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Polina Zolotorevsky: VP of Technical Design and Development at DKNY, FIT Graduate & Yoga Devotee   Imagine this:  emigrating to the U.S. from the great, exotic land of the Ukraine (Kiev, to be...

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Managing Rejection at Work

Healthy Strategies for Getting Past the Pain of Professional Rejection and Forging On  Rejection is often a catalyst for determination, but if we don’t see it this way, in a beneficial light, as fuel...

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The Perils of Perfectionism

8 Ways to Cure an Insistence on Things Being “Just Right”  “Good is the enemy of perfect.”  Wait. That’s not how the old saying goes? Are you sure?  Because I’m fairly certain that was how I operated...

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Interview Wardrobe Tips

It’s Not Your Mother’s Interview: Smart, Modern Wardrobe Tips to Help you Get that New Job  For three years during my career, I had the pleasure of helping women define and refine their wardrobe and...

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Ketrina Dunagan, VP at Motorola, Baker, Movie Buff and  Lover of Rainy Days   Ever wonder who the movers and shakers are behind the ultra-modern wireless lifestyle we all live now?  Ketrina Dunagan, a...

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Meditation 101

How to Meditate for Daily Growth, Self-Care, and More Stress-Free Days at the Office Why would any businesswoman find useful a practice espoused by Paul McCartney, Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter of Diana...

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Worker Retention Policies

5 Smart Ways Employers Can Keep their Best Talent   Netflix announced last week that it would offer parents up to one year of maternity or paternity leave to adjust to the arrival of a newborn or newly...

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Making Friends at Work

Office Friendships – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?  Business leaders and managers often find, perched on the precipice of good judgement, the argument for and against office friendships. Employee...

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Life Hacks from Trainwreck

Smart Lessons and Musings from the Mind of Amy Schumer   A simple trip to the movies doesn’t have to be all about entertainment, popcorn and laughs. You can actually learn a thing or two, which is...

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Travel, Work, then Relax

Finding a City’s Voice Amidst Business Travel   The prospect of business travel can be both exciting yet overwhelming – some find challenges in either understanding a company’s etiquette outside of the...

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Lisa Cochrane, Former SVP at AllState and AdWeek’s Woman of the Year in 2014   Lisa Cochrane has worked at the very famous advertising firm of Ogilvy & Mather, and as Senior Vice President of...

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Female Leaders = 16%?

3 Ways to Increase the Percentage of Woman in Leadership  At TED Long Beach 2012, Regina Dugan, former director of DARPA,  the technology-oriented DoD agency, asked the audience, “What would you do if...

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Comedy That Gives Back

Amber J. Lawson’s World of Laughter, Philanthropy, and Online Content   Amber J. Lawson has worked hard at making her name as one of the comedy world’s leading ladies, and as an entrepreneur in the...

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Katie Mitchell, Global Government Relations Rep for Visa, World Traveler, and Energetic Idealist    Katie Mitchell, Washington, D.C. native, is an example of a millennial who is ready to take on the...

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Startup Mistakes to Avoid

4 Entrepreneurial Errors to Learn From — and Correctly Change Course   I will be the first to say, I do not like to admit when I have made a mistake. It chips away a little at my ego (being right isn’t...

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Increase Your Creativity

4 Tools to Help Develop Your Imagination for More Inspiration and Better Workdays   In today’s busy world, personal organization is a hot topic.  There are products, apps, websites, and planners...

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Sharp, Savvy & Significant:

Mae Tuck, VP of Communications at the United Way and Harvard Business School Alum   To all those who think that in the business world, the next step after obtaining two prestigious degrees is  to...

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Making Friends at Work

Office Friendships – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?  Business leaders and managers often find, perched on the precipice of good judgement, the argument for and against office friendships. Employee...

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The Wonder of Working Moms

Why Mothers are Good at Managing and Multitasking  Last year, the Huffington Post reported that working moms have increased by 800% since 1860. And although times may have changed since then, a working...

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Own Your Confidence

Move Forward Confidently, You’ve Got This  She walks into the room and all eyes focus on her. She’s wearing a pink suit—the exact suit you swore in the department store no one could ever pull off. She...

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