Job Search During The Covid-19 Pandemic
“I’m sorry, but we have to let you go.” Words that no working woman wants to hear…especially just starting out in her career…and especially during a pandemic! We all know that a job search can be...
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10 Steps for Building the Resilience to Move from Trauma to Triumph
This year has brought more than its fair share of trauma—a global pandemic, quarantine, unexpected isolation, sudden deaths, massive job losses, a videotaped murder at the hands of a police officer, a global protest...
For Feminism, Basically
My initial understanding of feminism crystallized one fall day in my junior year of high school, in 1968, when I met Anne Sexton on the back porch of our house in Hanover, New Hampshire....
21st Century Burnout
2008 was a dumpster fire. I was getting divorced smack dab in the middle of the global financial crisis. I’d built a company where I’d been living my professional dream for seven years. When...
6 Steps to Building a Remote Work Environment That’s Sustainable
When COVID-19 began, work-from-home seemed like a blessed stopgap — a way out of working in potentially health- and life-compromising environments, and a way to (partially) manage kids who had nowhere to go during...
Going Back to School While Working? Yes You Can!
Instead of taking all of these one-off courses, why don’t I just get an MBA? As I said those words to my boss, a voice in my head screamed ‘are you crazy? You’re already...
How to Thrive in Times of Change
Dealing with change can be difficult. After all, humans are creatures of habit. We’ve spent years perfecting our routines and situational responses, basing them on experience and empirical evidence. When we’re in our comfort...
Leadership is not for everyone. Is it for you?
Merriam-Webster defines leadership as “the office or position of a leader; capacity to lead; and the act or instance of leading.” I contend that leadership is more than a title, ability, or action. Unlike...
Three Ways to Discover What Holds You Back
You are in this business or career because you wanted to make a difference and do what you love. What you may have noticed is that while things can go smoothly, there are times...
7 Tips to Prepare For Coming Out of Isolation
I’ve been in extended isolation before. As an expedition leader in Antarctica, I spent nine months in temperatures hovering around minus 35 degrees, with a lack of privacy and the mundane nature of the...