Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (PCH-Vector) Two-time Booker Prize-winner Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale and more than 60 other books, brings a fierce, unflinching eye to her work – and does so with a wry smile. She spoke with us recently about how she maintains her lightness of spirit, why we need to focus on […]
Navigating a Job Search and Career Transition | That’s a Good Question
Over the last several years, professionals have reprioritized what’s important and taken a different approach to their careers. But the process to figure out what’s right and how to make a strategic move can be daunting. In this episode of That’s a Good Question, we help our listener navigate the transition from entrepreneur into a […]
How to Break Through Your Dilemmas in 3 Steps
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Lyudinka) Wendy K. Smith is an expert in strategic paradoxes–how leaders and senior teams effectively respond to contradictory agendas—and how we can all more effectively navigate the pull of “either-or” thinking. Wendy is the co-author of the 2022 book, Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tension to Solve Your Toughest Problems. She is also […]
Create a “Happiness 401K Plan”
Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we’ll be to that sense of irrelevance that often comes with aging, both professionally and socially. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful it is when […]
The Need for Psychological Safety in Uncertain Times
Amy C. Edmondson is the #1 management thinker in the world according to Thinkers50. She is also the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She spoke with us recently about why psychological safety matters, how to cultivate it, and why she has focused her career on it. Q: What led […]
Brené Brown’s Advice On How To Become Your Best Self During Uncertainty
Brené Brown will keynote the 2022 CA Virtual Conference for Women on March 2nd. Learn More and Reserve Your Ticket! Q: In a recent New Yorker profile of you, we learn that you dreamt early on about starting a global conversation about vulnerability—which, of course, you have done. What impact do you think the past […]
Best of Women Amplified: Glennon Doyle on Listening to Yourself
We’re starting 2022 with another great conversation from the archive — this one with author and activist Glennon Doyle. This special interview, guest hosted by Laysha Ward of Target (CFW’s Official Lifestyle Sponsor!), was recorded just over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic. In it, Doyle tackles how to think about life and career choices, […]
Best of Women Amplified: Elizabeth Gilbert on Fear and Creativity
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 […]
Best of Women Amplified: Navigating Transitions in Unpredictable Times
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 insightful conversation about making choices when the future is unclear is as relevant today as it was when it first aired in July of 2020. We hope […]
Asian-American Women Pioneering the Path Forward: A Conversation with Awkwafina & Lisa Ling
Today’s episode is an exclusive replay of a 2020 Massachusetts Conference for Women keynote conversation recognizing two remarkable pioneers blazing trails for Asian Americans, and inspiring women and girls of all ages and backgrounds: award-winning writer, actress, and comedian Awkwafina and journalist Lisa Ling. With authenticity and vulnerability, Awkwafina shares personal experiences in navigating the […]