Mentoring youth is an important and rewarding role. You get to provide invaluable advice and guidance to help your mentee through this crazy thing we call life. However, as anyone who has experienced the nagging of a know-it-all parent can Read More
Category: Career
The Good News About Women-Owned Businesses
Recently, a friend who owns a baby store expanded her business online after the huge success of her brick-and-mortar shop. She reminded me of another friend, Laura, whose own baby store didn’t do as well. It was in the 1990s, Read More
Why Organizations Should Promote Female Networking
A survey of 2,907 young professionals reveals that women aged 30 and under will experience several barriers to their advancement in the first five years of working life. Mary Hamilton, a director at the company which conducted the survey, said Read More
Going Back to School With A Reverse Mentor
It wasn’t the few gray hairs that popped up or the fine lines hugging my eyes that made me feel a bit old. Nope. That first tinge of old-ladyness came when I realized that I needed a reverse mentor. I’m a Read More
Waterworks and the Workplace: Responding to a Crying Coworker
I saw the tears welling up in my co-worker’s eyes and the corners of her mouth slightly turn downward as she described a tough meeting with her supervisor. She scurried quickly from the hallway to a corner of my office, Read More
Cultivating Women Leaders Creates a Better Workplace for Us All
We are living through a great historical moment for women in the workplace. From “leaning in” to the #MeToo movement, women’s voices are being heard louder and clearer than ever before. We’re working together to create change on a grand Read More
Benefits Of Working From Home: Why Flex Hours Are The Future
If you’re saving lives, waiting tables, teaching students in a classroom or working the overnight shift at the factory, any talk about remote working options will likely send you to a “must be nice” place. That is, until AI makes Read More
How to Negotiate Salary and Get Paid What You Deserve
One of my very first full-time jobs was for a cruise ship operation in Florida. I was one year out of college, newly married, and new to the area. I had left a plum job as a program manager back Read More
The Top 5 Women-Inspired Leadership Styles
When I was doctoral student studying leadership, I probably read over 300 articles, 50 books and spent a thousand hours thinking about leadership. It wasn’t until three years in and almost to the end of my degree that I ran Read More
4 Online Resources (Besides LinkedIn) for the Career-Minded Woman
In addition to my previous articles on 5 podcasts and 6 websites for career-minded women, I’ve put together 4 miscellaneous career resources that are online for those who can’t get enough of career content! (You may notice that LinkedIn is Read More