LOSING MONEY IS A LESSON PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NEED TO LEARN
Too many women haven’t learned to cut their losses and move on. They haven’t realized that to profit from investments you must also lose some bets. When stocks go wrong, men blame it on advisers, the market or economic conditions. Women blame loss on themselves. Men assume they’ll somehow make up the loss. Women feel […]
THE RISE OF THE FOURTH SECTOR
Increasingly, social responsibility is gaining marketplace currency. From global conglomerates to the shop down the block, enterprises are deepening their charitable giving, while making sure to market their virtue in doing so. Such efforts are creating a so-called fourth sector. While such efforts are welcome, the blend of selling the brand while “doing good” has […]
STEPPING UP
Increasingly, the survival and safety of women around the world are motivating American women to deepen their involvement. The result tends to be more focus, and more active engagement. Diana von Furstenberg fits that bill. In addition to being chief executive of her global fashion business, the veteran designer is also a mother, the wife […]