My latest career coaching post for Forbes elicited several interesting comments as people shared their reasons for quitting a job!
As a career coach, I talk to a lot of people who are dissatisfied with their job for a variety of reasons – pay isn’t competitive, work imposes too much on personal life, skills are stagnating, interest in the work has waned, etc. How do you know if you should try to...
For my latest Work In Progress post for Forbes.com, I share 10 career and life areas where we can be more thoughtful, deliberate and proactive in the new year:
Another year has gone by. What are the highlights of last year? What did you intend to do but didn’t finish (or start)? Take an audit of what has already happened, so you can repeat what works and refine what didn’t. Regardless of...
Janet is a gal we love
Sent from an angel up above
To show the boys we can be halfbacks
She led the way at Goldman Sachs
First woman to ascend the sales throne
Janet paved the way for female hormones
Quick to see the value in a new thing called the internet
85Broads.com was a domain she had to get
Before the men at GS could ask “who let her do that”
An amazing network of women was begat
We jam...
In my last post, I talked about Career Lessons From The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women Rankings. One of the lessons is to “put yourself out there.” Indeed, if you look at the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2012 you see the success from self-promotion: Sara Blakely selling her Spanx firsthand in the foyer of Neiman Marcus or Fawzia Koofi publishing a book and announcing, despite death...
So exciting to see Janet Hanson in the section on Women Changing the World: http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/power-women/women-changing-the-world.html
With two daughters it’s reassuring to be able to show them so many interesting examples of women being feted for power and influence. I’m also a sucker for biographies, so to get a snippet of so many in one place is personal fun. But sometimes you look at a list like the World’s 100 Most Powerful...
Kelly Daugherty and Jayne Drew knew almost nothing about fashion production and merchandising when they decided to launch Smashing Online. What they did know was that they were on to a great idea-combining the success of shapewear with performance fabrics for tennis and golf outfits. There idea was to provide athletic attire that would give instant "tummy control."
Fittingly, Kelly and Jayne met while playing tennis together. They came up with the...
The Olympics is a classic display of people at their best in a single, high-stakes moment. Champion athletes have trained years and years and are required to perform at their peak for a specific, short burst of time. You may not be aspiring to the Olympics but you will also encounter career situations – job interview, performance review, raise request, management presentation – where you need to be at your best...
At different points in time, we all need or want something from a wide variety of people. You want a friend to refer you for a job. You want your boss to give you a raise. You need your team to deliver results for your department. It might seem that each of these diverse requests needs to be handled differently. But there is a simple two-prong framework that you can apply...
For the currently employed, the volatile economy makes many people grateful just to have a job. But for some people work isn’t complete unless it’s meaningful personally. How do you do find personal fulfillment when you might be anxious just to keep your job? Or what if you’re resentful at having foregone salary increases for the past few years? Or what if you’re just exhausted at doing more than one role...
You’ve probably heard the term angel investor before. Here’s how the website investopedia.com defines it:
Angel investors give more favorable terms than other lenders, as they are usually investing in the person rather than the viability of the business. They are focused on helping the business succeed, rather than reaping a huge profit from their investment.
At Shoptimize, angel shoppers shop with a gender lens. Our shoppers aren’t just buying...
