2022 Book Recommendations for Learning, Leadership, and Leisure

I, like always, resolve to read more in the coming year. If you’re looking to do the same, I’m sharing my own list of books I read this year and recommend for 2022. These are both books on leadership for women, biographies, self-improvement, and books for fun because we need to read for pleasure too. … More 2022 Book Recommendations for Learning, Leadership, and Leisure

6 Online Tools to Help Start, Grow and Maintain Your Business

Being your own boss can be a great side-hustle or an alternative to the corporate world for those that don’t find it a good fit. Since time management in either scenario can be challenging, the more help and tools the better! Whether it’s outsourcing the aspects of your business you don’t like or lack the … More 6 Online Tools to Help Start, Grow and Maintain Your Business

Tips to Hone Your Personal and Professional Financial Literacy as a Woman

Each year, August 14th marks National Financial Awareness Day. While women are stepping up to the role of finance both personally and professionally, did you know that nearly one-third of the gender financial literacy gap is attributed to women’s lower confidence levels around the topic? In my house growing up, Dad managed our finances. When … More Tips to Hone Your Personal and Professional Financial Literacy as a Woman

16 Tricks to Make More Time, Reduce Distractions, and Conquer Clutter

Your attention and your time is a commodity, and marketers everywhere, like me, are competing for it. Forbes estimates the average American is exposed to between 4,000 to 10,000 marketing messages per day! This leads to an enormous amount of clutter, both physical and digital. Too much clutter is bad for our emotional and physical … More 16 Tricks to Make More Time, Reduce Distractions, and Conquer Clutter

The Complete Job Interview Preparation Guide: 10 Tips to Get You Hired

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

The Top Five Mistakes Women Make At Work

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

The Difference Between Passive, Aggressive and Assertive Behavior

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