For years, I believed that hard work was enough. And I worked my tail off to do my best work. Like many women, I was taught that if I put my head down, delivered great results, and stayed focused on doing excellent work, my efforts would be recognized and rewarded....
You were told that if you worked hard, kept your head down, and delivered results, you’d be rewarded. But that’s not reality, and in midlife, that realization hits even harder. Because while you’ve been focused 100% on your work, something else has been happening all...
Just this morning, as I was discussing writing this article with a friend, the conversation naturally turned to what personality types we each were. I could not classify myself as either one and subsequently came to the conclusion that I’m what’s called an ambivert....
My former client, Lisa, tells the story of how her manager with whom she had a great relationship did not invite her on an all day golf outing yet invited all her male counterparts. Lisa, not one to stay silent, had lunch with him a couple of weeks later and asked...
As part of my research for writing The Politics of Promotion: How High Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, I surveyed hundreds of women, not only about their challenges with office politics, but also their feelings about it. The emotions about this topic were...
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...
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