For an industry that has perpetuated a deluded and unrealistic standard of beauty in American pop culture for generations, the entertainment industry is ironically being exposed for the ugly truths that hide behind its airbrushed facade. With movements such as #OscarsSoWhite, #MeToo, and #TimesUp, the sinister inner workings that have been swept under the rug Read More »
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How to Prevent Burnout in Your Workplace by Christmas Hutchinson
Stress and burnout are common these days especially since we are in an era of constant change and increasing pressure to perform. According to the American Psychological Association, 65% of Americans cite work as their top source of stress with 37% of that population citing they are doing well managing stress. Sources of stress from Read More »
Build Your Dream Contact List by Ray Abram
Remember connect the dots coloring books? Basically, these books added another layer of complexity to your standard coloring book. Before you could begin working, you had to create an outline based on a loosely assembled group of dots on a page. It recently struck me that life is a little like that as well. We Read More »
Do You Belong At Work? By Debra Nelson
A white store manager’s 9-1-1 call to police about two black men sitting in a Starbucks coffee shop implied that they did not belong. The subsequent arrest of the pair set off a nationwide discussion about implicit bias, giving the world a birds-eye view of what many people of color experience in the U.S. While Read More »
Disruption is Good for Business: Six Strategies to Successfully Disrupt Your Life – By Debra Nelson
Every generation has them. They are the people who think outside the box, march to the beat of their own drum, and are comfortable shaking up the status quo. They challenge us to sit up straighter, think differently, and show up more meaningfully in our own lives. Who are they? They are the disruptors, and Read More »
IQ vs EI: Which is Better? By Debra Nelson
You may work with these people every day or see their personality types on display during your volunteer board meeting or at your next sorority gathering. You see it in the executive who barks orders and slams a report across a desk; a co-worker who is too timid to speak up in meetings; the team Read More »
The Stylish Side of STEM – By Stella J. Ringer
From the clothes on our backs, to the cosmetics, shoes and jewelry that adorn us, they all derive from STEM! The intersection of fashion and STEM has always been around, we’ve just never focused on how one influences the other. The global fashion industry is a $3 trillion-dollar business. Up and coming designers need STEM Read More »
Curate Your Personal Brand Or Risk Losing Control of Your Career – By David McKnight
Once upon a time, I nearly lost control of my personal brand – and my career. While working at a large consultancy, I was assigned to a project and asked to develop and implement a test strategy for a new CRM system. At the end of the project, my supervisors were so pleased that they Read More »
I’m Glad I’m The Boss, Cause Y’all Crazy! – By Ray Abram
We all know that the key to a highly functional company is a well-qualified staff. However, there are other factors to consider besides qualifications alone. There are reasons why the best performer in a department may not make the best manager. People skills are quite different than functional skills, we all know that intuitively, yet Read More »
Persist – Don’t Let the Naysayers Get You Down – Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker, Ph.D.
It is often said that greatness is not measured by what is achieved. It is measured by how many times you pick yourself up and try again, regardless of naysayers. At some point in your life, you are likely to meet people who see the glass as half empty and they will attempt to discourage Read More »