Executive Female articles from September 1992

Executive Female archives from September 1992

"Why won't they do what I ask?"
September 1, 1992... Motivating people is any manager's toughest challenge. Follow the yearlong odyssey of 19 new bosses as they learn -- usually the hard way -- to develop those priceless people skills We all know plenty about what a good manager is, but...

Breathing new life into an old business.
September 1, 1992... How shrewd marketing and top flight professional management primed a company for growth The burnished steel desk overlaid with brass fleurs-de-lis that dominates FPG International's reception area looks like an architectural relic from an...

The turning points of a consultant's life.
September 1, 1992... How to make the right choices at five crucial crossroads and move your business to new levels of success For years I resisted the label "consultant." The term meant everything from executives who were "between jobs," to former Defense...

Executive Female's breakthrough 50. (women executives)
September 1, 1992... THEY WORK IN LINE JOBS. THEY'VE CRASHED THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING. THEY'RE THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN MANAGERS IN THE COUNTRY With all the roadblocks women face in corporate America--glass ceilings, salary gaps and even walls (which prevent...

Now about this female management style....
September 1, 1992... After all these years and books and articles, another account of woman-style leadership might sound like pretty shopworn fare. Every inch of this terrain has been examined with the same care given to priceless fossils. It started with Hennig...

Women's work: see how our world has grown. (Illustration)
September 1, 1992... Even the stereotypes were triumphs at first. No more unpaid labor at home (until you married, if you married). Independence was boardinghouse life with a factory job in the 1830s; a typist's chair in an office by 1900. But the road to freedom...

The new revolutionaries. (women entrepreneurs)
September 1, 1992... American business will never be the same -- not since woman after woman has stepped out of the fantasy of running her own business and into the role of real-world entrepreneur Gather them together in one place, and women entrepreneurs would...

How to wing it at golf: a survival guide to the favorite corporate sport. (includes related information)
September 1, 1992... "Golf? I love golf!" As soon as I had spoken the words, I knew I was pretty far down the road to making a fool of myself. But it had been a well-intentioned fib: My boss loves golf, and he was looking at me expectantly, hoping to discover a...

Reinventing your life.
September 1, 1992... HOW FOUR SUCCESSFUL WOMEN TOOK STOCK AT MIDCAREER AND SET OFF ON EXCITING JOURNEYS OF CHANGE For a long time Leslie Christian thought that boredom was the reason she resigned her directorship at Salomon Brothers in New York and set off on...

Are you coming on too strong?
September 1, 1992... Marie Houle was a her network's monthly meeting when a woman came up to her and announced, "I could really make you look good!" The woman sold cosmetics and had obviously hoped to make a sale. Houle, a salesperson herself and president of the...

How to turn your group into a real team.
September 1, 1992... Just because a group of individuals works together every day doesn't mean they're a team. How's your group doing? It's the bottom of the ninth, no outs and the score is tied. The home team is at bat--a player is at third base and the team...

Navigating the maze of employee rights. (includes related article)
September 1, 1992... WHETHER YOU'RE a manager or business owner who must implement policy or someone who just wants to know your rights, you may be intimidated by the plethora of regulations regarding the workplace and employment. Take heart. Not even experts like...

Jane Bryant Quinn's guide to mutual funds.
September 1, 1992... Sound, simple and flexible--that's why mutual funds are every investor's bedrock buy I love mutual funds because they're so easy as well as so smart. Anyone can learn enough to buy a good one. What other investment can make that claim? ...

To an unsung heroine. (Wendy Rue)
September 1, 1992... Wendy Rue, NAFE'S founder, was a pioneer in recognizing the need for an organization to help women achieve financial independence and workplace equality. IT WAS IN THE LATE SIXTIES that I first met NAFE'S founder, Wendy Rue. At the time, I...

Our coming of age. (women executives)
September 1, 1992... We thought we could change the world--and in many ways we have. Decades aren't rounded off despite what poets and politicians would like to have us think. The 1940s ended with civilian clothes and the move to Levittown, and the 50s ended...