Beginners Guide to Settling In and Getting Promoted Summer is here, and you are a few months into your new position after college. You’ve decided that it’s time to work towards a New You! You realized that the real world of being a career woman is quite different than you expected. Maybe you still aren’t quite...
Your Hair In Corporate America, What Your Need To Know! What do you think about the ruling on prohibiting dreadlocks? Did you know that it is LEGAL for companies to refuse employment based on hairstyles? Should hairstyles be protected from bias? In 2010, a company rescinded their offer of employment after a black woman refused...
Tips For Networking With Other Professional Women One of the greatest resource for professional women is networking with others through a variety of functions and events. The opportunity to exchange ideas, compare progresses, and share information is invaluable- particularly for professional women in businesses that rely on marketing strategies or brand exposure. Some great resources...
In certain areas of the world women aren’t allowed to get a driving license and to drive a car on their own as their co-aged males. While in other places, most people tend to think that women are somehow dangerous when they drive a car. Finally, there are also places where women have the same...
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...
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......
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...
