Strategic Reprioritization: What businesses did to continue building long-term value while on the rollercoaster caused by the last three years of volatile change… Check out this article by EY where they researched more than 3,000 strategic growth plans created by privately owned entrepreneurial businesses around the world to show how business strategic priorities have changed...
Is That Wonder Woman in the Next Office or Cubicle? Whether it’s dashing to the top floor with a critical report, jumping into a conference room for a spur-of-the-moment meeting, or volunteering to lead the Emergency Evacuation Team, every company has super-employees who seem able to do almost anything. You wouldn’t even be surprised if......
Being deemed smart is a highly sought-after trait, and one that few folks realize is multilayered. Successful people understand that there is more than one kind of smart. THE EIGHT KINDS OF SMART 1. NUMBER SMART (logical/mathematical intelligence) is most often associated with what we call scientific reasoning. This smart involves the capacity to recognize...
Forget a Vision Board, Create a Career Board If you have read the book The Secret, you are aware of the power of visualizing your goals. The practice of visualization is one of the most powerful tools you can master in your life, which extends to your career. Creating a vision board helps clarify what you...
Where Does Judgement Come From? Member Only Blog: I don't like to hear people insinuate that people only judge others because they are insecure. Our brain is wired to make automatic judgments about situations and other's behaviors to allow us to move through the world without focusing unnecessary time or energy on everything. Therefore, it......
Learning How To Maximize Millennials at Work Member Only Blog: Do you see millennials as: Entitled versus hardworking? Needy versus independent Do good versus do well High tech versus high touch Committed versus leaving or abandoning I do too, but that thinking isn't going to make working with them more engaging. Each generation can point......
Providing Feedback without Insulting Your Team... Bella Member Blog: What we hear from our career coaches is that employees feel that their level of engagement and phycological emotions are driven by the immediate supervisor and their behavior and attitude with them personally and with the team. That translates to say that if managers don't want......
Impostor Syndrome Quiz Member Only Blog: Just imagine all the smart, and successful people you know that appear to have everything all together. They, like you and I, are probably suffering from some level of imposter syndrome. Take this quiz to determine what type of imposter you are. Do not take time to think about......
Know Your Comfort Face... Member Only Blog: Our comfort face is the facial expression we make most often, our default facial expression. The face is one of our most powerful body language delivery mechanisms for non-verbal communication. As professional women, we use our face to engage our audience, lead our peers, or persuade our superiors.......
The Executive Order (9981), which made discrimination based on “race, color, religion or natural origin” illegal, was initially focused only on all armed services members in 1948 by President Truman. Discrimination in the workforce wasn’t unlawful until the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, making it illegal for any business, private or public, to practice discriminatory hiring (and firing) practices. A...
