The partial shutdown of the federal government affecting 800,000 workers plus recent layoffs at major newspapers, retail stores and company takeovers show every leader, entrepreneur and professional needs a plan for unanticipated, sudden changes in income present and future.
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During this introspective time of welcoming a new year, let’s savor the now. This moment. All that’s happened for women at work and in society, all that’s changed, and the work we still have to do.
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Growing up in Chicago with a brother may have helped prepare Julie Yanez for a career in finance and investments. Now a principal at Retirement Solution Group with two sons of her own, Yanez is based in the Chicago office with a team of 15 women and five men– a definite gendered flip on the industry norm.
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How many people do you know that in 18 years move from an entry level spot into the CEO position at the same company?
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It was different then. “I was a stubborn, angry girl who grew up in a world that was clearly not fair. The world kept telling me things were not true that I knew were,” says Ruth Ann Harnisch, founder and president of The Harnisch Foundation, It is logical then, that after a career as a journalist and truth teller,
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It matters who reports the stories. It matters who edits the stories and it matters who is quoted in the stories. It also matters who is leading the journalism organization and making key decisions. Why? Because invisibility in the media is erasure in society.
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Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at Spirit of the Senses, a long-established Phoenix-area group of people who get together for lectures and discussions on provocative topics.
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Set to top $100 million at the box officesoon, the recent launch of the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious remake, “Mary Poppins Returns,” has some keen takeaways for all of us striving to make the best of our professional lives, not the least of which is a spectacular comeback.
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