by admin | Jul 30, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Leadership Development, Women in Workforce
My 10-year-old daughter and I are tired of boy heroes in young adult fiction. Sure, we love Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. Yet, we need more role models for our future female leaders. My daughter inhales books. I’m not exaggerating. She will easily read 200...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Leadership Development
What will make a future leader successful? I explored this in my piece, *Portrait of a Future Leader, published as part of Upwork’s Work: Reimagined series on Medium. Really getting down to the nitty-gritty of how major workforce trends will affect leaders was...
by admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Future of Work, Leadership Development
The future of work will look very different than its stale, pale and male past. In fact, the very fabric of the United States Workforce is already changing profoundly. To paint a picture of the changes taking place, *Upwork sponsored a series of stories dedicated to...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
I was completely startstruck. I couldn’t believe I was given the opportunity to interview him and I truly didn’t know what to ask. We’d never met, but I’ve used his profound TED talk many times when teaching and coaching. I’m talking about Itay Talgam, conductor,...
by admin | Jun 4, 2015 | Baby Boomer, Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Generation Y, Leadership Development, Managing Difficult Employees
The last few months have been jam-packed with opportunities for me to speak to organizations all over the country. I’ve spoken on topics such as second-generation bias, recruiting and retaining women, emotional intelligence, decision making tools for CEOs who are...
