Janetta was a star employee. Two years ago she had been hired by her contracting firm out of a top school. She spoke a foreign language. She was assigned all the top projects. She was promoted. But in her new role, she encountered the most unlikely of push-back: From her trainer.
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.
The story was sad. Anne-Marie Slaughter loved her dream job as director of policy planning at the State Department. But after protracted periods of leaving her two sons and husband at home five days each week while she was in Washington, she realized it wasn’t working.
Jill is my sister-in-law. She pretty much rocks. Jill is the person who makes milk come out your nose. She is the person who people turn and say ‘who’s that?’ when she walks into a party. She’s got it. She’s got the energy. And she doesn’t abuse it. She’s Jill. You just love her already. Rewind to 1996…. Our young, new, naive brake pads came to a screeching halt when we learn Jill has breast cancer.
The Hot Mommas Project and Women Grow Business are celebrating actress / author Karen Kondazian’s June 18th Book Signing in DC at Barnes and Noble, Union Station at 5pm. If you continue to read, you’ll see what an amazing book this is for women and social justice. We’re giving away 10 FREE copies of The Whip for bloggers today + a free admission to the nationally award-winning Hot Mommas Project Digital Classroom for attendees of the book signing.
Do you consider yourself a leader? Are you raising a leader? What does it even take to be a leader these days?
Unfortunately, as the pretty hilarious DeathStar PR Tweet above states: Some believe it’s about demonstrating power, but when it doesn’t work out too well, then it becomes about how well you can hide mistakes or blame it on others.
As we say in the Frey household: Blame is Lame. And as such, let’s get into the first lesson of true leadership. If you master these three, you’ll be the darling of corporate America, your own company, or the best camp counselor that ever was.
Are you so sick of being multitasked to death? Seriously.
Let’s win against the evil vortex of dream-sucking multitasks. Blog mentoring is open.
It’s dinner time on the East Coast in the US. What are you doing? Maybe the typical scramble. People arriving, dumping bags, plugging in, trying to unplug, etc. But – are you doing anything for International Women’s Day? Maybe, maybe not. Well – here’s your chance. And, it’s actually pretty easy. And pretty cool. And you can discuss it with your kids and learn stuff at the same time. Around… Read More »Thanks for Dinner Sweetheart: It’s International Women’s Day #IWD
This Saturday, March 10 is Guerrilla Mentoring at the George Washington University. This is part of our SisU learning series where in women share a goal or a challenge and get feedback in a very specialized manner. What is your goal or challenge for 2012?
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) had a recent blog post shouting out favorite STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math) women of the screen….I think my inner STEM gal has been waiting to come out for a long time. It’s been repressed. Is yours?
We’re giving five scholarship tickets to our March 10 Guerrilla Mentoring event. These are coveted spots my pretties, as our last event was packed standing-room-only.