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I will not allow myself to be guilted into joining new volunteer committees, no matter how good the cause. I will only attend kid birthday parties that have open bars. I will preserve my sleep [...]

I’m thrilled to a featured speaker at this year’s TEDx Greensboro.   The event will be held on April 4th at Triad Stage theater.  This year’s theme is Keep it Simple. If [...]

  “Why didn’t we have any female applicants?” This was the question posed by my colleague after a final round of candidate interviews. Where were the women? I recently [...]

You know you’ve watched them. They make you laugh. They make you weep. They make you think and often question what you know to be true. Sometimes they get you so fired up you send a link to [...]

When I was a young PR manager working in New York in the late nineties, I desperately wanted to land an overseas assignment.  I tried to get on large, international client accounts and made sure [...]

I’m really excited to be a featured speaker this year at TEDx Greensboro, on Friday May 13th.  Check out the TEDx Greensboro site at http://tedxgreensboro.com to see all of the amazing [...]

We are three weeks into the new year.  How are you doing? Are you sticking to your commitments? This year, I decided to focus on just a few high-impact goals for 2016. I’ve had a lot of [...]

I had just landed my first major international assignment in Shanghai. The job was a promotion for me at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious PR firms. I was excited and nervous. [...]

Be honest. When you hear the words “political savvy” what do you think? Underhanded? Conniving? Backstabbing? Relentlessly ambitious? You’ve seen these people. They always are [...]

Here’s food for thought. How often do male CEOs get asked about work-life balance or their parenting responsibilities? How many male CEOs make national news for oversleeping and missing a [...]