I recently saw this at the bottom of a friend’s email, following her signature: “I am a work in progress. Please consider giving me feedback here.” The link goes to a Google Drive form with a few lines for anonymous feedback and a place to include your name, which is optional. What a crazy concept,…
Is your company immune to PR disasters? With so many eyes on the public-facing piece, with processes in place, could a nuance of words (or pictures) take you down? The answer is yes. Why? Because those mistakes occur based on personal and collective beliefs that often fly outside of any checks, balances or accountability. We…
On a recent bucket-list trip, I went snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. So cool, right? It was an amazing experience. But it wasn’t without anxiety. Because despite the excitement of being in Australia on one of the world’s most amazing reefs, I was worried about sharks. Sharks are scary. I mean, have you seen…
There was a time when I didn’t. Speak up, that is. I was scared. Afraid people would judge me. Afraid I would say the wrong thing. Afraid others wouldn’t agree. Afraid it wouldn’t be quite perfect. It was one day after not speaking up in a meeting, that I was sitting with a senior partner,…
I recently listened to much of the Tory Burch Foundation’s Embrace Ambition Summit. It was a fabulous, well planned and interesting day of stories, tips and experiences to encourage and empower women and the men who are committed to step up, support and help empower them. For some, it is easy to embrace the ambition…
Two years ago, on a chilly January day at 12:30 in the afternoon, I was brutally attacked, beaten and robbed – in the alley behind my house. At the time, I did not know or even fathom how I would get beyond the experience and the fear that surrounded me inside and out. But, I…
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to do a TEDx talk – to be able to share an “idea worth spreading.” My talk was on Deconstructing Biases, Building Bridges, Not Barriers, and while talking about biases is not new and the acceptance of looking at them is becoming more mainstream, the approach I take…
What does confidence mean to you? According to Merriam-Webster, Confidence is a feeling or consciousness of one’s powers or, of reliance on one’s circumstances; faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way. Many have heard the Henry Ford quote, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t,…
Amazing that Summer is upon us and half of the year has gone by. For some, it is has flown by and for others, it has crept. Either way, now is a good time to take a reality check on how you are doing with the whole idea of taking care of yourself. Self-care is…
The month of March can signal many things to many people. For me, it is nearing the beginning of Spring, a time of new growth. We have had a lot of change over the past few months and our approach to how we respond to change can be empowering or stifling. We will take a…