Feelings and Feedback
How to Respond to Negative Feedback in a Positive Way Have you ever walked into your boss’s office expecting a regular touch-base meeting, only to find out that it’s a meeting to discuss negative...
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Understanding Government Employer Policies and Family Medical Leave Options to Financially Prepare If you need to take time off to have a baby or care for a sick family member, the Family Medical...
View ArticleLessons from Parenting
7 Personal and Professional Development Lessons I Learned from Being a Mother One of the greatest joys in my life has been watching all three of my children grow from tiny, dependent babies into the...
View ArticleBoost Your Social Media
3 Simple Tricks to Boost Your Social Media Strategy For those of us who have grown up in the age of technology, social media can seem second nature. Unless we have plans to become Instagram-famous,...
View ArticleGetting Your Point Across
5 Tips for Having Your Voice Heard in a Large Organization One of the most challenging and yet most rewarding aspects of being part of an extended organization is making an impact. The larger the...
View ArticleAttracting Millennial Talent
How Your Organization Can Attract Millennial Talent Pools Forty million millennials are working in today’s job market, and by the year 2025, 75% of workers internationally will be millennials. In the...
View ArticleTraveling & Eating Healthy
6 Smart Tips for Happy and Healthy Traveling Every popular tourist destination has its own signature dish. Who wants to leave London without sampling the fish and chips? How about a New York bagel,...
View ArticleBoost Your Energy
4 Hacks to Boost Your Energy without Sugar or Caffeine Every professional woman has experienced this: stayed up too late, ate a heavy lunch, or just exited a marathon meeting. Eyes feel heavy. Brain...
View ArticleRead to Lead
How to Step Up Your Reading Game to Become a Better Leader “Leaders should be readers.” It’s not an unfamiliar phrase, at least not for those of us in the publishing world. Time and time again,...
View ArticleLessons from Hillary Clinton
6 Tactics to Help You Bounce Back from a Professional Disappointment Calling a candidate’s loss in a U.S. presidential race a “professional disappointment” is as much of an understatement as Hillary...
View ArticleQuick & Healthy Meals
5 Healthy Meals for the Woman on the Go For the busy professional woman, eating sometimes seems like a luxury. Unfortunately, we’re putting our health at risk when we constantly opt for quick takeout...
View ArticleThe Power of Convening
Advancing Your Career While Helping Others As we advance through our careers, pressure builds to “make a name for ourselves.” We report on our measurable contributions during annual reviews and...
View ArticleStarting a New Job Strong
Tips for Succeeding During the First 90 Days in a New Job at a New Company Congratulations, you have a signed offer letter for a new job at a new company! Now what? You’ll likely be asking yourself...
View ArticleAsking for Help at Work
Learning to Let Go of the Fear of Asking for Help Why is it so hard to ask for help when most people are all too excited to pitch in to help solve an issue? When a person asks for help are they...
View ArticleBeing Creative at Work
Insights on How to be Creative at Work At work, people tend to think about creativity as a binary thing: either you have it, or you don’t. Either you are “a creative,” or you’re not. (Which makes...
View ArticleOprah, Amy or Amal?
Insights on Using a Personal Brand to Achieve Goals Oprah. Amy Poehler. Amal Clooney. A quick impression of these women is evoked when one reads their names. Oprah is thought of as someone who is...
View ArticlePreparing for Maternity Leave
The Countdown to the Big Day and How to Ease the Stress of Preparing for Maternity Leave The countdown to being at home with the baby begins the moment you receive the big news that you’re bringing...
View ArticleLife Lessons from a Sitcom
Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope: Inspiration and Lessons for Work and Life The summer before I started grad school was a great time to take stock on life – think about my goals, determine where I...
View ArticleBecome a Minimalist
4 Steps for the Beginner Minimalist to Be More with Less In this era of abundance, it is easy to create clutter. How can you clear clutter from your life and live a healthier lifestyle? Become a...
View ArticleCreative. Strategic. Motivating.
3 Professional Skills that Will Help You Get Ahead at Work Professional women want to develop, succeed and advance, but there hardly seems to be enough hours in the day. So what can you do? Focus on...
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