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Continue reading →: 3 Leadership Challenges to Watch for in 2015
According to Joel Trammell, there are three leadership challenges to watch for in 2015. Trammel should know. His leadership as a CEO has produced successful, nine-figure acquisitions for two Fortune 500 companies. Here’s what the author of “The CEO Tightrope” and current CEO of Khorus, a business management software company, said…
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Continue reading →: 4 Ways President Obama Shows Women Love
Tuesday’s State of the Union touched on four things that may affect women in a big way going forward. One, President Obama talked up the need to make childcare affordable. “It’s time we stop treating childcare as a side issue or a women’s issue, and treat it like the national…
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Continue reading →: ‘Lady, You Are Beautiful’ Yeah, I Know
I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that compliments are mostly BS, and I ran into an interesting social experiment on Twitter this week that proves it. Instead of saying the usual variation of “thank you so much!” and/or blushing with eyelashes fluttering, 20-year-old student Claire Boniface decided to agree with…
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Continue reading →: The February Issue: Not Vogue, Silly. Chief Learning Officer
I am soo much better live, and teleprompters have never done me any favors. Did I also mention that I was sick as a dog when we shot this? And I forgot we were doing it so my outfit was not an outfit. More like, I have to go to…
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Continue reading →: What Intel’s $300M Diversity Budget Can Teach Other Businesses
Intel Corp. recently announced it will allocate $300 million to build a more diverse workplace. That’s quite a tidy little sum for the technology sector, which has come under significant fire for its lack of diversity. The industry is currently dominated by white and Asian males, and in a recent…
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Continue reading →: Je Suis Charlie: I Support Humanity
So the other day my phone rings while I’m on the train, and a friend says, “So you speak French now.” I knew exactly what she was talking about, but I played dumb to prompt whatever was coming next. “Huh?” “Your Instagram post earlier.” “Je Suis Charlie? Yeah. It’s my…
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Continue reading →: President Obama Wants to Make Community College Free
Are you willing to work for your two-year degree? If you can maintain a 2.5 GPA and make steady progress toward completion of your program, President Barack Obama wants to help you get an education. He unveiled plans Thursday for America’s College Promise, a program that likely will be welcomed…
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Continue reading →: Kaley Cuoco: Feminism Is Not a Bad Word
I find it astounding that women can claim they aren’t feminists, or that they don’t like the word feminist. I suppose it depends on your perception of, or definition for, the word. I like the definition Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie used in her Ted talk, the one that subsequently went viral…
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