Executive Female articles from November 1989

Executive Female archives from November 1989

Steering clear of investment swindlers.
November 1, 1989... It's the end of the month, and much to your delight you have a little cash left. As you're trying to decide if you want to splurge on a new coat or a night on the town, the phone rings. An investment advisor who got your name from a "select...

Risky business. (personal finance)
November 1, 1989... Do you take unnecessary risks with your money? Not likely. Yet if you decide to sink your dollars in an individual municipal bond, you may be taking a big chance. And the risks are growing greater in this period of an almost certain economic...

When your protegee outshines you.
November 1, 1989... Anne Jackson* never expected to be upstaged by her new assistant. But soon after Jackson hired Dana Wittinger*, an aggressive, intelligent, young eager beaver with a computer background, Wittinger began trying to steal the show. Jackson, a...

How to project a power image. (also includes a related article on voice projection)
November 1, 1989... Five years ago, when banker Beverly Haddon walked into her weekly board meeting after a business trip to New York, she received a spontaneous standing ovation from her colleagues. Haddon, an attractive woman in her forties, had left her Denver...

Effective strategies for making difficult decisions.
November 1, 1989... As a manager, one of your prime responsibilities is to prevent and to resolve problems that could become roadblocks for your staff. If you have trouble making the decisions that keep your department running smoothly, your attitude may cause...

Breaking into the old-boy network.
November 1, 1989... The laws of romance say that opposites attract, but the laws of business dictate that like deals with like. For women, who constitute a mere 1.7 percent of upper-management ranks, fitting in is a tall order. A woman may have the trappings...

Take off the gloves: you can criticize your boss without coming to blows or jeopardizing your job. (also includes a related article on camouflaged complaints)
November 1, 1989... You're frequently late putting out the weekly status report for your division because your boss drags his feet about providing key information. But when he got heat from the COO about the tardy reports, he covered his flanks by keeping mum...

Blowing your top without losing your cool.
November 1, 1989... Nobody likes an angry woman. As one feminist put it, to be considered aggressive, a man has to act like Attila the Hun, a woman just has to put you on hold. But feeling angry is as natural as feeling hungry, and when hackles rise, it's an...

The McNamee magic. (Louise McNamee)
November 1, 1989... Louise McNamee's persuasive style and business savvy have made her a power play in the ad world In 1979. when Louise McNamee joined what was then Della Femina Travisano & Partners, she never imagined that in five years she would be running...

Great expectations. (dealing with your own high standards)
November 1, 1989... Trying to excel at work and at home can make you feel as if you're caught between a rock and a hard place. Your personal and professional responsibilities seems everwhelming, and the more you do, the more others demand. The need to achieve can...

Bumping up against biases.
November 1, 1989... Since I started my company 12 years ago, the problems confronting me because I am a woman business owner haven't gone away - they've just changed guises. I ventured out on my own in 1977, anxious to trade in an 11-year teaching career for...

Network tune-up.
November 1, 1989... What shape is your network in? Every six months, take stock of the people you know and those you'd like to meet who could possibly help you now or in the future. Networking doesn't happen spontaneously - it takes time and effort to build...

What it takes. (notes on the status of women for the new year)
November 1, 1989... I sat down at the word processor to write a different essay, one about a quote that appeared in Newsweek from a dream researcher who said that the dreams of American women are more similar to the dreams of aborigine women than they are to the...