What’s your career dream for 2021? Everyone’s career dream looks different. A business owner’s dream will look different than a CEO’s dream, which will look different than a manager’s career dream. The first step to making your career dream comes true is turning your dream into achievable 2021 career goals. Read on to learn how ...
How is your job search going? Rarely is the move from one job to another a straight line. A job search can often feel tedious, frustrating, and sometimes like you’re running in circles. All of this can have a negative effect on your psyche. Unfortunately, formal education provides little preparation for the real world skill ...
As the days tick away towards the end of 2020 you may be struggling for gift ideas for the special career woman in your life. To help you, EWF International has put together a few holiday gift recommendations the career woman in your life is sure to enjoy. Perfect for anyone looking to do a ...
Intentional Gratitude Can Be a Buffer Against Chronic Anxiety and Despair 2020 has been a year of extremes: uncertainty, fear, constant change, isolation, polarization, and myriad other issues are keeping people emotionally stretched. Early research shows that chronic anxiety is taking its toll on employees’ emotional and physical well-being, affecting all aspects of their lives ...
Goodbye Defined Tasks & To-Do Lists One of the first changes that come with a leadership position is the change from task comprised daily work to the more amorphous responsibility of managing people. Your daily work responsibilities will no longer be a to-do list of project tasks. In your first manager position, your goals will ...
Guest Post by Carrie Fabris Thanks to COVID-19, in 2020, more people are working remotely than ever before and many are still adjusting to the long-term effects of this new work reality. Distractions are around every couch at home and remote teams need strong leaders well versed in how to tap into their potential from ...
As our culture moves to be more inclusive and works to promote diversity, companies are attempting to minimize all forms of discrimination within their hiring process. But, at the end of the day, an employer must make a decision of one person over another and that can be distorted by bias. Even if you don’t ...
Many professionals face a career hurdle transitioning from an individual contributor or early manager to a senior leadership position. Oftentimes your current role’s skillset is not comparable to the skills and awareness necessary to succeed as senior leadership. If you are an early- or mid-career woman with ambitious career advancement goals, a leadership development program, ...
Even with established career goals, it can be difficult to determine the path that will take you from where you are to where you want to be. You may have researched diverse information related to career advancement, such as how to ask for a promotion or how to land a new job. Often, the career ...
COVID-19 has brought immense devastation to people around the world with business owners being one of the hardest-hit groups. Especially female-owned businesses. Active US business ownership between February and April saw a 22% drop, according to a June piece from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The largest on record, the 3.3 million decrease ...