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, ...
Are you interested in career advancement? General resources are great, but they can’t replace the effect of expert human feedback and coaching. One of the best ways to gain this resource is by finding a mentor. It can be a significant factor to improving diversity in leadership. According to a 2019 study from Leanin.org, 1 ...
Dear EWF Community, The murder of George Floyd is just the latest in a long history of institutionalized violence against the Black community. There is no question that racism is institutional, systemic, and pervasive. No one stands outside that system. Accordingly, we all have a part to play in dismantling it – especially white people, ...
On April 29, 2020, our President Jennifer Carter joined author and coach Bill Bartlett on OutMatch's The Future of Work Webinar Series. They had a great discussion about how to Lead Through Anxiety and Uncertainty. Check out Two "Must Dos" from the Session. Click here to watch the full Webinar. Key Takeaways Before anything else – even if the answer is ...
I recently happened to catch an interview that Dan Rather was doing with Billy Ray Cyrus. Billy Ray said that one of his dad's greatest lessons to him was, “if you don’t know what to do, stand still.” That’s not only a good lesson in life – it’s a great lesson in strategic leadership in ...
By Ann Gray We have heard the quote “failure creates learning opportunities”. What we don’t talk about enough, is the process involved. Astro Teller, Laboratory Director at Google X, gave a TED Talk on the importance of failure in Google X's approach to pioneering new projects. He talks about the courage it takes to kill ...
