Category Archives: Recent Articles
Exit strategies: hoping for a better fit
This article about women’s departures from top corporate jobs was published by the Financial Times in the ‘Women at the Top’ magazine and online on 16 November 2011. Here is the link:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3259a25e-0ee6-11e1-b585-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1eMFp9PZM
Treat people well and they won’t ‘slack’
Alison Maitland comments on a proposal to make it easier to sack underperforming employees.Published by The Independent, 27 October 2011Download PDF or view online at: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/alison-maitland-treat-people-well-and-they-wont-slack-2376278.html
9 to 5 is so last century
Today’s flexible work arrangements should not be mere employee perks, writes Alison Maitland Workspace column, The Conference Board Review, Fall 2011
Unconscious Biases
You mean well, but sometimes what you say is just, well, mean.By Alison MaitlandThe Conference Board Review, Summer 2011
27 at heart
Why Gen Yers shouldn’t write off their boomer co-workers. My Workspace column in The Conference Board Review, Spring 2011
Project aims to end child malnutrition
Project Laser Beam is a public-private partnership with the ambitious goal of ending malnutrition in the world’s poorest children. Published by the Financial Times, 23 June 2011
The buzz about sponsorship
For years, people have claimed that women need mentors to get ahead. Now the concept of sponsorship – more formal and defined than mentoring – is being heralded as the missing piece of the promotion puzzle. I think it makes … Continue reading
Quick Change
Transformation doesn’t happen overnight – except when it does. This Workspace column by Alison Maitland was published in the Winter 2011 edition of The Conference Board Review
What about ‘the rest’?
Why CEOs need to take a break. Alison Maitland’s Workspace column appeared in the Fall 2010 edition of The Conference Board Review.
Addressing the global gender gap
Collectively, the world’s female population represents a huge economic force. Alison Maitland explains why companies and governments cannot afford to ignore female power and what can be done to enable women to achieve their full potential. Published by Raconteur Media … Continue reading