Greetings!

This month's newsletter is dedicated to bringing to light the 12 hidden crises working women face today, and offering solid recommendations for initiatives that employers can take to help women overcome these challenges, and thrive in their professional roles.

My belief is that to successfully address any phenomenon such as this (women experiencing crisis at a tremendous rate), we need an open, authentic, and powerful dialogue of what isn't working, as well as a inclusive plan for new steps to take to open the door for change.  Diversity of thinking is key here, so please add your voice to the conversation!

To get us started, please see my new article called "Women in Today's Workforce Have Unique Opportunities: A New Call to Action for Women - And Employers" in CA Employer, the monthly newsletter of Employers Group. 

This article shares critical information about the 12 common crises working women face today, as well as 8 recommended approaches for employers to take to 1) recognize and honor the unique challenges of women, and 2) implement, and measure the efficacy of, new approaches aimed to support women in their professional careers.  These recommendations are based on my six years of research with professional women, as well as coaching and seminar work with thousands nationwide.

I'd love to hear your views about this article and my recommendations.  Do your personal experiences as a working woman match the crises and challenges I describe?  And do you believe that the initiatives recommended would go the distance in helping you as a working woman overcome your challenges effectively?  If not, what would you suggest employers do - specifically and tactically - to support women in overcoming the obstacles they face.

If this article resonates for you, please share it widely - in your social media networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), with your employer, HR leaders, diversity network chairperson, friends, colleagues, family members  - anyone you can think of who is interested in developing and supporting working women.

Also, please share your experiences and viewpoints on my blog at www.elliacommunications.com/blog.  Add your voice to the discussion, and your recommendations to the research.  

Thank you for having the courage to speak up and become an active participant in a powerful breakthrough movement for women.

Wishing you many happy breakthroughs,
Kathy 
 

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Why Choose Kathy?

Kathy is a seasoned life and career coach, trained psychotherapist, former corporate VP, women's work-life expert, acclaimed author, and top media source on women's career issues.  As such, she brings to her coaching programs a powerful, integrated approach that helps you break through challenge and overcome being "stuck" in ways others do not.

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About Kathy's coaching services:

"I could go on and on about Kathy Caprino. I am a big fan. She is sharp, intuitive and creative in her approach to weed through complicated scenarios and make sense of them objectively. Her energy and enthusiasm are contagious, and she just "gets it". I highly recommend her on so many levels, but for Career coaching, I found her skills unmatched in the industry." February 20, 2009

Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , Creative
Lisa Wolsch Rousseau - Pepperidge Farm
hired Kathy as a Career Coach in 2005 , and hired Kathy more than once