Thu.Nov 03, 2011

Women on Business

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GUTSY WOMEN RELATE RADICALLY at WORK

Women on Business

Knowing the difference between men and women is easy when we look at body parts. It is not so easy when we think about how our brains operate differently, yet they sure do. Let’s just take the example of men and women in meetings. Now, we all know meetings are most likely to have some stress components. Knowing the differences in ways that we respond to stimuli can make the time together to problem solve better or bitter.

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A Female CEO Who Knows How to Balance

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Arlene Dickinson is one of the stars of Canada’s Dragon’s Den television show and has been gaining a lot of notoriety because of the way she handles herself both on air and off. She is proving to the world and most especially, to women, that you can balance work and life in a manner that still allows you to be a massive success. She is the CEO of Venture Communications, which is one of the largest marketing firms in Canada and has a net worth of over $80 million personally.

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Are Women the Adults in the Room?

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Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer. How many women friends and colleagues do you know who constantly (and with reverence) refer to their mental and written lists, and the importance of regularly “checking things off?” Are you one of them? It seems to me like there’s an epidemic of hyper-organized list-making women who aren’t happy until they’re putting lines through the items on their endless lists covering a range of subjects.

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