Effective status meetings lead to successful projects. Like a pump at a water station, you--the consultant leading a project--are the one who has to keep everything moving. Follow these guidelines to ensure that your team's project flows smoothly. One of the most valuable tools you have as a project manager is a weekly project status meeting. I approach any significant project by holding weekly project updates. These status meetings help: The new project members develop as a team. Me, as the project manager, identify weaknesses early enough to make corrections.
Here's what we learned from the in-depth report on how women are doing in post-recession America. 1  1 in 3 American women, 42 million women, plus 28 million children, either live in poverty or are right on the brink of it. 2  Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women, and these workers often get zero paid sick days.
1 For 25 percent of unmarried women, Social Security is their only source of income, compared to 9 percent of married couples and 20 percent of unmarried men. 2  Without Social Security benefits, the elderly poverty rate among women would have been 52.2 percent and among widows would have been 60.6 percent.