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The Power of Women as Mentors
Women helping women is a powerful concept. I was fortunate early on in my career to benefit from the guidance of a female executive who took an interest in me and my professional advancement. She appreciated my skillset, pushed ...
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The COVID Quandary
As the fall season approaches and many of us are returning to “normal” operations, I find myself questioning the whole work/life balance thing yet again. For the last 18 months, the lines between work and home have been nearly ...
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Deliberate or By Chance: Networking Spans the Decades
This past year has presented new challenges for connecting with people in all areas of our lives. At the same time, people have learned new ways and new technology to communicate and engage others. While my own experience building ...
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Versatility: Elevating your voice in changing times
Versatility is defined as the absence of imbalance in which pairs of opposing qualities and skills are combined. Versatile leaders have the ability to adjust their behavior, communication, approaches depending on the circumstances. When I think of how I ...
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How Consultants Get Paid What They’re Worth
There’s more to being a consultant than cracking open your laptop, deciding on your hourly rate, and acquiring clients. Consulting services are inherently intangible, complex, and often poorly understood. This makes them difficult to evaluate. Before you can get ...
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Versatility: The 2021 AWC National Conference
As I look up the definition of versatility, I am sitting in the front room of my home in a makeshift office where I have been for over a year now, learning to adapt to new ways to work ...
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We All Need Somebody To Lean On
The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives for a year now, seeping into every experience, good or bad, and giving people pause to embracing that human connection that comes so naturally. Even before COVID, though, the workforce had changed ...
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Chart a Course for Post-COVID Engagement in Spite of the Unknown
As a public relations consultant, I want to have answers. I should. After all, I’m selling my expertise to clients. But that expertise is now qualified. It is now “pre-pandemic” expertise. Nobody, certainly no consultant, currently has the answers ...
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Surviving and Thriving Through the Pandemic
March 13, 2021 was the 365th day of safer-at-home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who could have imagined a year like we’ve had? When it began in the U.S., we were all watching with horror as the death toll began ...
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Ignoring the Background Noise
Nowadays, we are seeing more women rise to powerful positions and begin to take charge in what were traditionally labelled as “male dominated fields.” In 2021 with the first female Vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, women ...
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