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03/12/13

Have you ever felt dissatisfied in a situation, and thought, “What if? ”...But not like, “What if a giant walrus fell on my boss’s head?" I mean: Goals, dreams, etc. That is what Lean In is about. Below are my Cliff’s Notes . Dissatisfaction spurs change , Sheryl Sandberg states in Lean In. And by...

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Kathy Korman Frey

03/12/13

This article originally appeared in Fast Company . As the clocks and walls that used to divide work from the other parts of life began to disappear, I started to search for new, modern ways to make what matters happen both on and off the job. For almost two decades, I’ve worked in the trenches with...

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Cali Yost

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

03/12/13

I’ve been thinking a lot about women and our place in society the last couple of weeks. This is appropriate, as it is Women’s History Month and was kicked off at PBS with “ Makers ,” a three-hour documentary on the “second-wave” women’s movement.I sat down to watch it last weekend and was...

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Donna Schwartz Mills

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

03/12/13

Photo: I am holding my son, then a baby, at my parents’ home in New Hampshire in 2004. At the time, my parents, grandparents and youngest sibling lived in the same three-bedroom townhouse. Growing up, I always lived with extended family or family members stayed with us for extended periods of time...

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Elisa Batista

03/12/13

I’ve been working in the movie industry many years and often I am the sole female on a crew of men. I have worked in visual effects, editing rooms and on production sets. The number of women on these crews is significantly less than the numbers of men. It’s not surprising that the majority of...

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Jennifer Lee

Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

03/12/13

The volcanic national debate about women, work, and family erupts weekly these days, with Sheryl Sandberg’s much-anticipated book, Lean In, published yesterday, the news last week that Best Buy ended its flexible work-from-home ROWE initiative, and Marissa Mayer’s ban on remote working at Yahoo!...

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Nanette Fondas

Open Flexible Work

03/12/13

For many of us moms, success is too often defined and driven by outside factors and interpretations of what and how we "should" do things. I just finished Sheryl Sandberg's book which came out today and I think she perpetuates this view. She talks about leaning into a career by reaching for...

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Allison O'Kelly

Open Flexible Work

03/12/13

This blog post originally appeared in PunditMom . Lean in! Take charge! No fear! Out with flex-time! In with face time! These are the messages two of the highest-profile working mothers in America are sending to the rest of us. If Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, and Marissa...

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Joanne Bamberger

Environmental Health

03/12/13

We’re down to the wire. Industry has defeated the Maryland Pesticide Reporting Act three times . If we want a win, we need to use our outside voices, and we need to use them now. Moms across Maryland are worried about the impact of dangerous toxic chemicals on their families’ health. We’ve got a...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

03/12/13

This story originally appeared in the Woman in Washington blog. "Success for me is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported." --Sheryl Sandberg, NPR'...

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