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Degrees of Anxiety

April 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. It’s that time of year again: graduation for a fresh crop of university students – and a fresh wave of panic as they ask themselves: […]

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A Quiz: Model Parenting

April 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. This quiz was prepared by Dr. Barbara Moses to accompany the article The Kids Are Watching by Randi Chapnik Myers. Barbara discussed some of the […]

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Oh Why The Outcry About Generation Y?

March 28, 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. They’re brash. They’re pampered. They’re self-absorbed. They’re high-maintenance. They’re obsessed with work-life balance. They have no loyalty. Who are they? Generation Y, of course. At […]

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Condescending JerK? Or Just An Insecure, Shy Person?

February 22, 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. At a recent event, I struck up a conversation with a newly retired executive I’d met socially a few times in the past. He looked […]

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Competing Interests Clash at Work: Trends for Individuals and Organizations

January 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. As 2008 unfolds, a number of themes and trends continue to dominate the workplace landscape. Here’s a closer look at some of them, and how […]

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Forced Retirement

December 07, 2007

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. Recently, I was talking with two women in their early fifties who were feeling similarly insecure at work. Both were picking up subtle – and […]

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Unwanted: Early Retirement

November 30, 2007

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 a 52-year-old friend recently described herself as retired, I was stunned. Retired? More like the Energizer Bunny. She recently left an executive position with […]

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Become the Consummate Connector

October 26, 2007

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. A few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from the senior marketing manager of a major company who wanted to meet to talk about women […]

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Networking Silly Season

October 19, 2007

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. Dear Networker, Thanks so much for your note, and for all those wonderful things you said about me, and about our last meeting. Gosh, has […]

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Moving On Is Hard To Do

September 21, 2007

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 a teacher friend recently retired after nearly two decades of constantly threatening to quit, I said: “Thank you, Lord, for finally putting us all […]

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