Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. I used to wear my hard work as a badge of honor by rarely taking time off for vacation. Not anymore! Now, I understand the importance of making work life balance…
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“Laughter is an instant vacation.” – Milton Berle. Wouldn’t you agree? The best vacations are full of laughter! I used to wear my hard work as a badge of honor by rarely taking time off for vacation. Not anymore. Now, I understand the importance of making work life balance a priority by taking breaks and vacations…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Legendary CEO Lee Iacocca says, “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” Recently, Business Insider asked me…
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(This post originally appeared on Business Insider) Legendary CEO Lee Iacocca says, “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” Recently, Business Insider asked me to write an article with advice on how to solve this problem. This topic must have struck a chord, as my…
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In the Mentoring Minute™ series, I answer questions from my readers and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Are you stumped on how to respond to a problem at work? Recently, I wrote an article for International Women’s Day about this. I realized that these actions have…
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Are you stumped on how to respond to a problem at work? As you asses your situation, your colleagues, boss, or team, do you feel frustrated at the lack of forward progress? You may feel powerless to change it. You may believe that your team or your boss holds the key to solving a problem…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Every woman leader I know (and even those I don’t know, but have read about), lament that they are not given the credit they are due. Some accept…
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Welcome to the Mentoring Minute™ series. Each week, I’ll answer a reader question and provide at least one great idea on succeeding at work, winning at life, and enjoying it. Have you recently moved to a new level of leadership? Perhaps you’ve moved from the C-Suite to CEO, from CEO to board member, from director to VP, manager…
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“For too many women, the hardest part of being successful might be taking credit for the work that they do, especially when they work in groups.” – Kay Steiger, The Atlantic. We’re becoming mind numbingly familiar with study after study that highlights two facts about women in business: Companies with more women in leadership do…
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Have you recently moved to a new level of leadership? Perhaps you’ve moved from the C-Suite to CEO, from CEO to board member, from director to VP, manager to director, or from colleague to first-time supervisor. Or maybe you would dearly love to move to the next level of leadership and but are frustrated…
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