Posts Tagged 'women and leadership'

Why Boxing Day is my favorite day of the year!

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Brain candy: Feeding the brain and refreshing the spirit

Boxing Day, the anti-climactic day following the Christmas adrenaline high, is my favorite day of year. 

The origin of Boxing Day is not definitively known, but it may come from the traditional opening on that day of Anglican Church poor boxes that had been filled during Advent. Another possibility is that it arose ...

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Women at work: Moving beyond history and social conventions

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I attended the Saskatoon 2015 Deloitte Spring Breakfast to hear a presentation by Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk about their careers in the advertising industry as Mad Women and their journey to write their new book “Darling you can’t do both (and other noise to ignore on your way up)”. Their research shows that the perceptions towards women in the workplace have only changed marginally since the 1950’s.  Those of us who work in the business world are keenly aware, ...

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