Business Life: The Problem with Women

There is a problem with women in business. Symptoms are everywhere.

And where you expect it the least given the perceived meritocracy – high technology – it appears to be the most present.

Is the ‘Mommy Track’ Still Taboo?” blared a headline in the Wall Street Journal this week.

That piece follows the Journal’s post “Addressing The Lack of Women Leading Tech Start-Ups” that noted that only 11% of U.S.… Read the rest

The Corner Office: Where the “Girls” Are

There was a 1960’s coming of age movie about four Midwestern guys titled “Where the Boys Are.” Funny and clever for its time, it was also laden with stereotypical models of life – including the roles of women and men – of that era.

If you squint (“Really hard,” some of my colleagues would suggest) there is a different plot playing out in the corporate world in the United States today.… Read the rest