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Smita Hashim is a former Google and Microsoft executive who stepped into the C-suite in February 2023. She says 6 strategies helped her navigate her career.
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My 40-something self scoffed at the trend, but when my boss told me to do nothing at work and then write about it, I leaped at the opportunity.
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It took four months of maternity leave to undo everything I thought I knew about myself as a professional.
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One mom says she wants to eat at her favorite noodle place, another says she wants a day alone to spend gardening.
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"I couldn't stop thinking: What if I'd had my kids with me? Underneath my anger I felt powerless and inadequate," Melissa Petro says.
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"I think that we're going to be studying the outcomes of this pandemic on women in the workforce for decades," said one expert.
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Unless companies make substantive changes to support flexible work arrangements, working mothers could miss out on promotions and opportunities.