Babes On Bay Street

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Letter to My Daughter

I’m a wife, mother, family member, friend, writer and career woman. I am blessed to have a daughter and son and son-in-law. When Janet Graham and I first met, we conceived the idea of writing a series of letters to my daughter that would distill some of the lessons I’ve learned juggling career and family. While these letters are addressed to Lesley, they are also sent with love to Brian and Greg.   April 11, 2012   Dear Lesley,   I’m so pleased to have your reaction to my first letter. Despite our generation gap, the concerns you raised resonate with my experience. I hadn’t realized that you and your friends are already talking about matters like dual-career families, balancing work and life, making choices about ...

Why do corporate boards still lean so heavily toward men?

I have received a number of emails in response to the question "Why do corporate boards still lean so heavily toward men?" and to the posts written by Patti Croft,  Linda Hohol, Vincenza Sera and Dr. Nancy McInerney-Lacombe answering the question.   I have decided to post some of these email responses with the permission of their writers. In all cases, I will do so without identifying the writer.   This is the first message I received and it was sent to me when I announced by email I would be asking each of the "Babes" this question.   I would love to hear your comments on this post.  Please share them in the Comments section below.   "After many years on Bay Street, my response to this ...