Inspiration meets practical advice in this podcast from the nation’s largest network of conferences for women in the workplace. We cover topics around leadership, career advancement, self-care, transitions and other relevant issues that women face. In each 30 minute episode, we want to help you navigate life in your career and at home and bring your best “you” to all that you do!
We all know that excessive stress is a health hazard. What is less talked about are the effects of burnout on business performance. Stress makes people nearly three times as likely to leave their jobs, temporarily impairs strategic thinking, and lowers creative abilities. Burnout is a growing phenomenon in the workplace – leaders experience it […]
Women continue to reconsider their plans, goals and priorities as a result of the pandemic. In fact, two-thirds are considering whether they should not just leave their jobs but change industries entirely. In this episode of That’s a Good Question, our listener finds herself trapped in this conundrum. She had a one single career goal: […]
Speaking up is critical, but also complex in today’s world, and as a leader you set the tone for your team. In this session — a replay from the 2021 Pennsylvania Conference for Women — diversity and inclusion pragmatist Dolly Chugh will offer ways to communicate so that you can reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding, […]
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 […]
It is hard not to disconnect or hide your frustration when your co-worker lands the promotion you’ve been working towards — especially when you receive rave performance reviews and have gone above and beyond for years. As if that isn’t hard enough, what happens when the team notices and all of a sudden you are […]
Conflict, whether political or personal, can escalate and become toxic — as we keep seeing in the news, on social media, and in our own lives. Our brains start sorting the world into good and evil, exaggerating the differences between ourselves and others. In this episode, a replay of a session from the 2022 virtual […]
Have you been in a meeting and can’t get a word in because one person is monopolizing the conversation? Or left your boss thinking about all the things you should have said but didn’t? Or finally mustered the courage to speak up only to get your idea shut down? In this episode of Women Amplified, […]
Boundaries have been blurred as we navigate work in a hybrid world. Many of us feel a lack of control over our workload which spirals, throwing off the equilibrium in all aspects of life. In this episode of That’s a Good Question, our listener is overextended at work, dealing with the new realities of a […]
One in four experience mental health issues every year and, in these strange and unsettling times, more of us than ever are struggling to cope. For journalist and mental health advocate Bryony Gordon, mental illness has been part of her life for decades — having struggled with OCD, depression, anxiety, and addiction. And while it […]
The stigma around mental health is slowly dissipating. Organizations are more focused than ever on supporting the mental health of their employees. This progress is important, especially for professional women — who are twice as likely as men to suffer from anxiety and depression. The discrepancy is even more pronounced for mothers and women of […]