If you just hired, or need to hire, a social media manager, it’s important to set them up for success to get the most out of your investment. First, make sure you hire the right person with the right skills. Social media management isn’t something you give to a low level employee as another “task.” … More How to Manage Your Social Media Manager
Preparing for a job interview is critical to making a good first impression, calming your nerves and coming across as a viable candidate for the role. You need to be ready to evaluate this opportunity and to be evaluated for it. So you can go in with confidence, I’ve compiled my top ten tips for … More The Complete Job Interview Preparation Guide: 10 Tips to Get You Hired
As I say in my Leadership for Women Web Series, culture is a construct. Culture is defined as “The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.” In other words, it’s something we all agree to acknowledge and follow. Unfortunately for women, for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years, … More The Top Five Mistakes Women Make At Work
“But I don’t want to have to act like a man.” This is a comment I get on my TikTok videos frequently. My videos are focused on helping women improve their spoken, written, and body language in order to be more assertive in the workplace, and I’m finding there is a lot of fear around … More How Women Can Be Assertive Without Acting Like a Man
Do you know the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive behavior? Many of the questions and comments I receive from women are around understanding the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive behavior. Often when women try to be assertive, they can be accused of being aggressive, when the same behavior in a man would be … More The Difference Between Passive, Aggressive and Assertive Behavior
There are a lot of marketing, social media, and leadership books out there, and trust me, they aren’t all good. If you’re getting started in any of these fields, or if you’ve recently been promoted to a leadership role, let me cut through some of the noise for you and recommend some solid books with … More Top Six Marketing and Leadership Books that Influenced Me
Did you know people believe your body language more than the words you say? Studies show that your words make up only 7 percent of the message you send and the rest is non verbal, a combination of what they see and the tone you use. If your body language is sending a conflicting message, … More Body Language in the Workplace: How to Project Confidence
Women, you know the drill. You have a question for your boss or a coworker so you lead with an apologetic “I’m sorry to bother you” before asking. Someone is standing in your way at the grocery, or in the hallway, and you say “I’m sorry” as you pass them or as they move aside … More How to Stop Apologizing and Start Leading
This is a leadership lesson from a spider. Stay with me. Throughout most of the summer, I’ve had a spider building a web on the driver’s side mirror of my car. While I’m not driving as much these days, I am still driving between 30 minutes to an hour a couple times per week. Each … More More than Talent: Career Success Takes Perseverance
Although things are improving, women continue to be underrepresented at every level in the workplace. A 2019 study by Women in the Workplace shows that women hold only 21 percent of C-Suite level positions and 38 percent of management positions. Much of this is due, of course, to bias, both conscious and unconscious, at every … More Mistakes Women Make in the Workplace That Hold Them Back
