I know a woman who lost her job. She knew it was coming. After all, she was privy to the numbers. Moreover, she’d watched as colleagues went into the boss’ office one-by-one, only to emerge and pack up their things. Now it was her turn. In the days leading up to her meeting – in a cruel twist,...
I don’t watch much TV but when I do it’s usually crap. And by crap, I mean reality shows. For example, despite my best effort, last night I got sucked into an episode of Couples Therapy on VH1. Assuming you’re not in the .00000001% of the population who has actually seen it, the show is about...
Yesterday morning I had coffee with a fellow mindfulness teacher in the tiny town of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. As we swapped stories about how we were led to this work, she spoke of helping couples who had been through some sort of trauma – an affair, addiction, etc. – but were trying to repair...
Two weeks ago at the launch of Who Says It’s a Man’s World, I shared the “real” reason I write about career success. I decided to talk about it because, for years, whenever I was asked in interviews how I got started in this work, my answer was pretty much the same: I graduated from college and –...
About a year ago, I decided that goals were driving me crazy and – poof! – I got rid of them. Ok, not entirely, but I did create a new metric of how to judge my own success that didn’t involve crippling comparisons to other people. And, man, has it been liberating. I’m not kidding. When I made a...
On March 11, 2011, I was in New York City sitting in Tory Johnson’s Spark & Hustle workshop for women entrepreneurs. Between airfare, registration, and my hotel, I had spent a lot of money to be there so I was trying to pay attention, but my mind was somewhere else. It was firmly planted in a...
October 2024 Leadership Development Carnival
Breaking the Mold: Thriving as Women in the Workplace Built for Men
Unlocking Potential: How the Right Coach for Executives Can Transform Your Leadership Skil…
The Psychology of Goal-Setting Success
How to be Feminine, Ambitious and Successful: Navigating the Gender Gap in Workplace Ambit…
