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A New Voice

I have been reading Leah Eichler’s column Women@Work in the Globe since she began writing them in September 2011. She is a new and very welcome voice in the paper and I have enjoyed reading many of her columns. They are well written and well researched and cover many of the topics near and dear to my heart. For example:   On  October 1, 2011 Leah wrote a column “Why we need the metrics on women’s climb to the top” which included several great comments from Barbara Annis of Barbara Annis & Associates in New York, Beatrix Dart of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and Deborah Gillis of Catalyst. I wont’ repeat these comments here because it would cause ...

Interview with Charles. A Male Perspective

I asked Charles to describe his impression of the difference between the experience of a male and a female in the corporate world. He said: “I’m not quick to distinguish by gender, but my experience is that a male tends to be more uni-dimensional in their approach to a problem whereas a female executive is more likely to consider tangential concerns which are relevant to the decision.  Women tend to have a broader focus taking into account factors like the emotional issues related to a decision and how it may affect other people and relationships and whether there are other business considerations.”   In terms of whether he thinks women face obstacles, difficulties and roadblocks in the corporate world which are different ...