I recently attended a Women’s Leadership conference (virtually, of course), where I enjoyed hearing journey stories of female leaders from all sorts of traditionally male-dominated industries. There were some amazing women! There was also a common theme coming from the speakers. Over and over I heard the message that women
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Resilience won’t help. Antifragility will.
Here we are, halfway through the year. This is usually the time I would recommend reviewing your annual goals and checking in on your progress. But this isn’t a typical year (as you already know). For the past several months, you’ve probably been in survival mode — a coping strategy
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I wish I had spoken sooner: Black Lives Matter
The last few weeks have been a painful whirlwind of emotions. I’ve struggled with how to start this post. In the past few weeks as I’ve watched, listened, learned, and gotten a deeper level of understanding. I’ve realized I’ve been a ‘good white woman’ ignorantly thinking that was enough. I
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Adapting to a New Reality
Unprecedented Change Before the lockdown, there was some semblance of boundaries. But today, everything is muddled together. Before, if your kids interrupted a WFH zoom meeting, it would bring embarrassment and over 39 million views on YouTube. Now work meetings are happening in your bedroom or kitchen table with children
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Curious Leaders are the Best Leaders
If you’re like me, when growing up, you were rewarded for having the right answer in school. And there was typically only one correct answer (usually determined by the teacher, regardless of whether there were other possible answers). It was a system that rewarded memorization and regurgitation of names, dates,
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