How Successful Women Get Promoted To The Executive Suite By Melody Wilding You’re the hard worker that everyone on your team loves. You’re regarded as a subject matter expert and respected among your peers. So why aren’t you getting promoted? Many highly successful women find themselves in this exact predicament. They want to make an a bigger impact in their…
How To Find Work You Love In The New Year By Julia Wuench In the era of the Great Resignation, many job quitters are realizing they’ve been unhappy at work and need a change. While it may be unreasonable that any of us love our careers 100% of the time, Dr. Tega Edwin, Founder of Her Career Doctor, says we should…
Setting Stretch Goals That Leverage The Moment By Joan Michelson Imagine if Serena or Venus Williams only set goals of being good tennis players winning their local tennis tournaments. Imagine if Tom Brady only sought to be on his college football team. They set stretch goals, setting the bar high. Where you set your gaze directs your choices, your attitude, how…
Overcome Imposter Syndrome: 7 Sneaky Ways Self-Doubt Steals Your Power By Melody Wilding Picture it–you just finished an important presentation at work. By all accounts, you crushed it. Your clients were smiling and satisfied. And your boss even offered you glowing feedback afterward. Nevertheless, you push away the praise and chalk the performance up to luck or good timing. You…
6 Questions To Ask If You’re Considering A Career Change By Joan Michelson Julie Lenzer, Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Maryland – who is also the former head of the Economic Development Administration under President Obama and a successful serial entrepreneur – just completed her Masters in Machine Learning. She was following the advice she gave on my Electric Ladies podcast…
Why You Should Set Goals, Not Resolutions This Year By Ashira Prossack As the new year rolls around, it’s a great time to set new goals and start the year off on the right foot. While resolutions are at the forefront of everyone’s mind, setting goals will be far more beneficial, whether you’re setting them for business or your personal…
4 Lessons From Betty White About Longevity, Work & Retirement By Joseph Coughlin Betty White died only a few weeks from her 100th birthday. Few people knew her, that is, really knew her as a person. Most of us knew her through her work. And, it is through her long life, and long work life, that we can draw some insight…
Are You Disguising Anxiety as Ambition at Work? By Dr. Beth Kaplan Kondonijakos, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor A good friend of mine, Justin, came to me with a problem – he had a boss that he was dying to impress…literally. Justin was killing himself in that slow death we know all too well: staying up until 2 AM every night, perfecting…
Networking as an introvert may seem daunting at first, but you’re just as capable of climbing that career ladder as anyone else, even if social events and small talk aren’t your thing. Setting goals, focusing on your strengths, and using social media can keep you more connected than you ever thought possible. And you never know — putting your self-reflection and listening skills to good use might just land you your next internship.
Why You Should Ditch Your Day Job for Your Dream Job By Kanika Tolver If working for someone else isn’t making you as happy as you expected, it might be time to quit your 9-to-5 and start your own business. There’s nothing more discouraging than going to a job you hate every day knowing you have a dream or a business…
