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By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:19 +0000

Martine – thanks for your comment about measuring results.Absolutely agree. The scoreboard is critical.

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By: Andrew Kun

Andrew Kun — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Dragonboating is a sporting event originating in China and rapidly picking up in North America. There is even activity close to you: http://www.bostondragonboat.org/

By: Martine Brennan

Martine Brennan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:10:57 +0000

Thanks Anne for your informative article. It is really important to measure results. Especially for women in their working lives. How much more attractive to an employer is someone who can show the results of their work clearly. I always advise clients to measure their results at work ESPECIALLY where there are no structures in place. The stats you give us are really useful.
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By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:01:02 +0000

Andrew – Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Additional date to support your view comes from catalyst.org. Their research indicates that Fortune 500 companies with more women on top leadership teams outperform those with the least women by approximately 35% on key financial measures. The world needs more men like you to support women who excel in leadership roles. By the way, congratulations on your son. Is he engaged in environmental work? You got me on the dragonboat reference. What is that? We have a near 20 year old and I am pleased to say he too is beginning to become engaged.

Regards and thanks again for your commentary -
Anne Perschel

By: Andrew Kun

Andrew Kun — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:11:02 +0000

Anne, my over 25 years of experience in the corporate world strongly support your view. The companies that had a better gender balance (particularly at higher levels) tended to be more open, more focused, more productive and more enjoyable. I’ve always wondered why more people don’t see this. I’m happy to see that more do so now.

Seymour, if you have teenagers (and even if you don’t) don’t lose faith in the younger generation. My son also appeared lackadaisical as a teenager. Dreamy and apparently lacking purpose. But he grew up and found purpose and focus. Today, at 28, he is well regarded at work for being fully engaged and for the quality of his work, he cares deeply about the environment and his family and even gets up at 5 am to get to dragonboat practice before work. Looking not only at him, but to so many of his friends, I feel very encouraged that they clearly “get it”. And if we somehow manage to leave them a world to look after, it will be in good hands.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:02:14 +0000

Marcia – With so many bright women working towards this vision we will achieve. I too have met some amazing young people recently, particularly through work with Girl Scouts. I was honored by the presence of teenage girls at a recent seminar I did for professional women. They contributed amazing insights. For more about these two young women from Girl’s Inc and their sound advice for living a happy fulfilling life go to http://community.pinkmagazine.com/blogs/wise_women/archive/2009/08/23/happiness-is-by-15-year-old-dora.aspx

Best – Anne

By: Marcia Reynolds

Marcia Reynolds — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:45 +0000

Your article is a great summation on what today’s women need and how companies can retain their best female talent. The list I found in my research compliments Sylvia’s (which makes me feel good). My book that will come out next year, Wander Woman,will be for the high-achieving women to better understand themselves and find the elusive contentment and direction they seek now that their needs have so drastically changed. I love that everything is aligning for strong women to have a voice and be a force not only in our country but around the world. Thank you for your post.

As to the comment on today’s generation…needs and values change over time. I have found lots of passion and creativity in the younger generation when they are inspired. We are the lazy ones if we don’t work with them to find out what their hopes and dreams are and instead, we just complain that they are not like us.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:43:41 +0000

Seymour – You give mothers an enormous amount of credit for being the singular source of influence over their children. Sadly, you are probably right about the burden of the guilt factor. An article I wrote entitled “A Working Mother’s Guilt Relived,” is among the most read and referenced in my collection. I cannot speak to how other mothers and fathers assuage their guilt but video games and gifts were not the case in our home. Our son, learned to cook, clean (not well I might add) and do laundry by the age of 13 and entered college and life well-prepared to take care of himself, work hard, and care about others.

By: Seymour huckleberry

Seymour huckleberry — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:51:27 +0000

Have you noticed how lackadaisical our younger generation is now? They have no drive… They sleep to noon and we blame it on “those teenage growth years”…They don’t work hard… The world has been given to them and they just don’t get it… They are in for a terrible realization in the future as we become more of a globalized world…A world where they are no longer the “center”… the “it”..

The reason for this is because they have been spoiled by their mothers who, in trying to assuage their own guilt in not being at home for them and raising them, have instead showered them with gifts and video games and sheltered them from the real world… Women belong at home taking care of their children…

Congratulations on your new found “self worth” but you have destroyed the futures of your offspring with your “Me Only” quest for self actualization.