Elena Kaspi · Career Coaching & Development Expert

There has been a lot of heated discussions lately about the word “Settling”. It comes on the heels of a book written by a fellow 85 Broad member about women, relationships and the definition of “settling” when it comes to our interpersonal and romantic relationships.

I am not here to tame the lion or enter the fray. My feelings about the whole topic when it comes to men and husbands, lay snuggly buried somewhere beneath the warm, lasagna-like layers of a whole host of complex ingredients which include joy, denial, mortality, ambivalence & companionship that is the stuff of any 15 year mar…

If you are one of those people who does not believe in the powerful transformative force of positive thinking and creative visualization over present reality..then you probably shouldn’t read on.

So for those likeminded people who like me can be hard as nails, tough & practical and yet mystically open to spirituality & the powers of synchronicity and positive thinking..I invite you to take off your yellow construction hazard hat, open your third eye and read on….

Like most people, I think I have been unlucky in some areas of my life and very lucky in others. In the “lucky” departmen…

Just came out of a coaching session with a brilliant, gorgeous top credentialed lawyer who was dizzy from all the vague career advice that she’s been getting. Once I got her into a chair, gave her something to drink, she breathed heavily, stared deeply into the glass of cold water I gave her, she paused silently for a while and then she suddenly looked up at me with wide eyes and asked "What EXACTLY IS an *($%0 Informational Interview and why would ANYONE ever agree to giving me one!!???

Well, that was the impetus for this little article. Informational interviews…hmmm..lately it seems …

I was recently invited to conduct a Myers Briggs workshop for a large lawfirm. And the objective of the workshop was to understand how to better manage our communication styles when interacting with clients and our teams. Heady but important stuff, in this climate, right? Right. Or so I thought. The presentation went off well, but left me with some afterthoughts that I thought I would share.

All careers have obstacles we anticipate and ones we don’t. And this presentation was no different. My biggest obstacle in giving this presentation was not the 800 lb partners in the room, or the sk…