Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Conflicts of Being an Involved Dad
Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5. Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Public Relations in Baltimore at 5 p.m. to be with his family — and even then feels guilty he isn't spending enough time with Hunter, 4, and Anna, 1.
Scott's approach to balancing work and family contrasts with that of his boss, Steve Himmelrich, 48, who has two children and is a more traditional-style dad, spending many long hours, free time and some weekends at the office. Himmelrich says he supports Scott's parenting strategy, but both acknowledge it has been a source of tension between them. USA Today

New Guidebook for Women
Cathie Black has never been shy about what she wants. A year into her first job at Holiday magazine the then 24-year-old Black dared to ask her boss for an even bigger salary moments after her first-ever promotion. Though she did not get as much money as she wanted, Black's publisher did up his first offer. Black learned that day that if she didn't take the risk and ask for a higher salary she had no chance of getting it. She quotes hockey great Wayne Gretzky who said, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." The Showbuzz

Ethnic Hairstyles and the Workplace
Despite warnings from her family that an ethnic hairdo might hurt her career, Melissa Theodore of Huntington, N.Y., an accountant at Ernst & Young, wears her hair in long, thin braids with burgundy highlights that cascade past her shoulders. Black hair has historically been a controversial issue - especially when worn in its natural state in styles like afros, braids, cornrows and dreadlocks. Daily Vidette