A good friend asked me recently, “What’s the single most debilitating thing facing the generation entering the workforce?” My fast answer: critical thinking. With managing emotions a close second. I’m not a generations researcher by career focus. I wound up studying this in response to a growing number of befuddled clients – and apparently most CEOs in Davos last month, asking … [Read more...]
How AI Can Close the Equality Gap for Women in the Workplace
In 2022, less than a third of corporate leaders at the VP level or higher were women, according to Women in the Workplace 2022 by McKinsey and LeanIn.org. In the study, 48% of women cited a lack of opportunities to advance as the key reason they moved on from their jobs. The barrier for women to achieve leadership roles has consistently been higher than for men. New … [Read more...]
How to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion During the Onboarding Experience
Creating an effective onboarding program requires a delicate balance. On the one hand, uniformity is key to onboarding, as you want to create coherence by ensuring consistent messaging and training practices across all new hires. At the same time, onboarding practices need to account for differences in gender, race, age, and ability to ensure that all employees feel welcome and … [Read more...]
Are You Teaching Your Kids to Be Poor, Rich or Wealthy?
Along with sex and religion, money is one of the most taboo subjects. We are encouraged not to talk about it. And with that, we tend not to learn about how it works and end up not enjoying it even when we have it. And this is what we often unthinkingly pass on to our children. Kids tend to pick up their parents’ points of view about everything, including money and finance. So, … [Read more...]
Moms and Managers, Adjust Your Expectations (Without Lowering Your Bar)
When you’re a mom and a manager, you can’t help but look at the calendar year with a sense of anxiety. You have to hit your business performance goals while keeping everything running smoothly at home. No pressure, right? As a mom of three young children and a leader of numerous direct reports, I’d love to say that I’ve found the perfect way to balance all my responsibilities. … [Read more...]
Freeing Yourself from the Scroll – How to Use Social Media and Live Your Life
Many of us have an intense love/hate relationship with social media. There are things to learn and great content to consume — but man, you can scroll for a solid 45 minutes in what feels like a blink of an eye. How do we help ourselves reap the benefits of social media (even just the laughs) without frittering away too much of our time at the expense of actually living? Here … [Read more...]
Why Business Startup Founders Should Take a Midday Break Every Day
After a morning of back-to-back meetings, whether in person or virtual, my mind is ready to explode, while my brain needs to recharge. Throughout my career, when I worked in New York City or at a startup in Silicon Valley years ago and on through today, I’ve made it a priority to eat lunch at my desk and schedule time to exercise in the middle of the day. Whether my daily … [Read more...]
Stop Spamming the Media – Why It’s Time to Re-evaluate Your PR Strategy
The media landscape is in a constant state of change, and your PR strategy should be changing with it. Does your PR strategy consist of emailing your local TV newscasters every time your business launches a new product? Do you wonder why you haven’t received a single email response, or worse, your company was covered in the media and it resulted in no new leads, no spike in web … [Read more...]
How I Went From “Quiet Quitting” to Owning My Own Business
I became really bothered after hearing the term "quiet quitting", which essentially means doing your job as required but not going above and beyond. It was touted as doing the bare minimum and came across as employees being ungrateful. But coming from a large chain grocery store where I worked for five years (and worked through the pandemic), there isn't a single bit of blame … [Read more...]
10 Steps to Prepare for a New Website
Are you overwhelmed just at the thought of starting your new website? What do I need to provide to my website designer? What do I write? What photos to I include? Don’t worry, I have you covered. Below are 10 steps to prepare for a new website. These steps will help you take the stress out of preparing for your website. 1. Decide on a Domain Name I recommend purchasing … [Read more...]