In today’s business world, mentorships are among your most critical professional relationships. Finding a mentor helps you in your development and commitment to continuous improvement and learning. Conversely, taking on a mentee opens you up to fresh ideas and helps you locate and nurture excellence in succession. From either side, there are some key skills…
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5 Trends in Personal Branding for 2019
With the new year upon us, it is a good time to take stock of your Personal Branding strategy. Is it time to up your game? With that in mind, here are some important trends in Personal Branding to take into account when mapping your strategy. Video Dominates The increasing ease of video production means…
5 Reasons to Join a Nonprofit Board
I recently spoke on an amazing panel, thanks to the Business Women’s Giving Circle. There were several themes that came out of that event that I wanted to capture because I know it will help individuals understand the many benefits of joining a board. Joining a nonprofit board is an excellent and enormous commitment. Many…
Five Ways To Take On Career Pivots
Many of us reach a point in our careers when we want to try something new. It may be a switch to a new industry or a change to a different institutional capacity. Making a career pivot is never easy, but there are steps you can take to ease the way. Here are five that…
5 Ways to Tackle Ageism on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is an important resource for job hunting and career development. Sadly, it is no more immune to ageism than anyplace else. The preference for youth in terms of energy, contemporary knowledge, and cost means that your LinkedIn presence may be feeding ageist biases and interfering with your career prospects. When it comes to portraying…
BE BOLD. BE BRAVE. JUST BE.
“Get comfortable saying no and say yes to things that make you uncomfortable.” Yesterday I spoke at an extremely inspirational event titled “Be Bold. Be Brave. Just Be.” and it definitely required all of the attendees to do just that. When I think of the choices all of us have to make each day, we…