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When it comes to mentoring, women face more barriers than men. Here's how men can help change that.
Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged--sometimes stridently--to "find a mentor!" Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations.
But the mentoring landscape...
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Criterion collection volume 668
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Set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by Satyajit Ray, this story follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary...
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Better Together provides powerful and implementable solutions to fostering gender equality in your business. As a result, your business will be more successful, your customers will be happier with better products/services, and your employees will be much more fulfilled. Women are one half of our species and over half of the earth's population. There is no product or service women don't buy. And yet, today only twenty-four women CEOs lead America's...
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"The state of working women has been declared and debated since the days of Rosie the Riveter. The headlines, and the statistics behind them, however, don't tell the whole story. The truth is, many women today are breadwinners; and these breadwinners are struggling. They are caught in a perfect storm of male-dominated culture at work, traditional social norms at home, and outdated schedules in the school. Mogul, Mom, & Maid takes an honest look at...
45) Double holiday
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Career-minded Rebecca's plans for Hanukkah don't go as expected when a promotion opportunity comes up at work. When the company CEO asks Rebecca and her insufferable office mate, Chris, also her main competitor for the promotion, to plan the company's Christmas party, she realizes they must overcome their opposing styles to succeed. Forced to work together on the party, Chris learns more about Rebecca and embraces her family's Hanukkah traditions,...
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"A celebration of the revolutionary potential of women working with other women, and a powerful statement about myths like the “cool girl” or the “catty workplace”. Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how wherever women gather, magic happens. Female farmers change the way we grow...
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The secret to Galen Pallas's success is his laser-sharp focus. And young widow Roula Drakos is disruption personified! Most disruptive of all is their smoldering attraction -- which he can't act on when he hires her as his temporary PA! Roula's worked hard to put her marriage behind her. Intimacy isn't something she ever wants again. Yet swept into her boss's glamorous world, she's never felt so safe or desired. Can this shy Cinderella be bold enough...
48) Resilient
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Resilient Magazine's mission is to highlight the resiliency of women, their work, their worth, and their ability to weather the barriers life bring. The magazine also highlights entrepreneurs from all facets of life, while highlighting the exceptional roles African American women play in the prevalence and relevance of culture.
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"On a romantic evening date with the young, rich, and unbelievably handsome Taemu, Hari is the envy of all women...but little do they know--it's all fake! She has been trapped into playing the part of his girlfriend to appease his meddlesome grandfather, all the while desperately trying to hide the fact that she is actually an employee at his company! How long can she keep up this nerve-wracking double life?--
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"In Mothers Unite!, a bold and hopeful new rallying cry for changing the relationship between home and the workplace, the author envisions a genuine, universal world of workplace flexibility that helps mothers who stay at home, those who work part time, and those who work full time balance their commitments to their jobs and their families. Achieving this goal, she argues, will require a broad-based movement that harnesses the energy of existing organizations...
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"Hari ends up having one drink too many at the company dinner and wakes up the next morning with no memory of the previous night...except for a lingering sensation on her lips! Just what could have happened? She finds out in the worst way possible when she runs into Taemu at the office, because he remembers every single detail...Meanwhile, Yeongsuh also wakes up from a night of heavy drinking, but unlike her best friend, she instantly realizes that...
53) The girls in 3-B
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Annice, Pat, and Barby are best friends from Iowa, freshly arrived in booming 1950s Chicago to explore different paths toward independence, self-expression, and sexual freedom. From the hip-hang of a bohemian lifestyle to the sophisticated lure of romance with a handsome, wealthy, married boss to the happier security of a lesbian relationship, these three experience firsthand the dangers and limitations of women's economic reliance on men. Lesbian...
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New directions (Linda Byler) volume 1
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Susan Lapp is a hardworking Amish woman in her early twenties. She enjoys the financial independence that working two jobs--as a housecleaner and at the local deli in Lancaster--affords her. And based on her sisters' tumultuous experiences with their husbands, she has no interest in dating or marriage. She's perfectly content with her life as it is, thank you very much. When Susan's best friend Beth begins to date Susan's brother Mark, the couple...
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"A fast-paced, savvy book that takes readers through the emotional roller coaster of dealing with being fired, seamlessly integrating practical advice and women's experiences into a narrative of resilience. Involuntary Exit is a must-read for all professional women, because - let's face it - it could happen to any one of us."--Page [4] of cover.
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Criterion collection volume 2517
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Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. So, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes, before time runs out.
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"What's missing from gender equality efforts? Men. Women are at a disadvantage in the workplace, where they deal with unequal pay, sexual harassment, lack of credit for their contributions, and more. And while organizations are looking to address these issues, too many gender-inclusion initiatives focus exclusively on how women should respond, leaving men out of the equation. Such efforts reinforce the perception that these are "women's issues" and...
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Some might call it a proposal. Violet Burton knows it's blackmail, and she refuses to give in. She won't marry the unscrupulous banker who holds the mortgage on her Virginia home. She'll find employment in New York City, earning enough to pay her debts before returning home. Virginia's where she belongs ... even if reconnecting with childhood friend Michael Heaton makes her long to stay permanently at his mother's boardinghouse.
60) Kendra and Beth
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Beth, a quiet and vulnerable misfit, is the only female employee in the shipping and receiving department of a local sausage company. She lives at home where she takes care of her ailing mother who never leaves the couch and refuses to watch anything but Julia Roberts movies. The house is also shared by Beth's older brother Robbie, an outsider artist who is still trying to put the pieces back together after a failed engagement eleven years prior.
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