“Look at who your boss is; understand how they operate—don’t judge; understand how you operate; and then assess the gap.” —Mary Abbajay, organizational and leadership development expert and author, Managing Up Most leadership books focus on how to manage the people who report to you. But equally important is how you manage your boss. (And […]
Want to Be a Better Leader? Help Your Team Stop Complaining and Be More Accountable
“Drama in the broader sense is unproductive thinking and disruptive behavior. We call it emotional waste. It is anything taking energy away from results and happiness in the workplace. It’s a subtraction.” —Leadership expert and author Cy Wakeman In this refreshing new conversation, leadership expert and New York Times best-selling author Cy Wakeman explains why unproductive workplace […]
Dream Big. Then Do This.
“We think branding is what you do when you want likes or fans, or you want to be famous….Actually anyone who interacts with other people needs to think about branding. Your brand is how the world experiences you and what they believe to be true.” —Personal branding expert Lida Citroën Women tend to be more […]
Gloria Steinem on Women in 2019
Click Play below to listen in your browser. “It’s a truth-telling in the past couple of years that I haven’t seen before in the majority….the likelihood of being believed has increased.” —Women’s rights pioneer and advocate Gloria Steinem What would you ask Gloria Steinem if you could? This February, Steinem spoke at our Watermark Conference for Women […]
Be Brilliant: Play to Your Strengths—with Caroline Webb | Podcast
Click Play below to listen in your browser. Want to make your brain work for you? Caroline Webb, an economist and former McKinsey partner, discusses proven strategies to have more effective, meaningful experiences at work—and brings the burgeoning field of behavioral science down to earth. Listen in and pick up tips you can use right […]
How to Reach Your Full Potential—with Sally Helgesen | Podcast
Click Play below to listen in your browser. Do you ever feel that something is holding you back from achieving what you’re truly capable of? Chances are that it’s one of the 12 habits identified in a popular new book co-authored by renowned women’s leadership expert Sally Helgesen. Tune in to learn what they are […]
How Every Woman Can Be “Self-Made”—with Nely Galán | Podcast
Click Play below to listen in your browser. After emigrating from Cuba at the age of 4, Nely Galán became the first Latina president of entertainment for a major TV network, an Emmy award-winning producer, and New York Times best-selling author. In her words, she became “Self-Made,” and now she wants to teach every woman […]
De-Stress Your Way to Success with Courtney Carver | Podcast
Click Play below to listen in your browser. Listen to Courtney Carver and you will soon find yourself believing what her experience shows to be true: If you take a little time for yourself every day, and experiment with some of her “soulful simplicity” tips, you will feel more relaxed—and be more effective at whatever […]
What Women of All Races Need to Know about Success
Click Play below to listen in your browser. While only 1 in 5 C-suite leaders are women, only 1 in 25 are women of color. What can women of all races do to change that? In this episode, Michelle Gadsen-Williams, award-winning author and Accenture North America’s managing director and inclusion and diversity lead, shares her ideas and experiences about […]
Meet Shawn Achor, Happiness Researcher
How does the science of happiness work? What’s the connection between happiness and success? And how do you test hypotheses about happiness in the real world, outside of the lab? CFW friend Shawn Achor sat down with us to explain the whys and hows of happiness research—and why his findings are important for your life. […]