Mon.Sep 19, 2011

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Women Entrepreneurs: Tory Johnson; Fired Up Rather than Fired From

Women on Business

Were you ever fired from a job? Just the thought is chill-inducing. Fired, it means failure, finished, foolish, and a lot of words that are meant to be esteem-downers. That’s how it was for Tory Johnson when she was a twenty something and on the rise in corporate America. Within one hour she had fallen from grace and was out on the street. Fast forward to today.

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Swearing in the Workplace?

Women on Business

Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer. There’s been a great deal of buzz lately about Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who was recently fired. Her apparent fondness for “salty language,” as it has been described, has been a big part of the conversation. The premise put forward is that her profane language is being called out because she’s a woman and her behavior is unexpected, therefore it’s more noticeable.

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