February 21st, 2008
How many times have we heard that over the last several decades? But if motherhood isn’t a job, I guess these aren’t critical business skills:
Consensus building
Negotiations
Multi-tasking
Project management
Presentations and public speaking
Coaching and mentorship
Prioritizing
Strategic planning
Friend and client Amy Smith, who runs her own PR firm while raising her three sons, and has is proving to doubters everywhere […]
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February 21st, 2008
MARIAN ANDERSON was born in 1897 in Philadelphia. She began her professional singing career while still in high school as a way to earn money to help support her family. Prior to that, Anderson was a member of her church choir from the age of 6, and a self-taught pianist (her parents bought a piano […]
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February 20th, 2008
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February 20th, 2008
How much is the information on your laptop worth? How do you go about saving your work or creating a backup of your work just in case you “lose” some of your technology?
After reading this news story about this woman sho is suing Best Buy over her lost laptop, it got me to thinking: it’s […]
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February 19th, 2008
A problem that often plagues job seekers is what I like to call Vague Goals Syndrome. They want a new job, but more than anything else they just want out of their old job. But before you make a move, it’s best to figure out where you’re headed first. Here are some questions to help […]
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February 18th, 2008
Yes, there is a such thing as a free lunch and you’re giving it away!
The first time I tried this, I was quite nervous. I didn’t want that person to think that I was some sort of creepy weirdo, but I did it anyway. I explained to the cashier that I wasn’t some stalker or […]
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February 15th, 2008
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Rosa Parks, dubbed the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a White man. The story has been told many times over and over until to some, it may have become […]
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February 14th, 2008
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be doing my first live radio interview this Sunday evening at 5 p.m. EST (GMT-5) on KFNX News-Talk Radio’s IMI TechTalk program. My favorite speaking partner, Gabe Goldberg, and I will be talking with TechTalk host Tom D’Auria about professional networking.
Tune in to www.1100KFNX.com to listen live on […]
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February 14th, 2008
I had intended to launch the new Throwback Thursday/Thoroughly Modern Thursday feature next week since we just launched Transition Tuesday a few days ago, but I just couldn’t wait after watching this video. So, today is Throwback Thursday, a look back at some of the challenges women have had to overcome in the workplace, and […]
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February 14th, 2008
It’s hard to take him seriously when I can’t stop peering at his eyebrows to see if they’re real or not… And is he wearing eyeliner???
What do you think: Valuable advice, or condescending waste of time? I’m on the fence. Leave your opinion as a comment!
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