Jobs Don’t Have Genders

Jobs Don’t Have Genders

At the Engage Conference I wrote about last week, the panelists — Dr. Lynn Shaw, founder of WINTER (Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles), Iliana Flores from the Teamsters, Ariane Hegewisch of IWPR, and Lark Jackson of Chicago Women in Trades had me riveted. The...
A Room That Changed My Aperture

A Room That Changed My Aperture

Last week, I walked into a building in Washington, D.C. I had never been in before, and I paused. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream has a ceiling that demands you tilt your head back and stare. Intricate coffered plasterwork, gold detail, and soft...
The Cost of Waiting

The Cost of Waiting

I play cards with a group of women. There’s a little food, a little wine, and a lot of laughter that gets louder as the evening goes on. When the group first started, the hostess shouted to her husband in the kitchen, with silliness in her voice, “The...
Changing Our Questions

Changing Our Questions

Last week’s blog, Less Wrong Tomorrow, clearly struck a chord. The responses came quickly, and many were vulnerable and personal. One reader wrote about caring for her aging father: “We have so many decisions to make, but Dad seems paralyzed. We’re...
Less Wrong Tomorrow

Less Wrong Tomorrow

One of my favorite workshops to facilitate is strategic planning, and one of the most common reactions I hear during those sessions sounds something like this: “How can we plan when leadership keeps changing direction?” “We don’t even have a finalized budget yet.”...
Karen Snyder
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