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Strategies for Working Parents Who Want to Have it All
Too often, say the authors of the book Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All, married working women bear the brunt of familial responsibilities. That balancing act between work and home can certainly be stressful. Drawing from extensive social science research, authors Sharon Meers, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, and Joanna Strober, a managing director for the Silicon Valley, California-based private equity firm Sterling Stamos Capital Management, note that when couples divide familial tasks and companies acknowledge the importance of family, all sides win.
Seeking Work? Why HR Recruiters Embrace Job Fairs
With the U.S. unemployment rate hovering at 9.4% for May, the steady stream of workers seeking jobs might make companies think twice about the need to attend job fairs. But the opposite is true, according to faculty at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and recruiters who attended a recent job fair sponsored by Goizueta's Alumni Career Services. “With so many people out of work, employers have a better candidate pool,” says Tom Smith, assistant professor in the practice of finance at Goizueta. Smith adds that attending a job fair can be less expensive for a company than posting an employment ad, and it offers another venue for companies to advertise themselves to jobseekers.
Why Honesty is Best Policy When Delivering Bad News
Whether it’s the recent announcement of yet more layoffs at Microsoft or word of the machinations to save bankrupt automaker Chrysler, corporate leaders are finding it hard to go a day without delivering bad news to their employees. According to management communication experts Emory University's Goizueta Business School, frankness and honesty about downsizing initiatives or pay cuts remains the best way to move a company forward in difficult times.
The Benefits of Publicizing the Qualifications of Skilled Employees
Winning over customers often requires publicizing the credentials of the company’s key people. In a research paper titled “Getting Known by the Company You Keep: Publicizing the Qualifications and Former Associations of Skilled Employees,” Peter Roberts, associate professor of Organization and Management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, and his co-author discuss this “signaling” approach in the context of the burgeoning Australian wine industry.
Managing Divergent Styles in a Multigenerational Workplace
“This is really the first era in American business history in which four different generations of people are sharing the same workplace,” says Hal Logan, a senior executive at Manheim, the car auction giant. In the opening address of the fourth annual Diverse Leadership Conference held recently at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, Logan discussed generation gaps in the 21st century and how they impact organizations. Although the variety of talent represented by workers from multiple generations—those from the WWII era to “Millennials”—provides unique opportunities, Logan cautions that “the generational differences, if not managed correctly, can have a negative impact on employee interaction and productivity.”
The Value of Developing Talent in the Midst of Economic Turmoil
With economic indicators pointing to a lingering recession and many businesses in regroup mode, it seems that building and adding to talent would be the last thing on the minds of managers and corporate executives. But, according to professors at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, ignoring the value of human capital, particularly when a company and the economy are in turmoil, can be a big mistake.
Women Executives on Work/Life Balance: Flexibility, Networks, Outside Interests
A panel of successful women acknowledged that striking a perfect balance between work and personal life is rarely possible for a first-year associate on Wall Street, but they also agreed that balance is achievable over time if the right priorities are established. Executives from Wachovia Securities, JP Morgan, Goldenridge Capital, Morgan Stanley and UBS offered anecdotes and advice at a recent Wharton Women in Business Conference.
Manga Book Provides Graphic Career Lessons
Author Daniel H. Pink talks to Knowledge@Emory about his latest book titled The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, a manga comic offering that details the struggles of a young exec as he works to find job satisfaction and move up the corporate ladder. The author of the bestselling books A Whole Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future and Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself says for his latest effort he chose this “incredibly powerful expressive form to reinvent the business book.”
Is This the Year ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ is Addressed?
In Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on August 28, he made a point to note that pay for women would be an issue he will address if elected President of the United States. With the Republican party nominating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a vice presidential hopeful, regardless of who wins, could the issue of women and pay in America finally get a fair hearing? Faculty at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, including Professor Maura Belliveau, a researcher who specializes in gender and careers, discuss the topic of pay equity. As Professor Belliveau notes “Even a 5% pay disadvantage for women that cannot be attributed to rank, tenure, education, or other meritocratic bases for a pay difference is large, but when you look at that over a lifetime, it’s quite a staggering difference.”
Cultivate Relationships to Make Your Network “Click”
In the book Click: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships, author George C. Fraser says that to build successful business relationships and truly connect or “click” with professional associates, executives need to communicate with passion, build on personal and volunteer ties, and align with individuals whom they admire. Recently, Fraser spoke with Knowledge@Emory about connecting with others, the trials of prejudging, and what to do with all those business cards everyone collects.
