Macro to Micro in Business
How Brands are Changing Their Marketing Practices to Focus on Emotional Connections to Increase Customer Engagement Think about the experiences that matter most in a person’s life. Of course,...
View ArticleEveryday Creativity at Work
6 Ways to be More Creative at Work – No Matter What You Do for a Living! Often when we hear “creativity” mentioned, images of the arts pop into mind. Writers, artists, dancers, and musicians commonly...
View ArticleEmpathy, Technology & UX
Insights from SXSW on the Rise of the Customer and the Importance of User Experience This year marked my second visit to SXSW Interactive. Along with hundreds of session choices, were a plethora of...
View ArticleInterviewing to Get Hired
5 Tips to Make the Interview Process a Success and Help Ensure You Get the Job Offer There are two types of interviewees, in my opinion: the kind who desperately want the job — and the other kind...
View ArticleAdvice on Being Let Go
10 Things to Do Immediately After You Lose Your Job to Get Yourself Back in the Game Yesterday, they fired you. This morning, you’re numb. Six months ago you purchased your first house–you just laid...
View ArticleWork-Life Integration
Digital Technology Allows for Greater Flexibility Between Home & Office, But Set Your Own Rules on How it Works Best for You I always thought I did a decent job at work-life balance — until I...
View ArticleVirtual Health & Pediatrics
How Digital Innovations Are Radically Changing and Improving Children’s Health Virtual Health expands beyond traditional telemedicine and video-based visits. It includes all non-traditional...
View ArticleYour Networking Comfort Zone
5 Ways to Expand Your Definition of Networking and Ensure You Enjoy it More! From the time you even think about starting your career path, to your first days as a young professional and beyond, the...
View ArticleBalancing Work & Fitness
5 Ways to Incorporate Good Health & a Workout into Your Busy Professional Lifestyle Fitness is an essential part of overall wellbeing. However, balancing a busy work schedule, family, and a...
View ArticleMaturity Matters at Work
9 Reasons to Hire Employees Out of Retirement or Keeping them from Retiring In the 2015 comedy, The Intern, staring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, tells the story of a retired phone book company...
View ArticleSharp, Savvy & Significant:
Kendra Scott, Optimist, Founder of Multi-Million Dollar Jewelry Business, and Travel Aficionado Optimism has always fueled the U.S. psyche, right at its core: from the Pilgrims, certain they would...
View ArticleShifting Diversity at Work
Uniting to Alter the Mentality of the Workplace for Greater Diversity I work in a global company in the Tech industry that is 74% male, 26% female and that ratio has not moved much in the past 20+...
View ArticleThe Art of Speaking Up
6 Tips to Help you Get that Promotion & Project a Stronger Presence in the Workplace I’ll never forget my first employee assessment, at my first job out of college. I was praised for my work...
View ArticleMaximize Mentors & Sponsors
Maximizing Corporate Mentorship Programs and One-Time Mentoring Opportunities There’s been a lot of debate over recent years about how effective mentoring is at advancing the careers of women. There...
View ArticleBuilding Influence at Work
Using Influence Management as Building Blocks for Your Career and Increasing Your Performance at Work Getting work done on time and with the cooperation and support of your peers, managers and...
View ArticleChanging the Game
Advocating for Professional Women in California & Looking Towards the Future Picture yourself in a room full of 5,500 professional women and men, all pulling in the same direction for equal...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Your Job
11 Tips to Help Ease the Fear After Leaving Your Job and Forge Ahead to a New Career In January, I resigned from my job, after almost four years, because I felt I had more to give, many more ideas in...
View ArticleAn Intro to Craft Beers
Everything You Need to Know About Craft Beer and Why It’s Such a Growing Trend In the office, phrases like “Let’s have this conversation over a beer sometime,” “I owe you a beer for all your help,”...
View ArticleShifting Diversity at Work
Uniting to Alter the Mentality of the Workplace for Greater Diversity I work in a global company in the Tech industry that is 74% male, 26% female and that ratio has not moved much in the past 20+...
View ArticleSaying “Yes” &“No” in Life
The Comfort of Saying “No” and the Importance of Taking Risks & Saying “Yes” While scrolling through the seemingly endless lists of lectures and panels for a professional event I recently...
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