article thumbnail

The Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life

Harvard Business Review

This plagues everyone, but especially women who are candidates for high-powered careers. A woman executive who doesn't drink coffee never learned how to make it, thus saving many hours of time over the years while never being forced into coffee-service role early in her career. Not exactly your typical job.

article thumbnail

Win the Pitch: Tips from Mastercard's "Priceless" Pitchman

Harvard Business Review

As a growth officer in my early career with the mad men and women of McCann Ericksson , my mom could never quite grasp what I did for a living. Values are about people viewing the world entirely through the lens of their belief systems. From the moment the very first television commercial appeared ( You remember it, right?

article thumbnail

Office Jargon

Great Leadership By Dan

Byte-bonding: When computer users get together and discuss things that noncomputer users don't understand. When the byte-bonded start playing on a computer during a noncomputer-related social event, they are "geeking out." CLM (Career-Limiting Move): Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity.

Reference 120