November 19, 2007 10:47 PM

Ding Dong the Queen Bee's dead
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 10:47 PM

At least that's what today's Wall Street Journal proclaims in one of the first "uplifting" columns I've read about women networking their way to the top.

Successful female executives used to be seen as loners who shunned helping other women and dutifully stuck to entrenched rules to succeed.

No one would make that charge today. A women's network has emerged in the corporate world that is working to counter the old boy's club. Its members, who include a fresh crop of female executives as well as corporate veterans, are helping one another advance and succeed -- and on their own terms.

The "queen bee syndrome" -- the belief that ambitious women strive for the most powerful position in the workplace while excluding all rivals -- is outdated, executives say. Equally outdated is the notion that women can't have both powerful jobs and fulfilling personal lives.

Click here to read the whole article.