Why Do We Resist “Marketing”? I’ve traditionally hated the word “marketing.” My brain would automatically put it in the same category as “used car salesman.” But something about that association changed last February when I...
How to Give and Receive Feedback The other day I was out with a friend who was complaining about her colleagues. More than complaining, she was ripping them apart. I can’t say I’m an angel who’s never vented about the transgressions of others, but...
How to Ask for a Raise Typically the last quarter of the year marks Annual Review season…that super fun time of year in which we’re asked to evaluate whether we met this year’s company goals. Whether your boss adheres to this method of evaluation or...
Bystander Training What to Do When We Witness Bullying, Bias, and Beyond Did you read the article that claimed two-thirds of women are bullied…by other women? While the statistic broke my heart a bit, I also wasn’t surprised. What I was surprised about...
Why is change hard? Have you heard the saying, everything you want is just outside your comfort zone? If that’s the case, why is it so hard to leave that zone? Well, our physiology. In the thousands of years that humans have existed, our brains have not...
Money, money, money, mooonneeyyyy. Money is the stuff of legends. It drives us forward, holds us back, and for many individuals, defines our world. But money is neither good nor bad, because it’s a stand in. Money is something we made up. It’s a system...