By: Homaira Kabir, Women's Wellbeing and Leadership Coach and Trainer Many bright and successful women hate to call attention to their achievements. Although they are often as ambitious as men, they keep their successes to themselves, hoping others will notice their competence and reward them for it. While this may work in an ideal [...]
By: Adriana Puente, Associate Planner The Rawls Group Many of today’s most successful companies are described as innovators and disruptors. These companies are developing cultures to encourage change and creativity, which historically have been ideas organizations shy away from. What is the culture of your company? Are you encouraging change and creativity with your [...]
By: Sarah Neville, Open Line Communications Director You’re in a meeting, about to give an update on a big project. You take a breath, and launch in. You share the context, some key data, and are just getting to your recommendations when Steve-from-marketing, interrupts with a comment - and you lose your train [...]
By: Yvette Costa, CEO & President at Full Circle Coaching That nagging, critical voice in your head is your Negative Nellie. It tells you that you aren’t good enough, didn’t do something right, were wrong to do or say something, or that you don’t deserve what you want. We all have a Negative [...]
By: Gabrielle Ryan, Diversity Initiatives Specialist at RBC Wealth Management I often joke that when it comes to running a business line at a big wealth management firm, I am the least likely candidate for the job. For much of my life, the concept of “wealth” was truly foreign to me. Growing up [...]
By Shanna A. Hocking, Associate Vice President of Development at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Change at work is inevitable. Bosses leave, roles change, and teams are restructured. Even if you know it's coming, you can still feel unprepared. That's because you are hardwired to prefer the world as you know it. I still remember [...]
From Fairygodboss.com You just got a promotion and are now faced with the task of managing a whole team (!!) for the first time. It’s an exciting opportunity, but also a challenging one. If you’re feeling a little nervous, that’s understandable — but also know that you have no reason to be if you follow [...]
By: Vivian Garcia-Tunon, Founder at VGT Consulting Group I recently had the honor of speaking to a room full of women at Fordham University on Taking Charge of Your Career. The topic was selected specifically in recognition of Women's History Month and to further gender equality. In honor of International Women's Day (#IWD2017), I encourage [...]
By: Maricella Herrera Avila, Senior Director of Operations & Strategy I’ve heard a lot of people speak in public. And I do mean a lot. In person, online, in small group meetings, in large settings, while taping podcasts… the list goes on. Due to my work at Ellevate Network I’m lucky enough to be [...]
by Dana Campbell, New York-based Career Strategy and Burnout Coach, Yogi and Stress Resiliency Expert Secure your oxygen mask before helping others. How many times have you heard this simple instruction? Even if you aren’t on an airplane very often, I bet you know it well. And yet, something happens when you step off [...]
