Joan Lunden is no stranger to most of us. As the host of Good Morning America, we invited her into our homes for 17 years. Now she is an advocate for family caregivers with a new book titled Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregivers: 101 Stories of Love, Sacrifice, and Bonding.
Indra Nooyi at Pepsico, Ursula Burns at Xerox, Angela Braly at Wellpoint, Irene Rosenfeld at Kraft Foods, Michelle Gass at Starbucks, Beth Comstock at GE and Virginia Rometty at IBM are women in key positions at major US corporations.
And women are rising to key positions in business all around the country—and it’s not going to change.
What’s less clear is the interaction between men and women in the workplace. Much of it revolves around the different communicating styles of men and women.
To help us make some sense of these differences is Mark Goulston—a former trainer of hostage negotiators for the FBI.
He’ll share communication skills and techniques—based on what he used in life-or-death situations. Mastering these skills will accelerate your career.
Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks explains why she is running for the US House of Representatives from California’s 26th District.
Meg Hirschberg knows first-hand about life inside a startup and the impact of business on a family. She’s the wife of Gary Hirschberg, founder and CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt—the nation’s leading organic yogurt manufacturer. She’ll discuss balancing work and life from her book For Better Or For Work.
Guests include Joan Lunden from Good Morning America, Linda Parks, Meg Hirshberg with a survival guide for entrepreneurs, Michael Klare explaining the scramble for the world’s last resources and Mark Goulston educating us on communication skills in the workplace.
Ever wonder what happens to all the data collected on you each day—from your credit card purchases, to your membership card purchases to your browsing on the Internet?
Katherine Albrecht has thought about it a lot and is concerned—very concerned. Maybe by the end of this discussion, you’ll be concerned, too.