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We have all seen at least a few empty storefronts in our towns or heard of friends or colleagues who have been forced to close their businesses in the last year or so due to economic conditions. Maybe you've spent more than one morning wondering about your business struggles and pondering, "How do I know whether to persevere or quit?"

So many working women have yearned and fought for flexible work arrangements over the years. Will forced flex time, as a strategy for job retention and cost cutting, pave the way to more flexibility in work arrangements for the long term?

Is it just because Gen Y entered the workforce, or is there another reason this topic of generational differences in the workplace has bubbled to the top of the conversation?  Truthfully, I never gave it any thought before I heard Jennifer Gleeson Blue and Maria van Hekken talk on the subject last June.  I spent over 17 years in Corporate America so of course I knew there were differences in the way that people of different ages worked, but that's about as much gra

Since we're on the cusp of Thanksgiving I thought it would be a fine time to visit the idea of giving thanks for lessons you have learned from all your jobs and businesses along the way. Yes, even those lessons that were learned the hard and unpleasant way. While this exercise is valuable at any time, I think it is particularly valuable during the Thanksgiving holiday and the end of year/start of a new year cycle. The fact that the last two years have been turbulent for many professionally and financially it is even more important to find the gifts (even if they lie amidst some rubble).

Three years ago, I saw a story on the news while I was at the gym. An investigative feature on the breast cancer awareness contributions that various corporations pledged during Breast Cancer Awareness Month found that most of these promotions led to increased sales and windfall profits that dwarfed the piddling donations that the extra sales generated. Until that moment, I was gung-ho about buying products marked with pink ribbons.