Women's growing economic power is upending long-standing perceptions of work, marriage and family—though not at the expense of raising children. Indeed, while young women now put a higher value than men on their career, roughly six in 10 women ages 18 to 34 said being a good parent was one of the most important things in their life. That was up 17 percentage points from 1997.
Two new books that help working mothers manage their career success through better work life integration are:
John G. Agno: Women and Time
John G Agno: Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge.
"Women and Time" provides time management tips to help working moms reclaim their time and life and "Women, Know Thyself" helps them gain better self-knowledge to know what's important in their work and personal lives.
Women "are not saying they want career success at the expense of these other things," said Kim Parker, associate director of Pew Social and Demographic Trends.
About two-thirds of women between ages 18 and 34 cited a high-paying career among their top life priorities, compared with just 59% of young men, the Pew Research Center in Washington said. That was a reversal from 1997, when 56% of women rated a high-paying career high on their list of priorities, less than the 58% of men surveyed back then, according to Pew. The research is based on phone surveys of 1,181 women and 1,308 men.
Women may also be responding to the reality that in many cases they will be bigger contributors to their family income than their mothers were. Though men still make more than women, their median earnings have been stagnant since the 1970s, adjusted for inflation, putting an increasing share of families' financial burden on women.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2012
Here are some career women self-coaching books for working moms:
John Agno: Decoding the Executive Woman's Dress Code
John G Agno: Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge.
Thank you all that was a very interesting and inhsgitful discussion. Not much to add on here. I agree that we should not have a prefixed mindset on labelling the competencies but be flexible to contextualise as has been indicated eg personal or communication. But I would definately open it to the group by asking them if they are all in agreenment.
Posted by: Valdenor | 06/05/2012 at 07:09 AM