Back-to-Work After Baby
8 Tips for Balancing Work-Life After Having a Baby Coming back to work after maternity leave is a big adjustment! You miss your baby (of course). You might feel guilty over secretly enjoying the...
View ArticleVirtual Leadership Skills
6 Leadership Tips for Today’s Digital Age of Remote Employees Do you work in the same location as every person on your team? In today’s digital age, I bet the answer is “no” for most of you. With...
View ArticleHitting the Pause Button
The Importance of Pressing Pause and Taking a Mental Break Gone are the days of multitasking. Multitasking used to mean taking notes during a three-hour meeting and fixing the audiovisual equipment,...
View ArticleReducing Self-Doubt Thoughts
How to Eliminate Negative Self-Talk for a Happier, Healthier You Have you ever thought to yourself, ‘How could I be such an idiot,’ ‘I look so bad,’ ‘I can’t do that,’ or ‘ I hate the way I…’ If so,...
View ArticleDressing for Your Style
How to Make the Office Dress Code Work for You Your image is important. Your appearance gives others a peek into your personality before you ever say a word. It can shape other’s perceptions of you...
View ArticleSmall Business Digital Tips
Top Web and Social Media Marketing Tips for Small Businesses Small business owners are expected to be experts, without any formal training in social media, in a field that most of us did not see...
View ArticleRespect & Equality at Work
Me Too? A Reflection on the Evolution of Acceptable Workplace Behavior and Building a Culture of Respect Two women’s empowerment movements have gained significant traction in the past year: #MeToo...
View ArticleSuccessful Working Mothers
12 Tips for Maintaining Your Professional Status and Growing Your Career After Having Kids For many women just building a career can be a huge hurdle and a great milestone. All too often women find...
View ArticleFathers as Career Mentors
4 Tips from My Father on Getting the Job Done Like many of you, my first and best career mentor is my father. Many studies suggest that for women, strong, positive relationships with their fathers...
View ArticleSummer Reading List
10 Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer Summer is the perfect time to catch-up on your reading list. Whether you’re looking for leadership inspiration or want to be entertained by the latest...
View ArticleWinning Salary Negotiations
7 tips for Winning at Salary Negotiations: It really Doesn’t Need to be an Intimidating Process As a higher education professional working in a university career center, I encounter any number of...
View ArticleLessons From A Mentor
9 Career Lessons You Will Learn Along the Way A career is like a journey: Some come with maps, some with a general sense of direction, and some are random and not thought through at all. Regardless,...
View ArticleThe Motherhood Penalty
8 Tips to Help Moms Fight the Pay Gap Mothers in the U.S. who work traditional full-time jobs receive 71 cents for every dollar fathers earn who work the same amount annually, which equates to...
View ArticleTips for Working From Home
7 Tips to Help You Be More Efficient When Working From Home I’ve worked from home for two different organizations for close to five years. My job entails a lot of email, time at the computer, and...
View ArticleSuccess Mixed With Empathy
Taking a More Empathetic Approach at Work Will Yield Better Results Step into any bookstore or airport drug store, and the choice of literature on leadership can max out your credit card within...
View ArticleCreating a Business Dashboard
Insights on How a Dashboard Can Help Enable a Successful Business Running a business takes a lot of focus, passion, and dedication. There are many tools and tons of classes to help you along the way,...
View ArticleInstinct, Training & Stress
Insights on Using Instinct and Training to Handle Stressful Situations When I entered the police force in Pittsburgh, it was at a tumultuous moment in the city’s history—the city was experiencing...
View ArticleSmall Business Success
5 Tips for Business Success Through Mentorship, Kindness, and Sacrifice Starting and running a business can be exhilarating, nerve-wracking and everything in between. Your business is “your baby”...
View ArticleEnhancing Executive Presence
3 Tips for Demystifying and Embracing Leadership Presence The first time I had heard about leadership presence, I thought it was career advice about how to dress appropriately—suits for sophisticated...
View ArticleSaving for Retirement
4 Easy Steps to Help You Save & Prepare for Retirement The purpose of a retirement fund is to cover your cost of living once you stop working. Without help from an employer-led program, it can be...
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