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Leaders take notice: a crisis is brewing.

Today, U.S. businesses are losing some of their very best talent – educated, experienced women – in what may be the largest talent drain ever.

Why? The balance of work and family, for many, is exacting too high a price.

Statistics indicate a disturbing trend that those abandoning their careers are largely high-achieving women, whose jobs tend to demand longer hours, who carry more responsibility and whose absence arguably makes the greatest impact on business. Whether they are pushed away by an unforgiving work environment or pulled away by the lure of family life, one thing is clear: for high-achieving women, life balance is becoming an increasing impossibility.

Business women play a special role in addressing this issue. Because we understand the issue so intimately – whether directly through our own experiences or indirectly through the women around us-we can consciously make an …

It’s a fact, men idolize women. Sometimes the obvious is key to unlocking old patterns of thinking and behavior. Men idolize women first in their heads (thinking) based on their beliefs and values of ‘what’s attractive’. This mental process creates an emotional state (feelings) that affects their whole physiology (blushing, arousal, sweating, palpitations, dry mouth, stuttering etc). The third state is action (doing) this could be anything from leaving the scene to approaching the woman and trying to strike up conversation. This usually results in a poor response due to all of the telegraphed behavior that the woman has picked up on. I’ll say this now and underline it so you remember that, ‘Women have an amazing subconscious radar that picks up on your emotional state as its happening’

Scary huh! Not really as it serves a very important purpose on the grand scheme of human survival. Women sense your …