Karmen Gardner, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty
Karmen is a licensed Realtor who provides exceptional service for her clients. She has recently become certified in affordable housing. Her experience in business management and customer relations has taught her that building a relationship with her clients is the key...
Gender Equality: Who Needs to Change?
Many companies in the United States and abroad have embraced the need for increased gender equality over the past couple of decades. As a result, gender diversity initiatives were formed to address the issue of fairness and equality in the workplace. Traditionally,...
Carolyn Parks, President, Outstanding Women Speakers, Inc.
Carolyn Parks started her company, Outstanding Women Speakers, Inc. four years ago and now has over 150 women speakers. Based out of Canada, she places speakers at events all over North America. Her website: http://outstandingwomenspeak.com...
Choose Three Adjectives
Carla Harris, Managing Director on Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley, is quoted as saying that she believes the key to success is identifying "three adjectives you want people to use to describe you and then training people to see you that way". I love this...
Are the “Shoulds” Getting You Down?
As women, we are continuously striving for work/life balance because we believe it’s possible. All the subject matter experts (myself NOT included) tell us that we can achieve balance in our lives and we should make every effort to create this equilibrium for...
Stop Talking Already!
This is a guest post by Laura Caton from The Cornerstone Group Inc. www.thecornerstonegroupinc.com To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation. ~Chinese proverb. On May 21, more than 200 people...
Marcia Bloomberg, The Bloomberg Group
Marcia's background in the non-profit world led her to develop her latest business venture. She recognized a need for non-profits to have easy access to available resources and so she started the NonProfit National Resource Directory....
Dress for Success: Choosing Appropriate Attire for Work
I was on the fast track. It was just a little over a year since I was hired for an entry level position with a medical management company and I was promoted to executive status. I loved my job and got to travel and meet and work with wonderful people. I was good at...
Why Can’t We Just Get Along? Women Bullying Other Women
Don't we have enough obstacles in the workplace without having to deal with other women sabotaging our efforts? Why can't women just get along and support each other in their efforts to advance their careers? The New York Times this week ran an article, "Backlash:...