Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the extraordinarily successful book “Eat, Pray, love.” I loved the book. They made it into a movie and, to my surprise, I didn’t…
Tag: Women@Work
How to find your voice at work (and use it), according to these female CEOs (Around the world in 80 clicks)
Don’t doubt the power of listening to your inner voice — these women CEOs say it’s one of the secrets to their success written by Jean Chatzky here Finding yourself doesn’t always have to involve a transformational life experience or pilgrimage à la Eat, Pray, Love. (Though pizza in Naples also never hurts.) Epiphanies can…
5 Critical Skills to Find Your Voice in the Workplace (Around the Web in 80 Clicks)
Written by Shavon Lindley at trainingindustry.com Workplace cultures often feature certain contradictory personality types: people who tend to dominate conversations and people who tend to remain quieter. Sometimes, these differences are based on hierarchy; if you’re lower on the ladder, you might be less inclined to offer input. Sometimes, they can be rooted in gender;…
Unconscious Gender Bias in the Workplace: The Howard/Heidi Study
Sitting on the Executive Committee of a large business group means that while I still have quite a way to go in order for me to achieve my full career goal, I would be laughing in God’s face if I don’t acknowledge just how far I have come as well. In one of the top…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”― Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People This is one of those books that I genuinely believe can change a person’s life forever. It is also the book that introduced…
Success, Like Raising a Baby, Takes a Village (Book Review – “Pressure Cooker – Lessons from a woman at work.”)
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you ~ Misty Copeland I have the privilege of knowing a young woman who is exceptionally successful in her chosen career: capital investment. Last year, she initiated a women-only networking event that she calls…
Women@Work: Competing Paradigms, Scrambled Brains and Michelle Obama
source “For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I was working for. And being a professional made me a better mother, because by pursuing my dreams, I was modeling for my girls how to pursue their dreams.” ~ Michelle Obama Although…
Women@Work: Abundance Mentality v Scarcity Mentality
“There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not enough good to go around. There’s lack, limitation and there’s just not enough. The truth is that there’s more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative ideas. There is more…
“We Teach Girls to Shrink Themselves…”
When Beyoncé’s fifth self-titled album was released, everyone raged about the song “flawless.” As a lover of music, I couldn’t resist a listen but try as I might, I couldn’t get past the “bow down b*****” part of the song so I left it alone. I figured each to his own. And so it was…
Women@Work: Empowerment is a Two-Way Street
“As women must be more empowered at work, men must be more empowered at home. I have seen so many women inadvertently discourage their husbands from doing their share by being too controlling or critical. Social scientists call this “maternal gatekeeping” which is a fancy term for “Ohmigod, that’s not the way you do it!…
