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Conferences Speakers and “Making Room” for Other Voices

Johanna Rothman

I've spoken professionally at conferences for 25 years. I asked these people if they could imagine three other alternatives that do not include me self-censoring my conference inclusion. Conferences don't always take my proposals. I already limit my travels (and have before the virus), so I don't speak “everywhere.”

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What Nursing Parents Need to Know About Pumping During Work Travel

Harvard Business

But if the new parent’s return involves business travel, and that parent has chosen to nurse, it’s even more complicated. While it’s common for new parents to feel stressed about juggling life at work and home, for a pumping, traveling parent the stress can be heightened. Become a Travel-Logistics Master.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time.

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Job Hub: Airbnb Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Funny enough, the idea for Airbnb came about because the founders had trouble making rent, and in a desperate attempt to solve the problem they decided to throw up a website and market the extra space in their kitchen and living room to conference attendees visiting San Francisco who could find no room elsewhere.

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McKinsey International Offers

CaseInterview.com

I did not know how to prepare and I ended up getting the LOMS one day before my interview. By then I had practiced more than 60 cases, knew how to overcome fear, and had practiced my leadership stories. I also have a new consultant training toolkit which you might want to take a look at: How to Succeed in Management Consulting.

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How Some Companies Are Making Child Care Less Stressful for Their Employees

Harvard Business

These are the very same cities where employers struggle to recruit and maintain skilled talent. Dina Bakst, founder of New York–based A Better Balance , is an advocate of making schedules predictable and avoiding telling employees at the last minute that they need to stay late, come in early, or travel on short notice.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

In regular phone calls and meetings for nearly two decades, as well as a biennial Pioneering Leaders summit, the group has been helping each other figure out how to work more effectively so they could have time for their lives, sharing successful strategies and learning from failures. “But that’s when you need this stuff the most.”