Last year, 11% of American workers—about 17.3 million people—described themselves as digital nomads. This number has dramatically surged since the pandemic, when remote work opportunities became the norm. As a result, employers and employees realized …
At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high level women to mentor each other to enable each leader to achieve personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to …
Leaders benefit from seeking out diverse experiences, displaying deep curiosity, and knowing when to speak up.
As a communications expert, I work with people to help them communicate their ideas in a way that motivates their audiences to take action. But in many of my conversations with clients, I hear about the challenges people have to motivate themselves t…
Since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21, 2024, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris’s campaign has generated widespread enthusiasm and attention. She quickly became the offi…
For generations, the conventional wisdom for Black professionals was simple: Get a good job and keep it. It’s what most of our parents drilled into us. Mom and Dad’s wisdom didn’t account for a few pretty significant events. Millennials, for instance,…
We all love the summertime. The long days. The warm evenings. The wind in the trees. The opportunity to visit faraway places. We love the summer until everything we love about it is driven from our minds by the blazing hot sun and oppressive humi…
In 2021, plane manufacturer Boeing was dealing with myriad challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic was continuing to disrupt air travel and plane production, and multiple crashes of the company’s best-selling plane, the 737 Max, had landed Boeing in a legal…
As a gardener, I know that August (not January or February) can be the most challenging time for growing things. The heat just makes all plants look a little . . . tired.
At work, it’s easy to see the same sort of low-level exhaustion (beige flag, …
As the modern philosopher once said: The more money you come across, the more problems you see. Lifestyle creep, where you increase your spending as your income increases, may not have been the exact problem Biggie was describing, but it can leave you…
