Why are women running faster than ever, burdened with endless to-do lists and still trailing behind their male colleagues? Because women most often are unfairly left with “non-promotable work:” planning the office party, screening interns, attending to that time-consuming client, or simply helping others with their work. The imbalance leaves women overcommitted, underutilized and trapped […]
Do you have a colleague you find it challenging to work with because of their poor communication habits? If so, you’re far from alone! A recent study found almost half of Americans do. So, what can you do to improve the situation? Amy Gallo, author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict […]
Some years ago, Charmaine McClarie, a leading authority on executive presence, asked CEOs and senior-level executives why they were more successful than others. “It’s not because I’m smarter than everyone,” many replied. “It’s because I leverage the information that I bring to the table. That is how I am a thought partner, and I add […]
This article was originally published on chopra.com by Monica Graves. You are a modern day Superhero of epic proportion. Your talents are far-reaching and your noble duties are not for the faint of heart. You are able to engage in four back-to-back Zoom meetings; fulfill three critical deadlines; write and respond to upwards of a […]
Welcome to the December Best of Women Amplified series. We’re replaying some of our most-loved episodes to inform and inspire you at the close of the year. This inspiring, feel-good conversation with Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert was recorded pre-pandemic. We think it might be just the thing you need to hear as you […]
During the pandemic, women left the workforce in droves. They led the charge in the Great Resignation in search of radically different work experiences with organizations that value humanity and their people above all else. Like so many of us, the pandemic was a time of deep reflection for our listener, especially after moving cross-country […]
We should all have a friend like Luvvie Ajay Jones: a woman who is joyously bold and doesn’t let us get away with thinking: Oh, that’s just the way she’s made. We could never be that bold. In an exclusive conversation with the Conferences for Women, the two-time New York Times best-selling author of I’m […]
You don’t have to own your own business to think and act like an entrepreneur. Being entrepreneurial is a mind set and a skill set that can be applied to any position at any level. Fashion mogul and social activist Rebecca Minkoff talks candidly about her journey and shares the top attributes most important to […]
Pre-COVID, nearly 3 out of 4 people considered meetings a waste of time, according to a Harvard Business Review study. And some of the most successful leaders in the world, such as Richard Branson, famously avoided them. But now that many people are returning to the office, we have an opportunity to approach them differently […]
Communication is easy—if you’re talking to yourself, says Vernā Myers, bestselling author, TED speaker, and Vice President for Inclusion Strategy at Netflix. But when it involves other people, it can be a good deal less easy—especially when you want to communicate to a variety of different people. So here are 12 tips from Myers that […]