“Burnout may be our contemporary condition, but it has very particular historical origins”
Burnout may be our contemporary condition, but it has very particular historical origins. In...
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“when you see someone who appears to be a disciplined person what you’re really seeing is a person who has actually just acquired a few very key disciplines in a specific area”
There is no such thing as a disciplined person and, even if there were,...
“A true professional knows what they know, knows what they don’t know, and knows the difference between the two”
Most difficulties in real estate transactions (from simple misunderstandings all the way to costly...
“In the early days of coding, women flocked to programming because it offered more opportunity and reward for merit, more than fields like law. Now software has the closed door.”
If biology limited women’s ability to code, then the ratio of women to men...
“Not answering emails today is like refusing to take phone calls in the 1990s or ignoring letters in the 1950s”
Spending hours a day answering emails can stand in the way of getting other...
“If you have a difficult person on your staff, people are watching the dynamics of how you handle conflict”
People talk a lot about horrible bosses. People don’t really talk about horrible employees...
“The idealized vision of 1950s womanhood that still permeates our politics ignores the fact that staying home may not actually make mothers happy”
The idealized vision of 1950s womanhood that still permeates our politics ignores the fact...
“So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges?”
So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges? Is it inertia? Are organizations embarrassed...
“Failure to acknowledge a woman’s hard-earned professional title while men are awarded theirs, even when unintentional, has profound implications and reinforces the perception of women having lower status”
Failure to acknowledge a woman’s hard-earned professional title while men are awarded theirs, even...
“It is time to toss ‘commensurate with experience’. Maybe it once was a good practice, but no longer; hiding salary ranges is a ruinous practice”
It is time to toss “commensurate with experience.” Maybe it once was a good...