Gender Bias in Pay Practices
Despite widespread publicity and concern, the fight against gender bias in pay practices has not gained the momentum it deserves. This failure can be attributed to conflicting conclusions from...
The Re-Invention of the Elevator Pitch
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein The elevator pitch isn’t just for job seekers anymore. Today, business leaders are using this...
The Changing Look of the C-Suite
Gender bias can come in many forms, such as failing to allow a female business owner to speak up during a meeting. Or it can be more blatant, such...
How to Make Your Organization A Best Place to Work
Enthusiasm is an amazing thing – it has the potential to transform individuals from just employees into a cohesive force committed to your success. Better still, building and fostering...
Diversity and Inclusion Go Hand in Hand
The disparity between the level of diversity and the level of inclusion in an organization is usually born out of a misunderstanding of what the two terms mean. While...
Success in Today’s Business Environment
As a business leaders, we all measure success in different ways. Some take a purely numbers approach, looking at revenue growth and profit margins. Others believe that the ability...
Professional Development: An Investment in Yourself
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin The workplace has never been as fluid and as susceptible...
Mergers and Acquisitions: Cultural Harmony
A merger of two companies is always a fluid process. The logo and brand name may be swapped instantly but the human element cannot. Asking one workforce to adopt...
Building and Encouraging Confidence in Your Employees
"Fostering confidence is really the missing ingredient for women when it comes to leadership," journalist Claire Shipman commented at the 2018 Society for Human Resource Management's Leadership Development Forum....
Defining a Path to Fulfillment
There comes a point (sometimes more than one) in every business leader’s journey where he or she hits the wall. Professional progress plateaus, personal happiness plummets, and waking up...
The New Generation in the Workforce
Last year, I wrote an article offering suggestions on how to increase employee retention. Suggestions included sponsoring social events such as icebreakers and happy hours, ways to be appreciative...
Making Decisions Outside Your Current Paradigm
Often times, when business leaders are faced with difficult decisions, they look within themselves and the company for answers. However, more often than not, the best answers come from...
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Are you one of the nearly 50 percent of U.S. workers that routinely work over 50 hours a week? Are you sacrificing weekend and vacation time for your job?...
Fostering Culturally Diverse Teams
There is no dearth in news about the millennial generation; a quick online search of the term came up with numerous articles ranging from topics such as conversations to...
When is it Time to Step Back?
"I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me ... It freed me to...
How Your Branding Reflects Your Company’s Values
I recently read an interesting article discussing how packaging reflects a company’s values. The article pointed out that, over the past several years, a large American company has consistently...
Tips that Lead to Successful Negotiations
John F. Kennedy once said, “let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” In today’s business environment, these words especially ring true. Negotiating...
Keep Your Employees Engaged Throughout the Summer
Throughout the hot and humid summer months, it can be a challenge to sustain the heightened levels of employee engagement your organization needs to keep everything firing on all...
Give Your Organization a Mid-Year Checkup
We are all full of hope and excitement at the beginning of a new year. If you look back over my previous blog posts, you will see titles such...
Changing Strategy & Changing Minds
In the business world, change is inevitable. Markets evolve, consumer demands develop, and technology drives new behaviors. Companies are forced to adapt. However, when current corporate approaches are not...
The Importance of Corporate Culture
There is no single “correct” corporate culture. As every business is different, so is their ideal corporate culture. However, one thing is consistent - each organization needs a strong...
Are You Looking for a Great Summer Read?
With warm weather and vacation time fast approaching, it’s a great time of year to review some of the best business books for summer reading. These five books will...
Incivility in the Workplace
Incivility in the workplace can take many forms, it can take place in private, or it can be something which occurs publicly. However, why ever, and whenever it occurs,...
Achieving Work-Life Balance During the Summer Months
With the long hours of daylight available and that all-important summer vacation on the horizon, now is the ideal time to consider how to achieve your work activities in...