Executive Female articles from March 1993

Executive Female archives from March 1993

How do I cope with a personal crisis and still do my job?
March 1, 1993... LIFE CAN THROW us any number of curves, with little regard for project deadlines and career ambition. How, then, do we handle our work at the same time our energy and attention are being siphoned off by worry and grief? Here, four who have...

Getting a divorce? Protect your share of the joint assets.
March 1, 1993... Anyone contemplating a divorce is likely to have heard plenty of stories about one spouse emptying the joint coffers more quickly than either can say "I'll see you in court." To avoid becoming a financial victim, learn how to protect what's...

Ten days to better communication.
March 1, 1993... YOU DECIDE TO call your department together for a brainstorming meeting once a month. It seems the perfect way to share ideas and spark new energy. After four months, though, the only thing that's been sparked by these meetings is your...

Volunteering: you get back more than you give. (includes related article)
March 1, 1993... TWO EVENINGS a week, Terri Ferguson makes the 30-minute drive from her home in Maplewood, New Jersey, to a nearby town where she volunteers at a boarder home for HIV-positive babies. Ferguson, who is engaged to be married, has no children of...

The new prospectors. (global business opportunities) (Column)
March 1, 1993... PRAGUE, A FRIEND REPORTS, has become a city of young international entrepreneurs who run pizza parlors and party all night. It's "wide open," she said, "filled with people looking for ways to make money and have a good time."...

Managing an employee who dislikes you. (Cover Story)
March 1, 1993... WHEN I MET Lisa Krause (not her real name) my first day at my new job, there was no hint that managing her would be tougher than anything else I had been hired to do. The problem was a simple one, familiar to any kinder-garten teacher: Lisa...

Diversity training - the fun way. (The Diversity Game)
March 1, 1993... Mention workplace diversity and many managers are likely to yawn (they've been bombarded by dull articles, the same 'ole statistics or guidelines too simplistic to be of any use) or blanche (they feel threatened or uncomfortable discussing...

Avoid these fax faux pas.
March 1, 1993... Somewhere along the line we've all been drilled in proper telephone manners. When it comes to faxing, however, too many at the office missed out on etiquette lessons. Fax faux pas proliferate--the inappropriate fax, the impossible-to-read fax,...

It started with a recipe. (Pomodoro Fresca Foods)
March 1, 1993... WHAT Nancy Battista DiStefano knew about the specialty food industry three years ago could probably fit into the cap of a shiitake mushroom. "Everything was gut, shoot from the hip," says DiStefano, president to Pomodoro Fresca Foods, a Long...

Franchise finds: repair services.
March 1, 1993... THANKS TO AN ECONOMY that puts the emphasis on cost saving and an environmental movement that stresses recycling, franchises that offer repair services are thriving. Consumers and businesses alike are looking for value and are more likely to...

Before you even start negotiating.... (includes related articles) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1993... AT ITS BEST NEGOTIATING is a theatrical event, and anyone who is good at it is comfortable wearing any of the many hats required to stage a successful show. Negotiators are good casting directors, for example--they can quickly size up a...

Clinton's top women: who they are, how they got there, what they're like. (President Clinton) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1993... If you've been stirred by the excitement of a new administration, with its promise of greater participation for women at higher levels--and even a substantial policy role for the First Lady--take a look at the career strategies of the women in...

11 ways to turn your staff into lifelong learners.
March 1, 1993... IF YOU WERE HANDED a sheet of paper and asked to draw a picture of people learning at work, what would you draw? Perhaps a roomful of managers in business suits, all seated and armed with pencils and paper as they watch a lecturer pace behind a...

The day I became a feminist. (Cover Story)
March 1, 1993... Sexism had always been something of an abstraction to me. I knew it existed, but I assumed that it was the product of backward and parochial cultures. It might show up in entrenched corporate bureaucracies dominated by old-boy networks, or in...

When you're out of work.
March 1, 1993... NETWORKER #1: Pleased to meet you. What do you do? Networker #2: I'm in transition now. Well, I mean I'm doing some consulting. Well, you know, downsizing, not my fault. Well, okay, I was fired. Networker #1: Oh. I'm sorry to hear...