Blog – Category Career
The Deal Has Gone Bad — Now What?
The vendor was disastrous. Deadlines missed, calls not returned, work incomplete, programming sloppy, and worst of all—he didn’t even bother to watch the screen-casts I recorded of the problems he needed to fix! I discovered how lackadaisical his approach was during a...
How to raise women’s paychecks…
Dear Brilliant Woman, There’s a shocking new study on women and money, in the workplace: According to AAUW, women will get paid equally as the men (who do the same jobs as you)… (are you sitting down?) …in just another 124 years. That’s right women, we’re “just”...
Why Acting Like a Girl is Good for Business
Strong and successful alpha (masculine) women are on the rise in the business world, along with feminine men. I love that we get to pick the persona that fits us best but role reversals are also a source of confusion. Let's be clear—this has nothing to do with sexual...
Forget New Year’s Resolutions – Do This Instead
Are you already getting that knot in your stomach just thinking about what will happen when all hell breaks loose the first week of January? You need to organize your desk, make to-do lists, follow up, enter data, and most importantly—set your yearly goals. We’ve all...
Love and Loathing of Internet Leaks in the Age of Authenticity
Heads are rolling. Amy Pascal will not make it. Sony can do nothing to avoid the avalanche of bad press, snide comments, and our secret enjoyment as we evaluate which of our heroes will fall from grace and whom we will still believe. Truth is, we suspect that certain...
Using your Personal Value Proposition To Become Liked and Respected
She’s driving you crazy. You know exactly whom I mean. When the boss is around she’s sweet, soft, and says all the right things. The boss is enamored with her because she is smart and an asset to the team. The only problem is that nobody else likes her. She’s a raging...
How to Grab Hot Jobs and Advance at Lighting Speed
It’s so blatantly obvious. The new guy is trying to grab all the hot jobs—those jobs that get the most exposure and have the highest dollar value—even though he isn’t a very good project manager. He’s a number cruncher for crying out loud! Why won’t he let the team...
How Using Your Super Skill Makes You Irreplaceable
This is the third post in a series of five about creating your personal value proposition (PVP)—your unique skill set and integral component of your personal brand. Do you hate math? Are you emails riddled with spelling mistakes? Does writing even a short letter take...
Wallflower Be Gone – How To Strut Your Stuff And Get Noticed
Last week I wrote about creating your personal value proposition so you are noticed for the right reasons by your colleagues, friends, and family. Here is the second step on how to create your PVP. A PVP represents your personal brand. It is what you stand for. Or, as...
Stop Blending In – How To Create your Personal Value Proposition
The single biggest mistake that most people and most businesses make is that they don't know what makes them special. To be noticed you want to identify why you or your business are not like the others. If you don't, you may as well be wearing an invisibility cloak....
The Women’s Code on Masculine Women—Are You One?
We used to believe masculine women were butch, a little bit scary, wore pant suits and comfortable shoes—they were easy to spot. That surely has changed. I am a masculine alpha woman. I wear high heels, frills, skirts, and like it if my man orders dinner for me. Yet...
Please Change The Subject
Self-discipline is necessary in your online communications. Long emails are easy—the short, effective ones take more effort. Always ask yourself: What do I want to say? Is it clear? Does it need a lot of detail? Am I specifically asking for what I want the recipient...
This LinkedIn Feature Can Cost You A Job
Time to reveal a not-so-secret secret that stares us in the face multiple times a day. You may even use this trick yourself, or at least recognize the strategy. After all, you see it on newsstands all the time. Gazing at the magazine selection while you wait for your...
Men Don’t Know, So Stop Pretending
I am so tired of men telling me about work-life balance for women. You don’t know. Stop talking about it. I’ve had this discussion over and over again for the past seven years, and it’s the reason I developed The Women’s Code. In theory, men and women experience the...
5 Relationship Principles I Learned While On Vacation
Just yesterday, I returned home from my vacation in the Dominican Republic. Of the 20 people who shared the 10-bedroom villa, I knew only one of them before I got there. A bit nerve-wracking if you ask me. Would we get along? Would there be drama? Would this vacation...
The Bitch-and-Bully-Free Office
Warning! You may find this article offensive and it could strike close to home if you have ever been a victim of workplace bullying. Sadly, office bullies and bitches are commonplace. In an office that employs 50 people, 22 will be bullied and 18 of them eventually...
What Brian Tracy Taught Me
What I learned from Brian Tracy A few weeks ago, I taught a three-day business-building course through CreativeLive, which is an online learning platform. The response was overwhelming. I received no less than 200 messages about my course from across all my social...
The New Nerd
Why are there so few women in tech? As someone who’s worked in tech for twenty years it’s always been a mystery. Most men I’ve spoken to don’t think this is much of an issue.After I posted this very question in an anonymous forum the responses received were worse than...