by Dot Callihan | Sep 16, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Several years ago I was working on a project where some senior male managers didn’t want a woman in charge. They wanted to prove that anything I could do, a man could do better. This was a particularly difficult project and men lasted about 2 months. So every 2...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 11, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women
I am on the board of a small organization where all board members have equal power. However, our current President is on a power trip and is trying to use the organization for his own personal purposes. Another woman and I are countering his efforts but we go about...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 6, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff, Thinking Like Empowered Women
Recently I read an article in which a woman wrote about her experience interviewing for a new job. She did all the research on the job and knew how much she should be paid. During the interview, the men who interviewed her offered her 30% less than she expected and...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 2, 2017 | Thinking Like Empowered Women
I need to brag about my youngest daughter because she proved herself a good role model to other Millennials. My daughter is in school to become a veterinary technician where she is required to do internships. She wanted to do an internship at an equine clinic and she...
by Dot Callihan | Aug 28, 2017 | Acting As Empowered Women, Dealing With The Ugly Stuff
I read a lot of articles about women in the workplace and it seems we are fixated on identifying every slight, bad comment and bit of poor behavior. I’ve been told many times that the intent is generate awareness of sexual biases in the workplace and let women know...
