source : www.womenco.com

 
I vividly remember my first leadership assignment. I was an expert in a particular software product. Based on that expertise, I was brought into a new organization as the senior person. I was responsible for providing guidance to a group of programmers who were all male. There were even fewer women in technology then as there are now, and I was the first woman leader/expert that the group had ever seen.

Passionnée depuis 18 ans par l’accompagnement et la formation qualitative des dirigeants de PME dans le long terme, notre équipe à imaginé un nouveau type de formation, complémentaire à l’offre actuelle.
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source: www.lefigaro.fr

 
Responsables politiques, chefs d'entreprise ou cadres supérieurs, elles estiment que c'est la contrepartie d'une carrière enrichissante.

 
Malgré ses quatre grossesses, Anne Bernard-Gély n'aura jamais connu la trêve du congé maternité. C'est de son lieu de travail qu'elle a pris le chemin de la maternité. Pour ce haut fonctionnaire diplômé des Ponts et Chaussées et l'une des premières polytechniciennes, pas question d'«abandonner (ses) missions», ses objectifs et ses dossiers, qui l'ont suivie jusque dans sa chambre de jeune accouchée. Un rendez-vous au ministère de l'Équipement ? Qu'à cela ne tienne : bébé et couffin sous le bras, elle impose un nouvel hôte à la table des négociations. «Je m'éclipsais pour l'allaiter», dit-elle naturellement. C'était il y a presque trente ans.

source : Galia Gichon www.downtoearthfinance.com

 
When you want to see money changes in your life, there is no question that some of your habits have to change. I know this from working with thousands of people these last eight years. However, it helps to know what kind of money person you are. There are different ways to change our money habits - for the positive - depending on who we are. If you are a relationship person: Put the FUN in money. Reward yourself if you stick to your spending plan for one month (as long as it is in the plan). Join a group or organization that will keep you motivated on a weekly or monthly basis. Have a backup plan if your week doesn't go well. You will have weeks that you do not feel like checking your mutual funds or just using cash. That is ok. Having a group to lean on can really help.

source : www.pmekmo.be

source: www.ft.com by Margot Wallström

 
The Dutch economist, lawyer and author, Heleen Mees, wrote in the Financial Times recently: “Male dominance works like a cartel: it impedes proper functioning of the market by barring talented women from top jobs. The old boy network should be busted like any other cartel.”

 
Anyone who has seen the photos of the European Union heads of state and governments gathered at the European Council or for other important occasions, such as signing the Treaty of Lisbon, will have been struck by the scarcity of women in the picture.

 
How is it possible that, while women make up half of the population, they are still so poorly represented at the top in European politics?

 
The European Commission’s latest report on women and men in decision-making roles in 2007 shows progress. Even so, less than a third of the representatives in the European Parliament are women. In national parliaments and governments in the EU the situation varies considerably, but the overall average is that they are only 23 per cent female. The European Commission performs slightly better, with nine female commissioners out of 27, or 33 per cent of the total.

source: Guest Commentary by Edit Schlaffer www.women-without-borders.org

In today’s worldwide conflicts there are also movements that challenge violence: they are determined to confront the enemies with words, not with weapons.

“Living together, but how?” is the critical question for all of us in a world that appears to have become too small for the mass and complexity of the conflicts. Fights over territory, oil, gas, and gemstones are increasingly dealt with in a warlike manner. The intermezzi on the diplomatic parquet flooring no longer earn the name of peace negotiations, but rather are fire-fighting operations that take place in ever-shorter sequences when a window opens through a laboriously negotiated ceasefire.