Joining a corporate board is a key to advancement—and leveling the gender playing field. Here’s how to prepare. Carolyn M. Brown Shellye Archambeau, former CEO of MetricStream, which provides government, risk, and compliance solutions to corporations, is a member of three corporate boards, including Verizon. She...
The old rules don't apply By Pat Olsen In 2014, when Tania Moya, 28, landed her dream job with IBM, in Dallas, she was thrilled. Moya, who emigrated from Mexico when she was six, was the first in her family to graduate from college. Hired as a...
Figuring out your “why” in life can help you launch the next stage of your career By Tanisha A. Sykes In 2010, Shai Littlejohn, then an attorney at a law practice in Washington, DC, was working 50-plus hours a week. She eventually started her own law practice and wove...
Here’s how to use introversion to your advantage By Tamara Holmes Like many introverts, Julie Bush, 30, used to hate networking. The co-owner of Troy, New York-based consulting firm XperienceU Training and Leadership Development, recalls walking into networking events thinking, “I don’t want to be here.” At first she...
Soon, millennials will outnumber baby boomers in the workplace. Here’s how both generations can adjust—and thrive. By Brittany Shoot Julia Ritchey learns a lot from her baby boomer colleagues, especially those she oversees. Ritchey is a millennial and the managing editor of KUER 90.1 FM, National Public...
Why using a life coach can be life—and work—altering By Tanisha A. Sykes The Dalai Lama once said, “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” For executives like Niambi Harris, 45, truer words were never spoken. “In the span of a year, I...