Possibly you’ve never had a formal mentor, but like many of us, you’ve been mentored and have mentored others. It just wasn’t called mentoring because you didn’t put a name tag on helping another person become better at her job and more skilled at building professional relationships. Why Be a Mentor? Mentoring means different things
“There are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and praise” — Mary Kay Ash Mary Kay Ash established the global Mary Kay® direct-sales cosmetic business in 1963 with $5,000 and the help of her 20-year-old son. Today it is a $3.5 billion company. Mary Kay built the foundation of her business on
It’s not only disheartening but also disruptive when you learn one of your staff members has a drinking problem. Just this past week, a business colleague had a very upsetting experience that almost lost her a client. She called us in frustration because she didn’t know what to say to her employee. Don’t Become an
This post first appeared in SpinSucks, September 22, 2020 On Friday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. I’m not Jewish, but I grew up Mormon and I’ve always felt the two religions were fairly close in their beliefs, particularly in how they live their lives. The major difference, of course, is Mormons are Christian. Because it’s
It hardly seems possible that 57 years have passed since the publication of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking book “The Feminine Mystique” in February, 1963. She made it OK for women to be more assertive in the workplace at a time when companies still ran separate employment ads for women and men. Sure, how things have changed
Be honest. Were you constantly checking your company email and social media accounts this resent holiday weekend? The summer vacation season “officially” started with the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. although it is likely to look very different in these post-pandemic days. Since the advent of the Internet, most of us find that we’re
Our hunch is that many of you are thinking, “Oh no! Not another blog on New Year’s Resolutions!” We felt the same way but then decided to make our resolutions so we could join the conversations whether at the water cooler, on Facebook or Twitter. It’s hard to keep our New Year’s resolutions, especially if
Will Women’s History Month (March) 2018 once again be detached from the present? Or, will it recognize that we live in a country that feels deeply divided – by geography, race, class, religion, media, political worldview – and help solidify a Fourth Wave of Feminism? The intention of the #MeToo hashtag was to empower women
You may remember when department stores were closed on Sunday and only opened one night a week for shoppers who worked. Or, you may recall how you enjoyed the luxury of life without email. Tuning Out Millions of people will observe two major religious holidays in about five weeks – Easter and Passover. If you
An interview on the benefits of mindfulness with Peregrine Kavros, clinical neuropsychologist and Founder of Management Focus What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a meditative practice that comes to us from Buddhism. According to founder Jon Kabat Zinn, mindfulness is a way of paying attention to what is happening in the present moment in a non-judgmental manner. Mindfulness
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