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It’s Time to Let Go of Work/Life Balance

Three steps to create more space in your life for YOU and how to take a new approach to integrate your work and life…

Transforming Saudi Arabia: Leaving a Mark for My Daughters

Ranked third in the most powerful Arab Women in 2012, Reem Asaad earned international acclaim after campaigning to replace an all male work force in Lingerie stores in Saudi Arabia with women, giving women thousands of jobs. She writes here about the rise of women in the work force, her career path and how she manages the demands of work and family.

Claim Your Creativity

Creative Muscle

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR:  Becky Blades
Chairman, Trozzolo Communications Group and
Owner of Travels With Lola and Ze Jolie.

Do you consider yourself creative? No matter how you answer the question, you will spend a lot of time creating today.

You’ll create a Facebook update, a business strategy, or a punishment for your kid. You’ll create an outfit, an attitude, or a way to help a…

Arriving Late, Leaving Early

Arriving Early / Leaving Late

Dr. Herminia Ibarra got me thinking about “widely-held” workplace norms. Sharing her story in the New York Times Dr. Ibarra challenged the long-held assumption that in order to succeed at work your only schedule options are: Arrive Early AND Work Late OR if you need to Arrive Late then you better Work Late OR if you need to Leave Early you better Arrive Early.

No one would ever advise or…

Pursue Passions While Raising Children

Carol Evans, President & CEO of Working Mother Media is a hero to working mothers across the globe, proving that women can pursue their passions while raising children effectively. Carol Evans’ involvement with Working Mother started 1979 when she sold advertising for the test issue.

She continued with the company for ten years working her way up from national sales director to…

A Change in Our Collective Mindset

Changing the Collective Mindset

Last night, I finally got to go and see the documentary I AM. I was reminded and inspired again about the power of shift in the collective mindset.

Throughout history, humanity has been blessed with moments in time when, after considerable work by many, many people, there is finally a seismic shift not just in behavior but in the fundamental core belief of the collective. A few of thes…

Women spend too much time seeking perfection

Women seeking perfection at work and feeling that they have to be better and smarter than men was one of the topics discussed in a panel presentation held this week by the National Council for Research on Women. Their advice:

DON’T!

Instead, the panelists recommended that women need to work on becoming more resilient and comfortable with failure. While this blog focuses on success, t…

In Control

Although most women can identify with or share in the feeling that at times their lives are a little out of control, successful working women typically share a common belief about control. They believe in an internal versus external locus of control.

What does that mean?

Locus of control orientation is a psychology concept originally developed by Julian Rotter in the 1960s that…

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