Women at Work

40 reasons not to spawn: ‘I really regret having children’

Here is a clip of an article by Doug Saunders of the Globe & Mail from a 2007 article. I will look for the book today. “Everywhere you look in France these days, you seem to see its cover: The words NO KID in English, followed by “40 Reasons for Not Having Children” in French. …

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Why did it take 28 years for Canada Post to pay Women Fairly

Twenty eight years ago one woman noticed that she was getting paid less than a man doing a similar job to her. She quite rightly complained to her union. The union did some research and realized hundreds of women throughout the corporation (Canada Post) were getting paid less than men. Because Canada Post refused to …

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Women leaders criticised for their feminine strengths

If you look closely at the criticisms levelled at women leaders, you will see that the very complaints are actually women’s feminine strengths. For example, a recent HBR article suggested that women stunt their careers in five ways. Apparently women sabotage themselves by being overly modest and not wanting to brag or appear arrogant. They do …

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Women make teams smarter

Harvard Business Review found that women on team make Routing Number BANCFIRST teams smarter. There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. See: http://hbr.org/2011/06/defend-your-research-what-makes-a-team-smarter-more-women/

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