WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP

Global Women Leaders Summit at the Burj Al Arab, Dubai. UAE

By jwhalen | Published: March 7, 2011

I knew when I was asked whether I would like to attend the Global Women Leaders Conference in Dubai on behalf of CWL that it would be a very engaging two days. Women in the region never cease to amaze me. I knew that there would be a great deal to learn, much to share …

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Insiders and Outsiders:

By jwhalen | Published: February 14, 2011

Yikes!!  Another battle over single-sex membership organizations! New York Times February 10 coverage is the latest chapter in what is becoming a pretty shaggy saga. Cliff Notes:  For more than two decades the Century Association in New York City has not been a single-sex organization. Some members would like to see formal ties broken with …

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Health and Life Issues for Women

By jwhalen | Published: February 11, 2011

On Thursday, February 11, I had the pleasure of introducing one of the keynote speakers for the Babson Health Care and Life Sciences Forum, an annual event delivered by the amazing students here.  The person I was introducing was Elizabeth Tallett, a Principal at Hunter, Partners, LLC,  who for more than 30 years has had …

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Top Ten Business Blogs for Women

By rprior | Published: February 3, 2011

Pink Magazine recently posted their list of the best women’s business blogs. Their picks include: Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist, a fun, conversational blog about work and life for Gen X and Gen Y-ers Glass Hammer, a professional blog for women in finance, law, technology,  and big business The Boss of You, an entrepreneurship blog written …

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Mentoring Matters

By rprior | Published: February 3, 2011

President Obama and The First Lady agree that mentoring is critical to success! Mentoring programs were among CWL’s first initiatives ten years ago, with one program for our undergraduate women and another for our MBA women.  Thanks to the knowledge, energy, passion, and dedication of hundreds of professional women who have volunteered to be CWL …

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Ernst & Young Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

By rprior | Published: February 3, 2011

Are you or do you know an inspiring individual who leads a high-growth company? If so, now is the time to nominate yourself or another dynamic entrepreneur for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. Ernst & Young welcomes the opportunity to share the stories and recognize the innovative visions and achievements of …

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Collecting Wisdom

By rprior | Published: February 3, 2011

Launching the second decade of women’s leadership here at Babson means making plans to enhance, enrich, and expand what was created in the first decade. We know we’ll do that with the help of women like you who are such an important part of CWL. Throughout this semester we will be focusing on “Collecting Wisdom.” …

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Reading

By jwhalen | Published: February 1, 2011

A few months back I was meeting a group of academic colleagues for the first time to begin a project that we would work on together for the next several days.  To get things started, we were asked to introduce ourselves by name and organization, give a brief overview of our work and a word …

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An Unabashedly Unbalanced View on Work-Life Balance

By jwhalen | Published: February 1, 2011

At least once a week I get a request to talk to someone about how we can help women with “work-life balance”.  Below is my response to a request that came yesterday. I’d be happy to talk. But I have to warn you, I have pretty strong, scrooge-ish views on this subject. First, I frankly …

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Public Service Entrepreneurship

By jwhalen | Published: February 1, 2011

In a few moments the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh will close its first international conference;  Imagining Another Future for Asia: Ideas and Pathways for Change.  Imagine a conference where every speaker and panelist is informed, articulate, interesting, and thought provoking.  Picture where the topics support the conference theme by connecting across sessions …

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