Improv Your Work: Unlocking Creativity and Collaboration
In today’s frenetic workplace, where technology and packed schedules often eclipse human connection, we risk overlooking the vital role of interpersonal skills in creating thriving workplaces. In this episode of Women Amplified, Nicole Cohen, best-selling author of Improv ...
Three Practices for Creating Equity at Work
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (BRO Vector) When they first met, Dr. Tina Opie, who identifies as a Black Christian woman, wasn’t sure she trusted Beth A. Livingston, a white atheist woman. But now, she says, she would trust Livingston with her life. That’s because ...
Tips for Building Relationships that Help You Succeed
We recently asked Megan Beauregard, Enel North America’s Chief Legal Officer, for her tips on building relationships that help you succeed. Here are excerpts from the interview. Q: We all know that relationships are crucial to career success and advancement. But some ...
Pearls of Wisdom with Playwright Pearl Cleage
This episode features a conversation with Pearl Cleage, an American playwright, novelist and poet, and Laysha Ward, the executive vice president and chief external engagement officer at Target. Together they explore the power of truth, the responsibility of storytelling, and ...
Carol Fulp on Why Advancing Diversity is “The Smart Thing to Do,” Not Just the Right Thing to Do
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Yulia Petrova) “History just repeats itself” is the first thing Carol Fulp says when we lay eyes on each other over a Zoom call. I’ve read her brilliant book, Success Through Diversity, and said something about how struck I was to r ...
How to Break Through Your Dilemmas in 3 Steps
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: ...
How to Create Teams that Excel Under Pressure
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Rudzhan Nagiev) Dr. Swati Mohan is one of the foremost women leaders in aerospace engineering — a field comprised of 88.8 percent men and 11.2 percent women. In 2020, she led the mission that landed a rover on Mars to search for signs of life ...
How to Regain Lost Connections
Today we hear from Mónica Guzmán, author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times; and senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels. Guzmán believes that by asking the right questions ...
Sometimes the Most Honest Conversation You Need to Have Is With Yourself
Celeste Headlee is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, co-host of the weekly series Retro Report on PBS – and host of the Conference for Women’s podcast, Women Amplified. This month, she allowed us to turn the tables and interview her about her specialt ...
Beyond Harmony: How Productive Disagreement Strengthens Your Team
If you’re like many people, you may feel that – given the state of public discourse these days – it’s best to avoid differences of opinion in the workplace. But that’s not necessarily so, says Mónica Guzmán, journalist and author of I Never Thought of It That W ...
