Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (SpicyTruffel) We all know our attention tends to be scattered because so many things compete for it. But have you ever asked yourself exactly how much you’re missing when trying to pay attention to a task? Ten percent? Twenty? Thirty? The answer is 50 percent, according to Dr. Amishi Jha, a professor […]
Celebrate Small Wins in Uncertain Times
Brittney Castro, a Certified Financial Planner who has worked alongside brands ranging from Chase to ETrade to Zoom, started working in the field at 22 – just when everyone was experiencing the Great Recession. She observed, in her words, “everyone freaking out” and wondered why. Logically, she understands that downward cycles happen every four or […]
Be Courageous Enough to Examine Your Feelings about Money. And Then Set Positive Goals
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (treety) Mollie West Duffy is an expert in organizational development, learning and development, and leadership development and coaching. She previously was an organizational design lead at global innovation firm IDEO and has helped advise and coach leaders and founders at companies including Casper, Google, LinkedIn, Bungalow, and Slack. She is the co-author […]
How to Feel More Financially Secure
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (lemono) Personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi likes to say that surveys show that 75 percent of Americans are anxious about their finances – and the other 25 percent are lying. “We would rather chat about death, our sex lives, and politics before revealing what is in our bank accounts,” she says. But […]
Leadership Doesn’t Mean You Always Know What You’re Doing
After becoming a four-time Grand Slam champion and the highest-paid female athlete in the world, Naomi Osaka became a leading role model for mental health. She did this by withdrawing from the French Open in 2021 – a rather challenging year for most of us – to prioritize her own mental health. For her openness, […]
Leadership Tips from Former Fortune 500 CEO Ginni Rometty
Ginni Rometty didn’t grow up in a privileged family. She didn’t have lots of early mentors. And she didn’t pursue a field filled with women who excelled before her. Yet she became the first female President and CEO of IBM, one of the most enduring tech companies in the world. So, how did she do […]
4 Tips from a Woman Who Changed the Course of History
Of the nearly 8 billion people in our world, relatively few will do something that changes the course of history. Even fewer will do so in a way that saves millions of lives. And fewer still will break barriers along the way – becoming role models to a generation of girls passionate about science and […]
How To Land The Job You Want At The Salary You Deserve
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Violeta Stoimenova) Ditch the conventional thinking that you have to sacrifice one to get the other. You did it! You landed the job offer at that company you’ve been interviewing with for the past month, and you can’t wait to get started. Now, you’re feeling stressed out because you want to ensure […]
How to Build a Culture of Belonging
What do you envision when you think of someone with disabilities? Odds are you picture someone in a wheelchair or someone who wears dark glasses and walks with a cane or … You get the picture. But the reality is that, in the workplace, 62 percent of disabilities are non-apparent. You can’t tell just by […]
How to Finally Crush Perfectionism & Imposter Syndrome
What happens when two very honest and successful women – like Viola Davis and Jameela Jamil – get together to talk about the things that hold women back? Yup. You hear a lot of honesty about perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and how to navigate them. The problem of perfectionism “Perfection is the enemy of progress,” said […]