What I Didn’t Know About Symbols and Should Have
This past week, I received a text from my husband who was working downstairs. “Please bring me another t-shirt ASAP!” Confused, I ran to the closet, pulled out one of his many grey t-shirts and headed...
View ArticleLeading Remotely – Five Ways to Overcome the Loneliness of Leadership
Being a leader is lonely work, none more so than now. As an executive coach, I hear it from leaders often. They say, “I was doing a good job as an individual contributor, but now I’m not sure what I...
View ArticleWant to be Less Stressed Out? More Productive? Try This.
What strange and uncertain times we are living in, but there are some upsides to working from home. Not battling the morning commuter traffic is definitely one of them. What are you doing with all that...
View ArticleFriendship Redefined: Are You Ready to Level Up?
If you ask your parents and grandparents what it takes to be a friend, their answers may be quite different than the way the current vernacular reflects the word friend. It used to be a word revered...
View ArticleTwo out of Three Millennial Women Say Access to Role Models and Mentors at...
Tone Networks, a digital executive coaching platform for women, announced today findings from a national survey that shows executive coaching and access to role models and mentors could be the link to...
View ArticleThe Only Prioritization and Productivity Tool You Will Ever Need
Prioritize Your Tasks, Boost Your Productivity. Look on almost any website targeting professionals, entrepreneurs or career development and you find articles on productivity and prioritization. Whether...
View ArticleReopening for Business? 3 Things to Consider
The U.S. is slowly beginning to open again, and small business owners are eager to get back to business as usual. Once your state or county has announced that it will allow businesses to reopen, you’ll...
View ArticleWe Need More Girls in STEM!
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – why is it the world of men? Truth is, we need more girls in STEM! Worldwide, STEM jobs are dominated by men, but this is not because they are better!...
View Article7 Tips to Prepare For Coming Out of Isolation
I’ve been in extended isolation before. As an expedition leader in Antarctica, I spent nine months in temperatures hovering around minus 35 degrees, with a lack of privacy and the mundane nature of the...
View ArticleThree Ways to Discover What Holds You Back
You are in this business or career because you wanted to make a difference and do what you love. What you may have noticed is that while things can go smoothly, there are times that you may feel stuck....
View Article5 Tech Side-Hustles To Help You Make Money Right Now
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own business or earning extra income? If your answer is yes, then now is the time to get started! Your skills and talents can be lucrative sources of income. Earn...
View ArticleLooking Toward the Future? Five Ways to Choose the Right Career Path
Deciding what you want to do with your life and your career is not revolutionary – it is evolutionary. Since you will spend much of your life at work you owe it to yourself to understand what inspires...
View ArticleLeadership is not for everyone. Is it for you?
Merriam-Webster defines leadership as “the office or position of a leader; capacity to lead; and the act or instance of leading.” I contend that leadership is more than a title, ability, or action....
View Article8 Ways the Workplace and Workday Are Different Due to Covid-19
If you kept your job throughout the pandemic thus far, you probably experienced a few changes to the way things work. Those seeking new employment should also anticipate a change in the traditional...
View Article10 Ways to Stimulate Employee Motivation
Today’s fast-moving business environment demands that the effective manager be both a well-organized administrator and highly adept in understanding people’s basic needs and behavior in the workplace....
View ArticleHow to Thrive in Times of Change
Dealing with change can be difficult. After all, humans are creatures of habit. We’ve spent years perfecting our routines and situational responses, basing them on experience and empirical evidence....
View ArticleGoing Back to School While Working? Yes You Can!
Instead of taking all of these one-off courses, why don’t I just get an MBA? As I said those words to my boss, a voice in my head screamed ‘are you crazy? You’re already working too much!’ I watched...
View ArticleHow to Decide if You Should Get Active with Brand Activism – And What to If So
From the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins, to #BlackLivesMatter, to saying goodbye to Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima, social activism is the latest must-have for brands. But should you join...
View Article8 Common Delegation Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Delegating is the key to a successful business and what sets bosses apart from true leaders. The hardest part? Knowing when to let go. Are you delegating tasks, especially remotely these days, then...
View Article6 Steps to Building a Remote Work Environment That’s Sustainable
When COVID-19 began, work-from-home seemed like a blessed stopgap — a way out of working in potentially health- and life-compromising environments, and a way to (partially) manage kids who had nowhere...
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