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Email Pitfalls, Faux Pas, and Blunders

Hilary Eaton Pearl
August 17 2010


From: hilary@hpearl.associates.com; laura@insightlearningpartners.com
To: You
CC: Your colleagues; your boss; your staff
Subject: Email Pitfalls, Faux Pas and Blunders


Every time we communicate with others we send a news flash about who we are. Probably the most common form of business communication today is email. What messages are your emails sending?

In our coaching efforts, we have found that emails sometimes project an unintentional “tone,” creating a communication faux pas that rumbles...
 
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The Bias that Holds Women Back

Hilary Eaton Pearl
April 17 2009



I found this piece by Rod Schrader on the Huffington Post:

The Pink Slip: Women and Layoffs in the Recession


I noticed an interesting column in the Chicago Tribune a few days ago written by the fine journalist Greg Burns. He observed a persistent job gap that for once seemed to work in women's favor. He noted that the unemployment rate among men was about 8.8 percent compared with 7.32 percent for women....
 
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Network for Success!

Hilary Eaton Pearl
February 23 2009


I attended NYU’s Stern School of Business conference on “Women Empowering Women” to hear the keynote speakers and attend a panel discussion on the importance of networking.

Lauren Zalaznick, President, NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, the morning keynote speaker, asserted that women reaching out to women should not be a one-day event or one course in a business school curriculum, but rather an ongoing mind set and daily modus operandi....