Make Flex Time Work For You And Your Boss
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Working an altered schedule can give you greater control over how you spend your time.
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As a weekly contributor to Forbes for nearly the last two years, Lelia regularly shares her insights into career fulfilment, negotiation, and workplace dynamics for women. Her work had been translated into 6 languages and published in 13 countries.
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3 Tools To Experience Anger Constructively At Work
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"Don't be emotional at work" isn't exactly realistic. These tools can help you process anger in a healthy way.
Read MoreHow To Use Sexism To Your Advantage At Work
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Wielded effectively, gender stereotypes can work to your advantage.
Read MoreTry This Fun Exercise To Set Goals In 2019
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Invariably, there’s a lot of chatter about resolutions this time of year. Every January we seem to have a collective epiphany about eating better, saving money, and getting in shape.
Real talk about resolutions: You probably won’t be a fundamentally different person in January than you are in July. So why do we all try to make a change at the same time, and why are the changes so often doomed to fail?
Read MorePregnant At Work? These 3 Pieces Of Advice Can Help
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Being pregnant at work can be exhausting. My support network is both insightful and hilarious – advising me to “follow the koala”. I share their great advice and my experience with a particularly nosy post office customer.
Read More3 Strategies to Navigate Work after Pregnancy Loss
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It's often difficult to navigate the physical and emotional toll of a miscarriage when you’re back at work. But it doesn’t have to be or feel impossible.
Read More3 Everyday Tools For Women To Become Better Speakers
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These easy-to-implement tools from Allison Shapira will help you rapidly improve your speaking skills.
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How To Leverage A Job Offer At Your Current Role
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Effectively leveraging one job offer for another can be challenging, particularly for women. Here are the five steps
Read MoreWhite Women: We Need To Talk About Race
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Real talk about the intersection of feminism, race, and economic inequality with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner.
Read MoreThis Survey Template Can Save You Time And Make You Money
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When scoping a consulting project, having insights into the client’s goals, budget, and expectations before you begin the conversation can be invaluable. Here’s the survey I use!
Read MoreHow To Scope A Consulting Project In 4 Steps
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This simple process can help you land the client efficiently and ensure you don't leave money on the table.
Read MoreThe Case For ‘Y’all’ In Professional Settings
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I recently composed a difficult professional email while on vacation with my family. As I read it aloud, my beloved aunt winced.
“You’re not going to write ‘y’all’ are you?,” she asked.
Short answer: “Hell yes, I am!”
Read MoreWant To Be A Paid Public Speaker? 12 Industry Experts Provide Insider Intel
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I sat down with 12 industry professionals to answer common questions and find out what it takes to become a successful speaker who works with speakers bureaus.
Read MoreHow To Negotiate With Customer Service At Big Companies
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Fighting with big institutions can be exhausting. Here are the tools I use to achieve success.
Read MoreThe Tools I’m Using To Stop Procrastinating
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“I don’t need time, I need a deadline.” This Duke Ellington quote used to be my mantra. I’d find myself repeating it as a justification for the frenetic energy I brought to the last minute conclusion of every project. Duke Ellington was a respected leader in his field, I reasoned, so if he operated with this attitude, my own procrastination wasn’t a personal failing.
While some people enjoy the high levels of intensity and focus that can come from relying on deadlines, I’ve recently decided I no longer wanted to be motivated by an intense, often exhausting, push to the finish line.
These are the four questions I explored as I strategized about forging a different path.
Read MoreStop Working On Your Weaknesses – Try This Approach Instead
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What happens when we think about what’s right with people rather than fixating on what’s wrong with them? Hint: it's good.
Read More3 Sales Tactics That Transformed My Confidence As An Entrepreneur
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This sales script and process has made the sales process more enjoyable and effective.
Read MoreDreading A Difficult Conversation? These 4 Strategies Can Help
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Whether you're dealing with a difficult client, colleague, or employer, these 4 strategies can help you say what you need to in a way that's compelling, authentic and more comfortable to you.
Read MoreWe Can’t End Sexism Without Addressing Racism and Inequality
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Accessible, meaningful and realistic next steps to take action
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