WITI Business
The ROI OF LOL: Make Them Like You More!
By June Cline
How do we get someone to "really like" us enough to do business with us without bribing them? The answer: make 'em laugh out loud (LOL).
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Workforce Diversity: Meeting the Challenges Head On
By Sherry Fox
Today's businesses are growing and experiencing rapid change due to many factors such as technology and globalization. Diversity is an important part of this change.
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WITI Careers
Affirmations
By Carolyn Leighton
It's often too easy to waste time obsessing over the drama and minutia of things that don't really have anything to do with what we really want to accomplish.
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Lost In Translation - Working With Global Teams
By Radhika Emens
As business leaders strive to leverage technology and communication platforms to conduct business globally, working in global teams is becoming increasingly prevalent.
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WITI Health
Nine Levels of Health For Women Professionals and Executives
By Liping Feng
As another new year is approaching, it is a perfect time to do an overall health & success checkup on yourself. The Nine Levels of Health is a simple system that can help you to keep track of all the significant aspects of life. Because of the busy lifestyle of most women professionals and leaders, we seldom get a chance to sit down and reflect on our life as a whole. And yet the whole is what truly matters, because that’s the bottom line, the sum total. In these fast changing times, it is easy to forget that life (and work) is like a big garden with many plants and flowers, which, if neglected, will perish. Once the damage has occurred, the repairing process is going to be much more costly than preventive measures.
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Making Peace With Your Own Heart
By Liping Feng
February 4th was Go Red Day again. Even with all the campaigns and publicity in the media, many of us are just too busy multitasking to pay attention to our heart. According to statistics, about half of the female population in this country is still unaware that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women. Many women who experience their first heart attack also die from it. In other words, this killer can creep up on you without a warning (or with a warning you don't normally recognize). It is likely you will be caught off guard.
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WITI Leadership
Inspire and Be Inspired: 20 Mentor / Mentee Activities
By Marian Cook
As I mentioned in a previous article, I mentor a young man with his goals of building skills and expertise in finance, presentations and strategy.
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Oracle Implementation Leadership: When Operational Obstacles Block Strategic Work
By Marian Cook
Becoming a leader means an increasing focus on strategic v. operational tasks, and this is certainly true as an executive leading an Oracle implementation.
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WITI News
WITI Boston Recap - MA Conference for Women – Dec. 6, Boston
By Deb Stark
WITI Boston exhibited at the largest women's conference in North America (over 6,000 attendees) and had a well decorated and professional tabletop exhibit.
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WITI Offline - A Tasting Tour of Fine Chocolates
By Emily Ubik
Last week WITI Boston members gathered for an evening of chocolate tasting, wine, and good conversation at The Fairmont Battery Wharf.
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WITI Personal Growth
Your Key to Improving Yourself
By Kathleen Barton
Now is the perfect time to review your personal mission or vision and your goals from the past year, and then set new goals.
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The ROI of LOL: Get Back in Your Box!
By June Cline
How many times have you heard "get out of your box?" There's even a clever nine dot make you crazy in a minute box puzzle that many of you may have experienced.
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WITI Technology
Chick Techtechtive Episode 1
By C.T. Ech
"It was 2 in the morning and quiet." I thought to myself. Again picturing the opening scene for the book I will never write about the technology crimes I have seen. I have a tendency to do that at 2 in the morning.
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Congratulations to the Entire Curiosity Team On a Awesome Landing!
By WITI News Staff
WITI congratulates and thank all the men and women of NASA who made this remarkable accomplishment a reality.
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WITI Wealth
Manage your Money for a Career Change
By Brittney Castro
As a woman, chances are you will go through many life stages. Some stages will require you to completely change your financial plan while others will require just small adjustments to the strategy.
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Protect Your Pension
By Rick Rodgers
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) turns five years old this month. As companies rush to shore up pension or cancel underfunded plans you need to protect yourself from common pension mistakes. PPA was designed to close loopholes in the pension system and addresses problems for the roughly 34 million Americans covered by traditional pensions known as defined-benefit plans.
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WITI Women
WITI's Influential Women Series - Sussannah Kelly
By WITI News Staff
Sussannah Kelly serves as Executive Vice President in DHR's Toronto office. Prior to joining DHR International, Ms. Kelly was Managing Director at Boyden global executive search and a co-owner of the Toronto, Central and Eastern Canada practice.
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WITI's Influential Women Series - Brenda Rideout
By WITI News Staff
Brenda Rideout is the Chief Marketing, Service/Sales, and Innovation Officer at ING DIRECT Canada. In this role, Brenda is responsible for the creation and delivery of the strategic, tactical, and operational plans for marketing, service and sales, and innovation.
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