Babes On Bay Street

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Does calling women “Babes” degrade them?

I received a question from a young woman last week, regarding the name of my blog "Babes on Bay Street" and questioning , in essence, whether calling women "Babes" degrades them. I thought it might be appropriate to share my response to this inquiry with you.   "I really appreciate you taking the time to write to me and I appreciate your perspective on the word "Babe". Obviously, I feel otherwise about the word because I named my blog "Babes on Bay Street" and I invited some of the women from the street who I have deeply respected for many years to participate in the project with me. And I would refer you to the About tab on my site, if you wanted ...

Colleen. Relationships, Role Models, Mentors, Heroes and Leaders

I asked Colleen to tell me about the relationships in her life which she believes had the greatest impact on her and in particular her work life and career. She said: “My parents had the most impact.  They taught me work ethic, values and to be a positive influence. After that, I had teachers that helped shape me and mentors in the business who guided me and trained me and whose admirable traits and characteristics I have emulated. I had three mentors in the business at Merrill Lynch; they were all guys and in different ways they each impacted and shaped my abilities to move forward in a positive way. One was a charismatic leader, well loved and a positive ...