With the wall-to-wall virtual meetings I have attended over the past two years, something has come to light that I knew about in the back of my mind, but with the various heads in boxes, has come right to the front. It’s all the nodding and apologizing we women are doing. Have you noticed? In […]
5 Incredibly Useful Tips For Remembering Names
I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts about my favorite working mom hacks. I’ve talked about scheduling and how to tackle those little tasks that have to get done. Today’s post is about remembering names. I have always been pretty good at matching names to faces, but as life becomes more complex at work and […]
How To Be Visible In A Pandemic
Before the pandemic hit, many of us aspired to grow with the company we work for. There were goals in place to help get us promoted. And we were working toward those goals. The next thing you know, the pandemic hit and suddenly we’re working from home. And now it seems like all our aspirations […]
Women: How To Define Your Value In The Workplace
If you are a woman actively building your career but struggling to get the next promotion you may need to change your perspective from results to value. As women, we are quick to undermine, diminish and give up our value. Why is that? Patti Newcomer, accomplished leader working for Blue Chip companies says, “Women’s struggle […]
Tackling Gender Imbalance In The Water Industry
I had the opportunity to talk with Tom Freyberg about the Brave Blue World project to talk about the goal to deliver water services throughout the world. And I got to talk about my personal story about how I went from a chemical engineer to a career I’m passionate about – water. It was also […]
Sponsorship For Women: How To Find One and Engage With Them
Nowadays, you’ll find there are more women in executive roles. Career Addict listed 16 of them in their article Top Female CEOs: The 16 Leading Women of Business in 2019. But even though women have held executive roles for years now, it hasn’t been as easy getting there as it has been for their male […]
5 Ways To Opt Out Of Low-Value Work Assignments
Have you ever had your boss “invite” you to be a part of an “important” initiative that made you feel uneasy? Usually accompanied with that sinking feeling, “I am going to give my time and energy to something that is going nowhere.” We have all been pulled into extracurricular, low-value teams that don’t have clear […]
