WITI Business
Workplace Violence & RIF's
By Candice Tal
In today's difficult global economy many companies are facing the prospect of corporate layoffs. Following a workplace violence shooting in Santa Clara last Friday, we have had many requests for information on how companies can better prepare for Reductions In Force (RIF's), how to recognize the Warning Signs for Violence, & ways to minimize Workplace Violence.
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Tools to Minimize Workplace Conflict and Maximize Productivity
By Sandy Carter
This holiday season, parents who buy Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, Nintendo Co.'s Wii, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 or the latest online game need not feel guilty. Turns out that young people - and adults - aren't wasting time when they're playing video games. Whether they're tapping away on video game controllers or the keys of their computers in increasingly popular online games, today's game players are acquiring the skills that companies increasingly value as the gaming generation enters the workforce.
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WITI Careers
7 Assumptions Women Make in Gaining Visibility
By Betty LaMarr
I know you are probably banging your head and asking, why do I need to be doing anything special to get visibility other than doing my job? Don't we wish that was the case. I was raised like so many women today and was told if you work hard and do a good job you will naturally get the promotion and the raise. Well guess what? I tried that and it didn't work. I had that college girl mindset, get a good grade and the grade will speak for itself. I was always looking for that quiet recognition and hoping that my boss was using some 'fairness meter.' Of course this 'fairness meter' was based on what I perceived as fair for everyone, which goes back to the 'good grade' mentality. Because we tend to get in a loop about working hard and getting recognized and promoted, I think it is important to understand that not everyone sees the world through our eyes and we will have to take an active role in getting more visibility and not accept a passive role.
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Tips to Managing Your Job Search
By Carolyn Leighton, Chairwoman/Founder WITI
Create a Top 20 List - This List Can be Made of:
• Companies you would like to work for and respect
• Companies that are geographically desirable
• Companies that you have identified an opening that fits your background
• Companies that can leverage your skill set
Network Network Network
Once you have your list of targets, work your network to find personal contacts at those companies. Linkedin, Facebook, WITI and other professional organizations, friends, etc. are all great resources for this.
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WITI Health
Healthy Choices
By Carolyn Leighton, CEO/Founder/Chairwoman of WITI
I have gained so many valuable insights through meeting and learning from amazing WITI women over the last 20 years. And, one of the many realizations has been that even smart, well-educated people do not necessarily take the time to educate themselves about good nutrition, healthier choices in a variety of areas.
I certainly understand the challenge of acquiring the information we need to improve the quality of our lives - especially when, we, as professional women, already handle a number of "challenges" outside of our profession.
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No One Diet Works for Everyone
By Laura Brown
Diet and Nutrition expert Laura Brown discusses why no one diet works for everyone, and discusses how to create sustainable, lasting weight loss without dwelling on calories, carbs, fats, proteins, restrictions and lists of good and bad foods, in a way that is flexible, fun and free of denial and discipline.
There are many differing dietary theories on the market today. It doesn't require a very close inspection to notice the many contradictions between these theories and to wonder how it could be that the field of experts is so far apart on what works and what's healthy.
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WITI Leadership
Leadership Skills: Organizational Savvy (Part 3 of 3)
By Marian Cook
In the first two articles we discussed the foundation of building organizational savvy. These started with knowing the mechanics of your job and always executing with the highest integrity. Build awareness of the culture and success principles of your organization by observing those that are successful. Add value to and build a strong network, and ensure you receive credit for your accomplishments. In the corporate leadership development forum I lead, I used myself as an example, and a bad one at that.
In addition to being blissfully ignorant of office politics early in my career, as I mentioned in previous articles, I was also unaware of how others perceived me. No, let me rephrase that. I decided I didn't care.
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Leadership Skills: Organizational Savvy (Part 2 of 3)
By Marian Cook
Keeping our head down and working harder is not always the answer to growing in your career. At a recent corporate leadership development forum I lead, we discussed the need to broaden our skill set and awareness - to become 'organizationally savvy.' We need to be aware of the operating principles of success within our particular organization, and actively work to succeed within them.
This is an issue for many people - and I would hypothesize women in particular - when they are more junior in their career. What made me start to care was understanding how this impacts how I take care of my family. Not being organizationally savvy frequently means you'll be less valuable, visible and paid. This means fewer resources to take care of yourself and those you love. Ah hah! Time to wake up! Culture, politics and perception matter.
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WITI Personal Growth
How to Leverage Fear
We live in uncertain times. Life sometimes feels scary and difficult. When we pick up the newspaper, listen to the news, or go about our day it sometimes seems that we have a constant shadow dogging our footsteps - and that shadow has a name - FEAR.
Here are some strategies for dealing with fear that may allow you to not only keep it from paralyzing you, but also use it to catalyze you into positive action.
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How Much is Enough?
A friend said to me recently, "Life is like a kaleidoscope - always changing. Sometimes it is us that turns the kaleidoscope and sometimes it is someone else." And I thought to myself - with the current financial meltdown it sure feels like the Kaleidoscope is turning big time - and I kind of liked the beauty and the shapes of the old pattern. But the pattern has indeed shifted and it behooves us to learn to find the beauty in the new emerging pattern. If you are ready to engage in this adventure during these uncertain times I would like to offer you a question that may help you to focus your search for new answers and landmarks: "How much is enough?"
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WITI Technology
Ten steps to Service-Oriented Architecture Success
By Sandy Carter
For every service-oriented architecture (SOA) success story, there lays an abandoned SOA project stuck in one of the various stages of deployment.
Underscoring the successes and challenges of an SOA project is the popularized theory that 50 percent of IT projects are deemed unsuccessful. This, of course, can make embarking on an SOA strategy rather intimidating.
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The Women's Tech Community Has Launched
By Dana Thorat
WITI members can have their voices heard! A major global technology company is actively recruiting new members into its private, online community of professional women to get insights from women about the technology products and services that really matter to them. This is a unique opportunity to interact and have a meaningful impact on the company's product directions and marketing efforts while also networking with your peers.
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WITI Women
March: Women's Heritage Month - Victory Secrets from Successful Women
By Annmarie Kelly
Remember when women weren't allowed to vote? Of course you don't, neither does your mother. But a hundred years ago, Susan B. Anthony was one woman who was fighting for that right ... and won.
Throughout the 20th century, Anthony and so many other women opened doors for us, both in and out of the workplace. During Women's History Month, it's good to look backward and forward: backward on the accomplishments of those who came before us and forward to understand how their model can help us in our workplace and our lives.
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Follow Your Heart, but Listen to Your Gut
By Sharon Elshaug
Have you ever been working on a project, with everything running fairly smoothly when you realized there was a little knot in your stomach? Some little nagging, aching feeling right in the pit?
So many of us - especially we women - are caught up in the pressures of meeting customer expectations, commitments to deadlines, and dealing with the stresses of a project that we fail to listen to that inner voice. I've had the experience described above on many occasions, but only recently learned to listen to it. I had to learn the hard way.
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