Mentoring Millennials—Free Teleclass with Lindsey Pollak September 16
Mentoring Millennials
Tuesday, September 16th
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm CDT
How much do you know about your Millennial employees (those born approximately between 1982 and 2000, also known as Generation Y)? What motivates them? Why do they spend so many hours texting? What are ways you can mentor them towards success?
Best Boss Practices: Giving Constructive Criticism
“Delivering negative feedback is hard in any sphere, but it’s especially awkward at work, where you may not know the person well and you anticipate he or she may get defensive, become sullen or even tear up,” says Kate White, former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan and author of I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for Money, Snag the Promotion and Create the Career You Deserve. “But the biggest mistake is not having the talk at all because your criticism is going to leak out in ways that won’t be constructive.”
Crack the Confidence Code — Podcast with Katty Kay
Why do so many women—even women who have achieved unprecedented success in the public and private sectors—lack the self-assurance that drives many of their male colleagues?
“Psychologists uniformly agree that a little bit of overconfidence is better than a little bit of under-confidence, which is what most women suffer from,” says BBC World News America anchor Katty Kay.
In this podcast, Kay explains the research behind confidence, plus why—and how—women should work on boosting the confidence they’ve got.
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Courage: Taking the Risk to Think Differently—Podcast with Renata Black
“The more you fail and learn from failure, the faster you’re going to get where you’re meant to be,” said Renata Black in the Conference for Women’s online radio show, “Office Hours.”
Black, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and humanitarian, is chairwoman of Seven Bar Foundation, which has fueled more than 2,500 women-owned businesses through microfinance. She spoke candidly to host Samantha Ettus about social entrepreneurship, mentors and networking, failure and success, and happiness and destiny in this 30-minute podcast. Read More
Mindfully Balancing Work & Life: Dr. Christine Carter Podcast
“Practicing daily gratitude shifts your lens on the world.”
In our recent online radio show, Christine Carter, Ph.D.,the author of RAISING HAPPINESS: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents and Samantha Ettus discussed how making small, mindful changes can lead to big shifts in happiness.
One of the biggest keys to happiness, says Dr. Carter, is acknowledging all emotions—whether yours, your partner’s, your child’s or your coworker’s, because when you numb the difficult emotions, you set yourself to numb all your emotions, including profound joy, gratitude or compassion.
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Seven Little-Known Tips to Easily Build Thought Leadership in 140 Characters or Less
One of the biggest complaints I get about Twitter is the 140-character limitation. Many entrepreneurs feel they don’t have enough space to really share what they want to say. However, others have welcomed the on-board requirement of editing their missives down to the essential thoughts.
This type of self-editing does not come naturally to most, so below are tactics you can use to make leveraging Twitter easier while still getting your point across and underscoring your brand. Read More
Stella & Dot CEO Jessica Herrin on Building a Powerful Brand
“Recognize that the only way you’re really going to fail is if you give up.” -Jessica Herrin
Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot, shared lessons learned in her career path in an online radio conversation with Samantha Ettus, hosted by the Texas Conference for Women. Click the link below to listen to the full 30-minute radio show. Read More