NGLCC invites Barb Elgin to moderate ‘work-life balance’ teleconference featuring top lesbian executives
I’m excited to share some great news:
I’ve been invited to panel an innovative teleconference
on work life balance for the National Gay and Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) on August 25, 2009!
For those of you who know me well, you know I’ve been a passionate supporter of the NGLCC since it was founded about six or seven years ago. In a few short years, NGLCC has already established itself as an organization that advocates for the interests of all GLBT’s, and particularly the cross section between politics and the marketplace.
The NGLCC is headquartered where it needs to be – at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. I’ve been to several of their events and continue to spread the word as best as I can about them through my many face-to-face, online and virtual connections.
NGLCC, in recognition of the special challenges LBT (lesbian, bisexual and transgendered) women face in the business world, has started a Women’s Business Initiative (WBI). I’ve been invited to be a member of the WBI’s executive circle and consider it an opportunity to rub shoulders with women who are successfully navigating the business world.
Usually, when I think of how being a part of the NGLCC and WBI assists me, I think of business. And, yes, that’s a major point. However, as we all know, every employee, manager and business owner also has a personal life.
It’s been an age old challenge, especially for women: how to balance one’s personal and work lives. Add to that the trend in today’s workplace, for better or worse, of a blurring between personal and work environments. Add in desiring a satisfying relationship with your partner (i.e.: having enough quality time to nurture your relationship), caring for children and aging parents, etc., and you begin to get a sense of our challenge.
For example, solo female entrepreneurs like myself may have the most difficult time of all: we are not just too busy, wearing all of the hats a business requires, we often lack other resources female executives and managers from larger, more established organizations enjoy, such as true breaks from work and other financial benefits.
NGLCC announced the tele-seminar today on it’s online newsite BIZ in an article entitled,
WBI Goes 2.0 and Teleconference Series Explores Issues of Interest to Women Business Owners and Professionals
I was quoted in the article as follows:
“I am extremely excited the NGLCC has invited me to moderate WBI’s upcoming teleconference…During this innovative event, as I interview guest panelists and facilitate a rich, lively discussion, my primary focus will be discovering the variety of creative ways today’s most successful businesswomen are balancing vibrant personal and professional lives.”
I’ll have the honor of interviewing female executives from companies such as Johnson and Johnson and Southwest Airlines. Is that cool or what?
Click here for complete details about the event, including how you can attend for free.
Barb Elgin, MSW, LCSW, Certified Singles Coach, is Coach Sappho: America’s Favorite Lesbian Love Coach and Matchmaker. Be sure to stop by www.coachsappho.com, pick up your FREE gifts as well as to learn about our exciting new singles club for lesbians and our community for lesbian couples.
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