Over the past six months, I've begun reading career advice books. I used to think self-help books of any stripe were ridiculous, but I've really gotten to like some of the books I've picked up with...

I made a big move this weekend, in the physical sense, as well as less literally. I moved to a new apartment in a new part of town, and it’s as if I’ve officially started a new phase in...

In an earlier post I talked about how my job doesn’t give me adequate opportunities to develop myself as a leader. My organization lacks structure and...

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One of the things you try to do in branding is “own a word” in the minds of consumers. The word is the meta-narrative or overriding story of your brand. If marketers succeed, people will...

If the headlines of almost every major media outlet are accurate, Hillary Clinton's run towards the White House may be nearing the end. Despite her assurances she's still in the race, the political...

I recently quit my full time job to write full time. When I was writing at night and working during the day, people always asked me how I found time to...

I'm not a very confrontational person. I rarely argue, or even debate. In fact, I can honestly say that there are very few topics or issues on which I have a strong enough opinion to warrant the...

Somebody I love very much is dying and he will probably pass away quite soon. I haven’t had a shower in about a week because the baby has been sick and Jamie and I have been run-off-our-feet...

A few weeks after I started my first job, I began keeping a list: "Things to Remember when YOU are the Boss."  Young, entry-level workers are most likely supervised by someone...

An article caught my eye earlier this week on MSN about the (apparent) amplitude of single, successful women who (gasp) may never find a man.

I make my living teaching women how to unapologetically own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It’s our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but

Much to the field’s disadvantage, the image of nonprofit workers is as follows: people toiling away at soup kitchens or after school programs to eliminate a social problem that will never end...

I've watched the new phenomenon of Mommy Wars with intrigue the last few years.  I always figured that women who are happy with their choices (whether to marry, their career, their life)...

With all this talk about work-life balance I decided it was time I learned some of the secrets. I’ve been looking for the Holy Grail of how to juggle all those important...

As the close of my freshman year quickly approached the one question friends, family and professors kept asking was, "So what are you doing for your summer internship?" Obviously flustered...

Sexism exists everywhere, and it always will, because the genders are different and those differences affect how genders think and act towards each other.  Pretending that sexism will go away is...

As women, how can we deal with male co-workers who are socially inept and make inappropriate comments, but aren’t harassing us, per se?

One great tactic is humor.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m guilty of a stubborn I-can-do-it-all attitude. I avoid asking for help, and I’m even worse at accepting it when it’s freely offered. For a...

My friend Nea is a great photographer. She is one of the few who have resisted the temptation of digital and retains her trusty SLR camera - primarily so that she has a reason to have her photos...

Speaking as a woman who has had multiple rounds in the Boxing Ring of Work with the Work/Life Balance issue especially since I returned  to Asia...

I thought something would happen the last week of March, but what was supposed to happen didn’t. See, I was supposed to figure out who the man of my dreams was this past week. Stop laughing....

When I got married, I changed my name. It surprised my husband, my colleagues, many of my friends, and, to some extent, me.

I didn’t really have a vocal opinion...

Having one of those days where you left your iPod at home and the day just seems to be dragging on? Tired of wishing you were with all the cool kids at SXSW instead...

I am finishing my first semester teaching law school. Part of my students' grades are based on professionalism. I have noticed over the course of the semester that whenever I have had students who...

It seems that every day of my life I am pulled in a million and four different directions. If I am not answering the demands of my family, I find myself catering to the needs of "The...

I was quite confident in my decision when I arrived at work that Tuesday morning.  After leaving my law office in midtown Manhattan, I would head over to my polling place and pull the lever for...

We women always try and look on the bright side. Case in point: a friend who was going through a painful divorce and custody battle said to me, “Well, at least I’ll lose a few...

It’s no secret that young Millennials at the office see the world differently than their old-school Boomer bosses. This is the first installment of

Even after I declared a major in college, from "Undecided" to journalism, I've still been pretty undecided about all my career-related choices. I'm having trouble making up my mind, and I...