The Secret to Getting Promoted Fast (Without Kissing Butt Or Losing Your Mind)
Let’s be real, very few of us want to work upwards of 8 hours a day to be charitable to multi-million corporations. And for the least charitably-inclined among us, we would like to climb the corporate ladder, shatter this annoying glass ceiling, and make it to the top...
25 Secrets To Win At the Visibility Game at Work
Have you ever felt like you were absolutely invisible at work? That no one suspects your hard-working existence behind the medium-sized cardboard walls of your sad cubicle? That even those well-crafted, insightful emails you keep sending are falling on deaf corporate...
Fashion Break: Lace Shoulder Tee
It's time for 3-quarter sleeve tops again, and I'm loving this lace shoulder tee from AnnTaylor. The simple cut of this jewel neck top contrasts nicely with the luxe look of the lace shoulders. Perfect to pair with easy slacks or a fresh pencil skirt for work. Also...
How to Play Well When Co-Managing A Team
Have you ever watched two toddlers play together, sharing their toys in perfect harmony and agreement over whose turn it is to smash the mini firetruck into the wall? Probably not…for the simple reason that if you’ve been around any toddler between the age of the...
7 Steps You Must Follow To Conduct Your First Interview
I remember the first time I was asked to interview a candidate in Big Corporate. It was mid-afternoon on a Friday afternoon, I was wrapping up on my current projects, listening to iHeart Radio and planning my outfit to go out to dinner with a couple of friends that...
How To Beat The Office Backstabber At Their Own Game
You know him or her. The dreaded, despised but put up with for way too long office backstabber. The one who steals your ideas and takes credit for them later at the weekly status meeting. Or piggy backs on your contributions to inflate theirs, withholding critical...
7 Things Working Moms Taught Me About Building A Real Career
The first time I had to work in a team led by a female manager, I nearly broke in hives. Not because I dreaded the work, the team, or the fact that mice came out to play after-hours in the office. Not even because it was a new job, in an new industry, in an old...
Forget About Blending In: 7 Ways to Stand out In A Large Work Team
I remember being a young associate in Big Accounting, being thrown on 30+ people engagement teams, with no idea who was who, who to talk to, where to go, what to say...Never mind communicating effectively...Amazon's Jeff Bezos had a golden rule: if your team...
The 411: Weekly News Update
Happy Sunday everyone! It's a rainy, "let-me-stay-in-bed-with-a book" kind of day on this side of the blogosphere...As I'm sipping on my third, ahem, one of my cups of coffee, here are the news that made my week: If you're under 35, Fortune came out with the best...
7 Outstanding Questions to Ask Your New Mentor
To this day, I can still remember my very first meeting with my very first mentor. At the time, as a young associate starting out in Big Accounting, I didn't even really know what a mentor was, what they represent for anyone's career, and most importantly, what the...
