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More than a mentor or a pal: a hearth friend

April 29, 2009

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Early in my career, I conducted a workshop for middle managers on behalf of a major oil company. When the break came, my co-trainer popped […]

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After a hiatus, forced to return to work

March 11, 2009

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. They are an unexpected consequence of the economic downturn: An increasing number of women who had hung up their professional togs, either permanently or temporarily, […]

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Finding your footing in shaky times

January 07, 2009

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Many employees did not greet the start of 2009 with the same optimism with which they’ve ushered in previous years. Instead, the economy has wrought […]

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For the cost cutters: A history lesson

December 10, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Six months ago, a client of mine would never have found herself questioning whether her employer would foot the bill for her to take her […]

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Worried about work? Mind what you tell kids

November 12, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. My father owned a small bridal-veil business. Almost every night, he complained about how slow business was, always blaming the state of the economy. The […]

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Even in Uncertain Times, Quitting is an Option

October 03, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. When I was in my mid-thirties, I got a job working for a prestigious consulting firm. I needed that job: It was my first real […]

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Career Daze? Consider School Days

September 12, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. In a softening economy, many people grow more anxious about their jobs, and start to ponder ways to make themselves more employable. The start of […]

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Nerd Power

July 25, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Remember that boy in high school who was so socially awkward? He always said the wrong things, was painfully self-conscious, had few friends and was […]

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Tone deaf, blind to impact

June 27, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Have you ever been in a meeting when someone said something completely off topic or insensitive and you thought: “Whoa, where did that come from? […]

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The Tyranny of Meaningful Work

May 23, 2008

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. There is a new career obsession: Call it the quest for meaning in work. Over the past decade, the pursuit of meaningfulness – and its […]

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