ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sexual Paradox in the Workplace

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Why do girls on average lead boys for all their years in the classroom, only to fall behind in the workplace? Do girls grow up and lose t...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Postfeminism And Other Fairy Tales

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Where does society stand on gender matters? Find out here. Shortcut: Take a quick glimpse at the last sentence of the commentary by Kate...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Fewer Working Mothers is Bad Business for Restaurants

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Attention restaurants: Start wooing women entrepreneurs and their families! Read more here about how the restaurant industry is concerned ...
Monday, March 10, 2008

WOWOWOW!

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New Web site aimed at smart women 40 and older. The five women who started the intelligent site -- called Wow o wow -- are Liz Smith, Lesley...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Who Will Be The Next TechPresident?

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Here, we all strive to be presidents of one kind or another but who will be America's first TechPresident? Cast your vote and add your t...
Friday, February 29, 2008

On Diversity, America Isn't Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

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Are there pay discrepancies between men and women in corporate America? If you guessed yes, you guessed right. And unfortunately, we -- th...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Lose Job; Start a Business

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Downsizing can help jump-start entrepreneurs. Losing a job can be just the impetus needed for starting your own company. You end up walkin...
Monday, February 18, 2008

50 Top Women in Tech

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What an extraordinary group of women! Corporate Board Member has put together this list to help boards redress two common shortfalls: an ov...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Are You a Thinker?

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Who is the most influential living management thinker? Is it you? That was the simple question that inspired the original Thinkers 50 in 20...
Friday, February 08, 2008

A Guy-Block in Disguise

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Women occupy 40% of all managerial positions in the United States. But only 6% of the Fortune 500's top executives are female. And just ...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Escape Suburbia

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Every once in a while I stumble upon something that I think is hilarious, odd, interesting, compelling, or, as in this case, so close to hom...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

16 Ways of Looking at a Female Voter

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In light of today being Super Tuesday, Linda Hirshman covers what we do and don't know about gender and politics. Read her comprehensiv...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Female Ownership Matters

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Patricia Karter, Dancing Deer Bakery CEO, thinks a better gender balance in the business world could improve society as a whole. What do yo...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

What Women Want

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I was going through a pile of newspaper clips last night and stumbled upon this one. It's only about a half-year old. My how time fli...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Help With How to Launch Out of Your Cube

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Our friend and colleague at Escape from Cubicle Nation just released her latest creation: A new audio program to help entrenched employees...

What The Customer Wants You To Know

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I am reading a really good book, actually two, by Ram Charan. One is What The Customer Wants You To Know and the other is Know-How which ...
Friday, January 25, 2008

A Day in the Life of Corporate Women

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We will dare to go to the other side on this post and provide a glimpse of how corporate women manage work-life balance. When I caught this ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Calling All Women Entrepreneurs: Nominate Yourself or Someone Else!

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The Doing Business project of the World Bank is conducting a two-year research effort to identify legal and regulatory barriers facing busi...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Start Anywhere and Just Get Going

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Are you finally going to start a business in 2008? Sure it's a scary time out there with everyone predicting a recession. Heck, we...
Monday, January 21, 2008

King Was All About Achieving Acceptance For All People, Regardless of Race or Nationality

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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I will be out of the office learning more about the man who helped achieve civil equality for Afric...
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Laurel Delaney
Chicago, Illinois, United States
When I authored "Escape From Corporate America!" published by the Conference Board in 2003, I had no idea the reaction to it would be so profound and overwhelming. My inbox was flooded with email messages from gifted women who could not say enough about their dissatisfaction at work. Apparently, I underestimated just how fed up women are with Corporate America. EFCA offers a comprehensive look at why women are leaving BIG companies for entrepreneurship. Hint: They want freedom, flexibility, recognition, more money, and opportunities to leave a legacy -- all the things they once thought they would find within corporations. Are you ready to ... "Escape From Corporate America?"
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