Mary Jennings Hegar was an all-American girl from Texas. She had an abusive father, a loving mother and step father, and a dream to fly airplanes in war. She did that, and much more. Reading her memoir, Shoot Like A Girl, was a real treat for someone who explores women in leadership and has a...
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Currently, I am working for a software company that makes software for the public sector. I have...
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Dear Dana, I have found that all three websites I've used to apply for jobs have a requirement...
Recently I had to deliver some bad news. Of course my first impulse was to sugar-coat it to try to ease the other’s pain. Being an experienced coach (and parent) I knew this was a bad idea. In the end, the person would either fool themselves into not understanding what I was saying, make excuses...
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the new miracle ingredient for corporate culture. Too bad it doesn't come in pill form! While there is more and more written on the benefits of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace every day, the general lack of it in many work environments can make it hard to...
There’s merit to the feminist narrative that says professional women aren’t hired for the top jobs as often because corporate cultures aren’t accommodating and sexism still exists – but sometimes it’s not about that at all. Sometimes, high-achieving women leaders are just not ready, or we...
Are you looking forwards or backwards? Beginnings only happen when the past is behind you. - Click To Tweet As the new year gears up, I’ve been thinking a lot about what deserves my energy this year. I hope you have too. January is a special time that gives us the ability to focus on new...
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. - Hellen Keller The end is nigh. 2015 comes to a close tonight. Where are you at? Is this an end to a happy time? A crappy time? Are you ready to be done with it? Wishing you could hold on? Still rushing to close out? Take a moment and notice what...
Still stuffed? I am! When gratitude fills me, I’m so much better at my jobs – all of them. Yes, I’m still a little full of too much family and food, but that’s ok, because I’m also stuffed full of gratitude – for you and for all the wonderful people who are helping me, themselves and our world by...
Worried or stressed about something? Give yourself permission to feel it – or not – for a period of time. And then let it go. We’re used to thinking of time as our enemy, but we can make it our friend if we give ourselves permission to do so. Time is funny. There never seems enough of it, but the...
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