by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 1, 2025 | Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
When Anne Murphy left her in-house career to launch her own company, she never imagined that a global pandemic and long COVID would be the catalyst for her next chapter. For 18 months, she lived with a brain fog so heavy that she only had about two productive hours...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 15, 2025 | Assertive Communication, Communication, leadership, Women Empowerment
In moments when society feels fractured and violence seems to dominate the headlines, it’s easy to shrink back. To keep our heads down. To think, my voice doesn’t matter, or I don’t want to get involved. But history shows us something else entirely: when women raise...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 11, 2025 | creativity, Women Empowerment
A few weeks ago, I did something that felt both thrilling and terrifying: I sat down to write fiction for the first time. For most of my career, I’ve been firmly rooted in nonfiction. I’ve written books, articles, newsletters, and research-based thought leadership. My...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 3, 2025 | ambition, Office politics, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
I’ll never forget sitting in my office late one night, staring at the glow of my computer screen, and realizing: I can’t keep doing this. I was exhausted.I was angry.And I was questioning whether this company where I had poured 8 years of my life, now under new...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 30, 2025 | ambition, Badass Women, leadership, Women Empowerment
Rebecca Bloom never set out to be a women’s health advocate. She didn’t have a master plan, a grand mission, or a childhood dream of changing healthcare. Instead, she evolved into it, shaped by the circumstances of her own life, her legal career, and her mother’s...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 20, 2025 | MeToo, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
Over the course of my corporate career, my stories of sexual harassment are too numerous to share. They span from overt sexual invitations to off color comments. In the beginning of my career especially, there wasn’t a day that I didn’t hear inappropriate remarks,...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 14, 2025 | leadership, networking, relationship building and women, Self Promotion, Women in the Workplace
In the workplace today, if you want to advance your ideas and your career, it’s not just about how hard you work or how well you perform, though those matter. It’s about your ability to shape perceptions, build alliances, and move others to act. For women,...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 6, 2025 | Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
Lisa can be impatient and reactive. Her defensiveness prevents her from listening to others. As a result, she often triggers and turns people off, and in the workplace, she has been labeled as ‘difficult’ to work with. Supportive of her talent and career yet...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 31, 2025 | Office politics, Women Empowerment, Women in the Workplace
My new boss was a prominent member of the boy’s club. A buddy of the CEO at my company, he was brought in by him to assume the role of SVP in the northeast. My first impression was hardly positive. We met in a noisy hotel bar at our first national conference together...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 23, 2025 | life balance
It’s about a mile and a quarter down the hill to my happy place. Each Sunday afternoon, sunscreened and sneakers on, I embark on my journey to peace. The sun, breaking through the early morning marine layer, is my invitation to grab my Kindle, the keeper of all...
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