Recipe 4: What do you want people to think of you?
What do you want people to think of you? Or rather, when people think of you, which image comes to mind? Is it: "She is…
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Don’t take No for an answer
One day, I was asked to give an inspiring speech to a hundred young professionals with high potential from a big company. I wasn’t a…
Can women get Angry?
Anger, a sign of hysteria? What happens when someone gets angry? It obviously depends greatly on cultures and personalities. However, quite often, it’s not really…
Queen Bees, do they exist?
When I was appointed as the Europe General Manager for Schlumberger, the announcement was made through the company's usual communication channels. Two other women were…
Do you want to go for a drink?
A simple sentence, which can be said at the end of a hard day’s work, when we reckon a little beer would be nice before…
Staying with the subject of recruitment, let’s take a closer look at wages.
When we talk about wage inequality, the argument that often comes up is "Are we really talking about equivalent experience for an equivalent position? Women…
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My career as a female engineer: How I was hired to work on an oil platform.
Welcome to my blog on Usine Nouvelle, for which I am preparing a series of articles that I could call "What is it like for…
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Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
The research that we were all waiting for: “There’s a lot of parental guilt about having both parents working outside the home,” McGinn says. “But…
The Work Conversations We Dread the Most, According to Research
When we need to have a difficult conversation, we tend to postpone it.. Letting the situation worsen.. Why? Having been on both sides of the…
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Erase “Work-Life Balance”: Change the Conversation (With Yourself)
I never thought about it this way, but I actually find this article very interesting! If you think about it, every time we use the…
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