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Heard on the Street: Battle of the Sexes

A Wetfeet.com survey found that men and women look for different things in their jobs. Both value salary, but men are more interested in financial incentives and women in job security. Half of the men and 27 percent of the women surveyed expected a signing bonus.

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How to Get the Payback From Investment in Work-Life Balance

By David Clutterbuck

Despite years of time and effort invested by organizations to improve work-life balance, results have been generally disappointing. The dilemma of work-life balance is one of complexity management. Organizational policies won't change anything if the culture is resistant. To stimulate culture change, policies need to be backed up with change in systems and in the attitudes and capability of people. Begin the change process by examining how work and responsibility are divided, the technology needed, and the human resources available. Training is essential at all levels of the organization to ensure understanding of issues, the priorities, and how to achieve these collaboratively. While bottom-line returns may be difficult to measure, the impact of work-life balance is visible in less direct factors, such as retention, productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.

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Brief Cases: Highlights of the Latest Business News; Watchful Eyes

All executives are being watched closely by investors who want them to keep profits up as the economy declines. Women CEOs are often under even more pressure than normal, however. Like Lucent Technologies CEO Debby Hopkins, many achieved their positions by agreeing to helm floundering companies that no one else wanted to lead, and now have to get them back on course.

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