If you want to get a job in a leadership role or you want to be a better leader in your current role, then you need to improve your leadership skills. Believe it or not, these are skills that don’t come naturally to everyone. The good news is you can learn to be an impactful and effective leader. However, there are different types of leaders. You need to understand which type … [Read more...]
How to Educate for Success within HR
HR – It’s time to tear down the wall. Our job is to build up people not walls, so let’s dig into our why and purpose. Prejudice of all kinds exists, whether it be race, gender, sexual orientation, or difference of thought. Our goal is to let this go. We need to let go of all the things that weigh us down because we can’t help anyone if we're carrying such a heavy … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Learn and Grow Your Career for Free
Learning doesn’t stop when you get out of school — you never graduate from the School of Life. Exploring the world and yourself by learning new skills is a part of what it means to live a full life, and learning the right skills also grows your career. However, that doesn’t mean you have to spend hundreds of dollars to learn how to do spreadsheets, develop apps, or make … [Read more...]
Best Colleges for Undergraduate Business Degrees that Land Jobs
Sponsored by U.S. News: The 2014 Best Colleges ranking from U.S. News has been released, giving you an easy way to compare colleges as you look to continue your own education or help your children continue their educations. The complete Best Colleges 2014 guidebook offers over 300 pages of rankings and informative articles. Want to know the best colleges in your state? … [Read more...]
The Intricacies of How We Learn
The following is a validation that we still have a long way to go to make change happen when it comes to beliefs and perceptions about little girls and education. When I did research for my GUTSY book (due out in January) I was both frustrated and delighted with the studies that show how our own adult anxieties are picked up by little learners. The more we can … [Read more...]
A Woman’s Place is in the Classroom
I was recently invited to speak at Purdue University and had the absolute pleasure of spending time with Dr. Beverly Davenport Sypher. Dr. Sypher had some important statistics for us to consider before we moved into the fascinating reasons she chose higher education as her vocation. We all go to school, most of us graduate. School is a good place to be. There used to be a … [Read more...]
Can Principles of Equilibrium Increase Achievement?
Recent polls this week indicate that Americans look with empathy on small business owners that are forced to close their doors due to impacts of this economy. While there seems to be no shame in the cry for mercy, there is a significant feather for the cap of those who have uncovered the secrets for survival. I observed a sales training specialist this week exclaiming that … [Read more...]