Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Maria Stavreva) Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., famously taught millions of people to recognize the significant benefits that flow from thinking our intelligence or personality is, in her words, “something you can develop, as opposed to something that is a fixed, deep-seated trait.” When we have a fixed mindset–that is when we see […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Mary Long) One of the big myths about friendship is that we think it should happen naturally—that is, without deliberate effort on our part. There is good reason for this. After all, at certain times and places, it does happen organically. Remember college? Or even high school? Friendships seemed to bubble up. […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Flash Vector) Tania Katan is the author of Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back Into Your Work and Life, and co-creator of the viral campaign #ItWasNeverADress -a social movement that has inspired over 60 million people to, as she says, “see, hear, and celebrate women for the superheroes […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (MicrovOne) Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives worldwide. She is the author of the New York Times best-sellers Multipliers and The Multiplier Effect, and Wall Street Journal best-sellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players. She joined us recently to discuss her most recent book and more. […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Tetiana Lazunova) We are a society that both supports corporate social responsibility and has some skepticism about it. However, Plume Design, Inc. has demonstrated how to launch initiatives that involve and excite entire teams, and that can bring concrete benefits beyond their community. Jasna Mihelj Coustaury, General Manager of European Operations for […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (rikkyal) When Liz Tran began working in venture capital, she was asked to answer the following question: What qualities make someone a successful founder, CEO, or executive? What she discovered surprised her. It led her to write The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius and create Reset, an […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Palamatic 90) Eve Rodsky’s first book, The New York Times best-seller Fair Play, sparked an exciting conversation about achieving gender equality on the homefront. Her second argues that even if you achieve equality there, something else is critical to women’s well-being. She calls it “Your Unicorn Space,” a place where a person […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (AlonzoDesign) Negotiation can be a triggering word, especially for women, as Meg Myers Morgan, Ph.D., said in a recent talk at the 2024 National Conference for Women. But Morgan is on a campaign to reclaim negotiation as a way to simply ask for what you need in the workplace, at home, or […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Rudzhan Nagiev) Angela Antonio just celebrated her 30th anniversary working for Bank of America and says her greatest passion is helping women succeed financially. She joined us recently for a conversation about what can get in the way, including being uncomfortable talking about money and the habit of putting others first. But […]
A 2024 Report from the Conferences for Women, the nation’s largest network of women’s conferences. New research shows that 97.63% of women consider health and well-being in the workplace “very” or “extremely” important. However, most don’t use employer-provided mental health and well-being offerings. This report identifies the top six reasons, which include concern about confidentiality […]