Tag Archives: women

MBA, HR & Talent

June 14, 2010

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Precious Mahlangu*, days away from her thirty-third birthday and a newly minted MBA graduate from a leading business school, was contemplating her sixth career move. It was the summer of 2006 when the world, from the rice fields of China to the beaches of Cape Town, was screaming prosperity. In capital letters Precious had studied [...]

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Women Rock

September 25, 2009

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With August being women’s month, it is an opportune period for employers to go beyond the fluff and start taking the fairer sex, seriously in the workplace. Here are 3 hot buttons…

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Gender and Transformation (No 29, Underpaid Employee)

July 25, 2009

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You can read the introductory post of this series, Never Revealed Before, Direct from my Vault (No 1) Written by an anonymous individual, known as the Underpaid Worker. Gender discrimination with men on the receiving end?…

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What do Women want?

September 17, 2008

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Get a glimpse behind the corporate glass with HR Future’s workplace radical.

Gentleman, listen up:

What do women want?nbsp;

It depends on who you ask. It depends on what you hope to find. According to stand-up comedian Chris Rock, your informed half may want everything. Endless love, a mid year holiday break, renewed commitment, the bling, moments of surprise, daily TLC, retail indulgence and while you at it, mind reading. So, that you have perfect answers to her less than perfect questions.
A Google search brings up an impressive 145000 of local web pages to answer this question, a smorgasbord of niche websites, politically charged articles, emotional forum posts, surveys and dating tips. For those that want to devote the rest of their lives exploring all the possibilities of this question, Google has a whopping 30 million global results in reserve. Any brave knights?…

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