Women: A Guide to Getting What You're Worth in Salary, Benefits and Respect.
January 1, 1997... Every working woman should keep a handbook like this in her desk (or you might consider keeping it on your desk, to establish a certain tone). Yes, pay inequity still continues to blot the landscape -- the latest figures show that, on average,...

Women + power = suspicion. (humor)(Column)
January 1, 1997... Fortune magazine had everyone talking last summer with its annual "woman" issue -- "Women, Sex & Power" -- a tribute to, as Fortune writer Patricia Sellers gushed, "supersuccessful women: the ones who blast through glass ceilings, achieve...