Priorities. We all have them; I would suspect that in 2020 without much planning your priorities changed. A line that speaks to the unconscious way we organize priorities is from author Robert Proctor. I paraphrase a bit, but the intent is the same: “If you want to know what is important to a person who...Read More
The Hey, Boss Lady podcast is about women and how they will use power differently now that they have more of it. Our initial intent was to gather women from a diverse spectrum of businesses to ask one simple question, “Now that women have more power in business, how will things be different?” The first...Read More
This short video clip exemplifies the inspiring conversations being held with CEO of SafeNest, Liz Ortenburger on The Lady Bosses of the Pandemic. Read below to learn what Hey, Boss Lady and The Lady Bosses of the Pandemic are all about. Before you do that, watch and listen to the conversation with Liz to see...Read More
Learning to help yourself is a good characteristic of self-help and personal development. Yet, learning to ASK for help can be a more important skill. I contributed my thinking on this subject in an article for Quartz.com It is reposted here for your learning pleasure. Enjoy. How to Ask For Help at Work Without Looking Weak...Read More
Grief. Not as in “good grief”, the startled feeling you get when something happens at work that you can’t believe, but the periods of deep sadness that overcome us during our normal lives. That is the grief, and handling it at work, that I was asked to contribute my thinking on to for the online...Read More
I am sure there is a skit or two on SNL about needing and taking a mental health day. Yet, the way work and life have evolved in our post-industrial age makes the burnout we feel more real than many of us want to admit. The following article outlines my thinking on when to take and...Read More
Not Getting Any Feedback at Work by Andrea Goeglein originally ran on a favorite site MsCareerGirl Not Getting Any Feedback at Work? Here’s How to Seek it Out! Are you the kind of girl who gives 110% to a work project? Do you expect your supervising managers will notice and acknowledge your effort? Or are...Read More
“Workplace Cannabis Policy: Corporate America’s New Recruiting Opportunity” By Andrea Goeglein originally ran on Recuriter.com I think it is only fitting that I publishing this piece on my grandson Miles‘ 21st birthday. He knows all too well my opinion on recreational cannabis use, and still loves me in spite of those opinions! Let me be...Read More
The following piece, “Here’s Why it’s Okay to Choose a Paycheck Over Passion,” originally ran in The Ladders. I use my blog to republish pieces I have written elsewhere but each time I am asked to contribute my expertise on some topic, new information seems to show up. Whether the topic is paychecks, passion, stress...Read More
Avoiding an early death. Seems like a goal everyone could embrace. The best part (one of my many favorite phrases)? To avoid an early death you just need to up your vacations! I wrote about the longitudinal research on vacation, and then I had the privilege of being interviewed on the topic. I hope you...Read More
