Building and Nurturing Virtual Global Teams

In case you missed my LIVE interview with the incredible Jill Ralph (Head of Global Membership at Motley Fool), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:

• Know thyself and who you're interacting with
• Leap and the net will appear
• Magical spots are where personal passion and professional paths intersect
• Invest more upfront with recruiting AND onboarding
• Have agendas for meetings and do NOT waste other people's time. Cancel meetings if not vita
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Bully in the Boardroom?

Whether it’s in the highest court in the land, the corporate boardroom, or any other room, most of us have experienced bullying, implicit or explicit, at some time in our career. With the current political climate, it’s not a stretch to say that it is likely to get worse before it gets better.

This hit to company culture is expensive because it causes physical and emotional collateral (difficulty sleeping, higher stress, anxiety, insomnia...

Enabling Growth Through Disruption

In case you missed my LIVE interview with the incredible Nicole Johnson (Director of Sales Acceleration at Veeam Software), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:

1. Share your successes and learnings to help and inspire others
2. Fail forward, fail fast, fail often
3. Compete to win, and do it at Veeam speed (ie: go all in, work efficiently, and kick fear and doubt to the curb)
4. Surround yourself with people who will challenge you learn and grow
5. There is
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Creating Transformational Culture Change

In case you missed my LIVE interview with the incredible Latisha M. Roberson (Inclusion & Diversity Strategic Partnerships Lead at Accenture), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:

1. Money does not grow on trees.' It's important to understand equal pay, wealth creation, sustainability and growth
2. Set goals, accomplish (or learn:), celebrate!, set another
3. Inclusion and Diversity = Invite to the party AND Ask to Dance -- Shifts need to be gradual
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How Women Are Shaping Tech

STOP and listen if you want to fast track your career success! Carrie Goetz (Principal and CTO of StrategITcom) hit this interview out of the park. SO much wisdom shared. Here are a few of the main take-aways:
-- When someone says ’You can’t.’, figure it out and get it done.
-- Try not to allow others to pull you down.
-- Be bold and take chances even when you don’t have all the answers or are not totally prepared.
-- If in a very negative environment, consider trying to ...

Driving Change Through Real Customer Connection

I was super excited to have this wonderful conversation with Healthline Media's Vice President of Consumer Insights, Laurie Dewan. 

Here are the highlights from our amazing chat:

1. Higher need to intentionally leverage informal and formal networks
2. Set goals and make a habit of doing this consistently
3. Epic quote by Laurie (and Marianne Williamson:) 'The World is Not Served by You Playing Small'
4. There is a great power in careful listening and s
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Women Helping Women: The Importance of Intentional Networking

Whether you are currently in your dream job or looking for something new, you won't want to miss these strategies to help yourself, your colleagues and friends to make the meaningful progress in their career. Relationships are everything, especially when it comes to building trust, credibility, expertise and opportunities, so I was super excited to have this conversation with International Association of Women (IAW) Vice President of...

Want to Put Groundhog Day to Rest?

If days, weeks and even months feel blurred, and overwhelm is a constant companion, you are most certainly not alone. Groundhog Day is an uncomfortable and unsustainable (yet common!) place to be, and it’s not where creativity, productivity, innovative ability or joy live. 

Here are a couple things you can do RIGHT NOW to help go from feeling like you're "spinning", depleted and not in control... to feeling grounded, calm, and on purpose. 

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3 Steps to Courageous Allyship

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Often times growth, progress and change require risk. 

When an Olympic hopeful in equestrian show-jumping decides to play all out, she may decide to cut inside a jump to shave off precious time from the clock rather than choose a safer route to allow more time to get her horse balanced and straight. 

If she plays all out, she takes a big risk. 

Her horse may not be as able to clear the fence therefore taking down a rail a...

Empowering Women and Girls in Tech to Dream Big

I had the honor of interviewing angel investor, marketing strategist, Founder, House of Thor and a champion of women and girls, Kim Emerson. Kim was inspired at a young age by her grandfather who pushed her to do well in school. After graduating from Cornell as one of 20 women in a class of 200 in the Electrical Engineering Department, Kim soon became an international influencer in the tech industry. She is also a firm supporter of the Everyone Ma...