Executive Female articles from September 1995

Executive Female archives from September 1995

Is your management style out of date? (management advice for the 1990s)
September 1, 1995... Are you still managing in the early '90s style, believing all your direct reports should be entrepreneurial, take ownership and so on? Take another look. At any time the number of people who truly want to innovate is infinitesimal. Expecting...

4 ways to share power and strengthen your staff. (management advice)
September 1, 1995... Good managers know that power is an expandable pie. Giving it away doesn't mean you have less power, it means the pie gets bigger. In fact, the best managers know that it's only when their employees feet strong that they can ever hope to get...

Getting hooked up to the Internet. (instructions)
September 1, 1995... What is the Internet? And how in the world do you get there? Internet is the abbreviated term that refers to a vast connection of "inter-networked" computers all over the world, linked by a series of electronic pathways. The Department of...

Getting your product to the customers. (distribution plans; includes related article on television shopping networks)(Your Business)
September 1, 1995... When you develop a new product or business,it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of your product design. After all, business lore tells you that if you build a product that everyone wants, buyers will knock down your door to get it. But...

Instant parties. (Party in a Bag)(Your Business)(Company Profile)
September 1, 1995... Columbia, Maryland, homemaker Judy Esposito had always been creative when planning birthday parties for her daughter, Erica. But one day in 1992, she outdid herself when she dumped sand in the driveway, set out wading pools and slides, and...

5 lies entrepreneurs love to tell themselves. (explaining away business problems)(Your Business)
September 1, 1995... Managing a small business is like taking a roller coaster ride. First sales are up, then they are down. Today the economy is strong, tomorrow it is weak. And just when it seems your company is soaring to new heights, the bottom drops out. In...

The new career rules; maybe security and stability are a thing of the past; but success doesn't have to be - if you adopt a whole new approach to your career. (includes profiles of successful women executives)(Reinventing Your Career)
September 1, 1995... Maybe security and stability are a thing of the past. But success doesn't have to be -- if you adopt a whole new approach to your career When John Kotter began his 20-year study of the Harvard Business School Class of 1974, he had no...

Could your career use a coach? (includes information to help executives decide whether they need a career coach and information about costs)(Reinventing Your Career)
September 1, 1995... Why does a busy executive in a communications conglomerate in Texas clear her calendar at the same time every week for a 30-minute phone call to a woman in Florida? She's calling her executive coach, the one person with whom she can share all the...

Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? (best ways to learn entrepreneurship)(Reinventing Your Career)
September 1, 1995... A recent advertisement for King Cobra golf clubs spouts a simple promise. "There are no natural-born golfers. What golfers are born with is desire. Desire to work. Desire to sweat. Desire to learn." "Natural-born," in fact, is one of the...

The business women's guide to ten top cities. (common executive travel destinations)
September 1, 1995... There's nothing better when visiting a new town on business than having an old colleague or friend who lives there, to clue you in on the best eateries, the most convenient hostelries and the easiest way to get in from the airport (not to...

Mutual funds: how to avoid the lemons. (advice for investors)
September 1, 1995... Just about everyone likes to believe in heroes, but in the mutual-fund arena, the gap between superstar funds and average ones over long time periods of time is incredibly small. If the stocks of large US companies, for example, have...

Nine ways to get a headhunter to call you. (executive search firm; includes advice for responding to a search firm's telephone call)
September 1, 1995... If you're smart, you'll get onto a search firm's files before you need a headhunter. When the cold wind comes, signaling a change of weather, it may be too late. But to woo a head-hunter successfully, you have to be crafty and subtle. You can...

Back to school; it can be a great way to expand your career opportunities and your mind. (includes related information about distance-learning opportunities)
September 1, 1995... After a divorce four years ago, Gayna Havens, a genetics counselor based in New York, decided to reevaluate her career. No longer part of a two-income couple, she realized her female-dominated field didn't give her enough financial mobility....

Rules of the game. (affirmative action)(Column)
September 1, 1995... My sisters and I always began the new year -- the true new year, the one that begins when languorous summer is stopped short at the classroom door -- in sturdy white oxfords which we were expected to keep polished, and smocked cotton dresses...