I invite you to consider gratitude from three perspectives: a way to increase joy in good times; a way to lessen pain in bad times; and a way to build your brand by giving voice to the gratitude you naturally feel in your heart. Be grateful in good times Thankfulness is a great equalizer. In [...]

Do you possess the style, grace and savvy to take on tough issues in the boardroom? Does your leadership and communications style need more focus? Learn what it takes to make this happen with our Art of WOW DVD. Successful women can reach career plateaus that are perplexing and frustrating. In fact, many are held [...]

Become Your Personal Best In these challenging times, your success will depend on the attitude you choose daily and how you decide to embrace change. The success you experience in your career will depend on the choices you make every day. You don’t get to vote on how you are perceived.  How others see you [...]

Increasingly, an email — whether initiated by you or forwarded on your behalf – is your first business contact with a prospective client, business partner or colleague. Email interactions now outnumber telephone and in-person contact by a wide margin — even with colleagues sitting in the next cubicle. Do not mistake the ease and speed [...]

Summer can be a great time for working your way through a few items on your perpetual To-Do list. Congratulations if this includes creating or updating your Virtual Network! It is so critical to keep your information up-to-date and relevant. Your online profile is a terrific opportunity to present your unique brand to the corporate [...]

Each generation has its unique strength and specific style at work. Your ability to understand and work well with older and younger colleagues will help you to flex your communication style for greater impact and influence. Baby Boomers, for example, will show superior interpersonal skills in the workplace. They know the value and the art [...]

How to understand, relate to, and motivate across the generational differences. Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation Xers (born 1965-1980) and Millennials (born after 1980) come to the workplace with different experiences, skills, priorities, and expectations. Critically, that means often what motivates one generation couldn’t be more different than what motivates another. Your success – whether [...]

No need to shorten your summer holidays for an essential meeting at the office – just make it virtual! Even without your actual presence and involvement, you can still be your best PR person and be heard. Remember these basic common-sense rules for this great technology, to ensure your virtual presence is as impactful as [...]