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For whom the school bell tolls

August 25, 2006

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 accomplished midlife professionals are discovering a rude reality. Bored and wanting to apply their skills in new ways — to teach at night, say, […]

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Ambition a loaded word for women

June 23, 2006

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. Are you ambitious? My guess is that, if you’re a man, you can answer that without much deliberation. But if you are a woman, your […]

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Working women don’t deserve guilt trips

May 19, 2006

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. Every time I pick up an article about whether mothers should work, I want to scream. And I’m screaming now. Yet again, women are being […]

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Sense and sensitivity: Reading emotional currents

April 21, 2006

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. I recently attended an event at which a woman who had risen through the ranks of an organization spoke about female leadership. She talked extensively […]

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Employers: Dangle the right carrots to entice workers

February 17, 2006

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. Winning the talent wars. Responding to looming skills shortages. Closing the leadership gap. These are the catch phrases of many organizations today. At the same […]

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What makes workers tick

January 27, 2006

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. I recently asked a young human-resources specialist at a large organization what she saw as today’s hottest new trend. “Management development, definitely,” she said. Management […]

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20-somethings: the work angst generation

December 16, 2005

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. I spent my twenties obsessing. I’d look at co-workers and friends and think: “They seem to have it so together. How come I’m such a […]

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Mentor match: Choose one right for you

November 11, 2005

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. Understand how your mentor wants to work with you: Some want to focus only on competencies, such as how to handle a difficult situation or […]

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The mid-career lament: ‘I’m bored’

October 21, 2005

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. Are you bored with your work? My research indicates that a good half of you would answer yes to that question. It is a paradox […]

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Why managers don’t coach

September 16, 2005

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. For 15 years, I’ve heard the same lament from human resource leaders: “We spent a fortune training our managers to coach their staff, and they […]

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