Executive Female articles from November 1994

Executive Female archives from November 1994

When women managers talk and men don't listen.... (Managing Smart)
November 1, 1994... A WOMAN MANAGER wanted a male subordinate to rewrite a report. To avoid hurting his feelings, she started by praising the strengths of his report and then suggested some changes. "But the man heard the praise as the main point," explains...

Are you an effective delegator? (self-test included)
November 1, 1994... Done right, delegating can be the managerial silver bullet that saves a lot of time and readies your staff for bigger challenges. Take this quiz to test your delegating prowess IT'S ONE OF the most important management skills you'll ever...

Teaming up with a big guy. (business partnerships) (Your Business: Starting It, Growing It)
November 1, 1994... A VISITOR TO ANNE ROBINSON'S MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, OFFICE Might feel as if she had just walked onto a Hollywood movie set. Strains of music, now haunting, now soothing, vie for attention with eclectic office decor. A crystal apple shares...

Mothers of invention. (products invented by mothers)
November 1, 1994... Designer diaper bags, toddler toothpaste, mini porta-potties, car seats that transform into strollers. The sheer variety and ingenuity of baby products, today is as much a testimony to women's entrepreneurial abilities as anything else: Mothers...

5 ways to run your career like a business. (management career development)
November 1, 1994... Companies follow certain business principles in order to prosper. Here's how you can put them to work for your career, too Why is it that the best managers aren't necessarily the most successful? From my perspective, many people do not use good...

The true tale (and happy ending) of a career crisis. (Lucie Fjeldstad left IBM to pursue own career interests)
November 1, 1994... Sometime in the late 1980s, Lucie Fjeldstad, a rising star at IBM, had an epiphany that promised to set the company on a bold new technological course. Instead, it ultimately drove her out of Big Blue's embrace. During a visit to an IBM...

Confessions of a time-management freak.... (time management humor and advice)
November 1, 1994... WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR when the whole nation shares in one universal activity. I don't mean gift-giving, Christmas services, Hanukkah candle-lighting or even New Year's Eve parties. What I refer to is the annual choice...

How to get women on corporate boards.
November 1, 1994... For women, there has never been a better time to seek a corporate directorship. Why now? More women than ever hold seats on the boards of America's top corporations. Women are becoming more readily accepted in the highest leadership positions....

Rounding out your network. (career development advice)
November 1, 1994... Having well-rounded networks is crucial to your career. In building your personal and professional web of contacts, look for variety: people in your own field and in different careers, entrepreneurs and managers, a mix of men and women, and...

Some hard-earned gains. (legislation benefiting working women) (Report from Washington) (Column)
November 1, 1994... AS I PREPARED TO WRITE this column, trying to summarize the work of this session of Congress, I saw an unexpected editorial in the Washington Post. It made note of the first anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was the first...

How on Earth can I manage any faster. (advice for survivors of corporate downsizing)
November 1, 1994... At a time when it seems there couldn't be much fat left to trim in corporate America, five-figure downsizing tolls are still being announced. In the first six months of this year, for example, employers were cutting more than 2,000 people a day...

5 ways to take your profits in 1995. (investment strategies; includes information on identifying a derivative)
November 1, 1994... THE NEW YEAR is around the corner--a good time to start recalibrating investments so that returns in 1995 are better than 1994. How do you know what changes to make? A crystal ball would be handy, but knowledge is a useful substitute. And there...

In-house networking pays off. (professional relationships within one's company) (Column)
November 1, 1994... ON MAY 20, 1995, NAFE will hold a satellite conference entitled "Building Bridges-How to Build a Powerful Network, How to Find a Mentor, How to Be One." In past columns, I have discussed how men have used the old-boy network to protect their...

The Blob II. (jobs of downsizing survivers expand) (Column)
November 1, 1994... BIG TREAT a few nights ago: a quiet, empty house, a bottle of good wine and Steve McQueen in The Blob on television. McQueen actually had a supporting role; The Blob, as all aficionados of horror flicks know, is the lead character. On the...