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Leadership Lessons from Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares
In this edition of Leadership Lessons, Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares shares wisdom rooted in candor, curiosity, and conviction. Fong Olivares, executive director of the Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, shares that leadership starts with self ...
How to Escape Toxic Productivity–and Enjoy Balanced Ambition
This National Work and Family Month, psychotherapist and author Israa Nasir invites us to rethink what it means to “do it all.” As founder of the digital mental health brand WellGuide and author of Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Emotional Energy in a World T ...
4 Ways to Put Yourself First, Financially
By Fidelity’s Women Talk Money Life’s busy—we get it. Between work, relationships, and everything else on your plate, it’s easy for your finances to take a back seat. But financial self-care can be a way to invest in yourself, and you’re always worth blocking ...
Negotiate What You Need for Career Success
Negotiation is one of the most universally dreaded professional tasks. As Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, PhD, James L. Vincent Professor of Leadership at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, says: “Does negotiating make you anxious? Do you get nervous when it&# ...
Carla Harris Says: Fear Has No Place in Your Success Equation
Carla Harris is a one-of-a-kind leader: a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley and a gospel recording artist who has performed sold-out conferences at Carnegie Hall six times. She’s also a dynamic expert who offers impactful career guidance based on her many books ...
5 Mindset Shifts for High-Achieving Women
Talking to Dr. Sohee Jun is like talking to your best girlfriend and mentor rolled up into one. She is friendly, supportive, and full of helpful advice based on more than 20 years of research and experience. A leadership coach and author, her latest book is The Aligned ...
Martha Stewart’s Secret to Success? It’s Not Reinvention.
As one of the most resilient and successful entrepreneurs in the world, Martha Stewart knows a few things about success on your terms. The daughter of two school teachers, she is the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a global empire that reaches over 100 million pe ...
3 Ways to Build Practical Optimism
When psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma was tapped to lead a mental health program for 9/11 survivors, she met a woman who had escaped the North Tower and suffered immense loss, but showed no signs of trauma. “I asked her, what’s your secret?” Dr. Varma recalls. “And she sai ...
Do You Know the Seven Trust Languages?
As workplace consultant, and author Minda Harts traveled the country in recent years, she heard a common theme. “People would tell me that they didn’t trust their company or they didn’t trust their colleague or they didn’t trust their manager,” she said in a ...
For Accelerating Your Career, Mentorship Is Great—But Sponsorship Is Better
By Deb Pine, Executive Director, Center for Women and Business at Bentley University Despite our strong mentor networks, women remain underrepresented in senior leadership and board roles. The 2016 McKinsey/LeanIn study “Women in the Workplace” found that women hold 46 p ...
