Executive Female articles from July 1995

Executive Female archives from July 1995

Getting a jump on budgeting. (department budgeting preparation)
July 1, 1995... At most companies, budget time is a frenzied period, as managers and their key people struggle to predict what they will need and what they can do for the upcoming year. Inevitably, managers have too little time to do all the analysis and...

Create eye-catching documents fast. (using word-processing software and a color printer)
July 1, 1995... It happens to everyone. You work nights fleshing out an original idea and then gather your points into a thorough report. So why the blank stares when you ask for feedback? The minute your report left your hands, it had to complete with a...

A modem can be your career's best friend. (online access can enhance one's career)
July 1, 1995... The job sounded great: Write and edit an employee newsletter for a handsome sum. Yet listening between the lines, I was worried. Why did the woman interviewing me have such terrible things to say about the last person to attempt the challenge?...

Cashing in on your product idea. (product licensing)(Your Business)
July 1, 1995... You've always been known as an ideas person. Everyone at the office comes to you when they want a creative solution to a problem. Not only that, you've got a drawer full of ideas of your own at home -- for new gadgets, design improvements on...

How am I doing; 4 ways to ask your customers. (soliciting customer feedback)(Your Business)
July 1, 1995... No one has to tell you that the world is changing rapidly. The speed of change is at unprecedented levels. Everything from technology to family lifestyles is being reinvented... and then reinvented again. For a small business, this represents a...

Staffing on a shoestring.(Your Business)
July 1, 1995... There comes a time when you know you could take your business to the next level if only you had a little help. Luckily, you can staff up without hiring expensive full-timers. Here are some ideas on how: * Team Up with Other Small...

Till careers do us part. (dual-career couples; includes advice on how to make long-distance relationships work)
July 1, 1995... Whoever wrote the marriage vows didn't foresee careers as a stumbling block. But that was when most couples had only one career -- his. Now that dual-career couples have become as traditional as the bride and groom on top of the cake, a new...

After the pink slips.... (helping survivors of corporate layoffs)
July 1, 1995... Imagine a family: a father, mother and four children. Every morning the family sits down to breakfast together, a ritual that functions as a bonding experience somewhat akin to an organizational staff meeting. One morning, the children sense...

When smart people do dumb things. (excerpt; includes Self-Destructive Intelligence Syndrome diagnostic quiz)
July 1, 1995... Who wouldn't argue that a strong intellect is an obvious advantage in life? We know this from observation and experience. What's more, the proposition is supported by considerable research, beginning with the landmark studies of Lewis M....

Fired for cancer? (an executive fighting breast cancer had to fight to get her job back as well)(includes advice for managers with seriously ill employees)
July 1, 1995... Joyce Salzberg is not your typical victim. When she was diagnosed with "very aggresive" breast cancer in 1989, she was associate executive director at United Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, Inc., a social-service agency with a budget of $3.5...

Tackling those boring but essential financial moves. (personal financial tasks)
July 1, 1995... Turn up the volume on the stereo, take a sip of super-octane coffee, prop open your eyelids -- do what you must to keep from dozing off -- but take care of the eight most boring tasks in personal finance. Once you slog through the morass of...

How do I make a flexible schedule work? (work schedules)
July 1, 1995... Nine-to-five, feet-under-the-desk "face time" is a thing of the past for employees on flexible schedules. Although flexible schedules are catching on, managers may still be resistant to them, and employees are still feeling their way in...

Real executives. (being a women executive begins with leadership)(Column)
July 1, 1995... We're delighted," the players' representative, Don Fehr, announced to the media last spring when an injunction ended the strike. "It's time real baseball returned to the field." This arrogant comment was not lost on Felicia Shotkoski, the...