Babes On Bay Street

Archives by Tag 'challenges'

Pattie Dunn – An Obituary

Pattie Dunn died on December 4, at her home in California. I did not know her. However, when she died her death was covered in many papers and I found her obituary fascinating reading. It tells the story of a woman who had many of the qualities we all aspire to have, achieved much in a very short life, faced challenges greater in number and severity than many of us will ever know and dealt with each of them in ways which demonstrate character and class and so much more.  Her board room struggles as the Non-Executive Chairman of Hewlett-Packard are instructive for any one of us who is sitting on a board or aspires to do so.  And without ...

The Myth of the Ideal Worker

In October 2011, Catalyst released a report "The Myth of the Ideal Worker:Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? You can find the full report by following this link http://www.catalyst.org/publication/509/the-myth-of-the-ideal-worker-does-doing-all-the-right-things-really-get-women-ahead.   The press release which was distributed when the report was published included the following statements:   "This study busts the myth that 'Women don't ask.' In fact, they do! But it doesn't get them very far. Men, by contrast, don't have to ask. What's wrong with this picture? said Ilene H. Lang, President & CEO, Catalyst."   I was struck by the following:   "Regardless of chosen career strategy, the study shows that men outpace woman in rate of advancement and compensation growth. Key findings include: Women seem to be paid for proven performance - women ...