Leaned On

Did Sheryl Sandberg Have it Wrong?

Does the Lean In movement need to be redefined? On May 8, 2016 a CBS News headline reads, “Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg admits parts of “Lean In” are wrong.” Did Sheryl Sandberg have it wrong? As a working mother, I wanted to celebrate at first.  After all, I never felt she faced the same challenges and frustrations that I and my colleagues do on a regular basis.  Who was she to tell me that…

Proud to be a Failure

I am proud to be a failure. You read that correctly:  I’m proud to be a failure at times.  If you have never failed, you have never truly challenged and pushed yourself. I certainly do fail sometimes, and I will describe why I’m proud of it. I need to experience failure so that I can help my children overcome it when they fail.  I want my kids to be failures from time to time.  I realize that…

5 Easy Things That Will Make You More Successful

5 Easy Things That Will Make You More Successful Sadly, the business world today is filled with mediocre employees. This is due in part to companies not engaging their employees, but that is another article for another day. Instead, I want to focus on 5 easy things that will make you more successful on the job. #1 Smile Smiling sounds easy, but look around the cube farm at work. How often do you…

How to Handle Rejection

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3 Easy New Year’s Resolutions for Females in STEM

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Co-ops Helped by Rural Utilities Service Loans

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Support all along the way

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Support all along the way

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Encouraging Females in STEM

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Micromanaging Isn’t Always Wrong

Micromanaging is a tactic, not a style Among the greatest misunderstandings in leadership and coaching is the word “micromanaging”. Most leaders do not want to be considered a micro manager. As a matter of fact, it could possibly be considered an insult or weakness of any manager. When micromanaging is used as a coaching or leadership style it will likely deliver negative end results, stifle…

Support all along the way

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Lean Out to Lean In

Finding the right balance. During a recent conversation with a colleague of mine,  I was asked about my “go” moment. The moment I decided to pursue my career full steam. Back then it was not yet called leaning in. There were actually two catalysts for me deciding to focus on my career. I will write about them separately in another article. Instead, in this piece, I want to tell you about how I…

Look For the Joy

This article was submitted by a former co-worker of mine named Caroline. I feel it can be good sometimes to step back and consider the joy that can be found from a fulfilling career! -Heather Creating a Career and Life you Love “Look for the joy!” That was always my mom’s advice when I faced the hard parts of growing up. Even in her storytelling, my Mom reminded us of what it meant to look for…

Tesla’s Powerwall Battery

Tesla’s Wall-Mounted Battery Tesla has developed a wall-mounted electric storage battery called Powerwall.  Tesla is well known for high-technology end electric cars.  The development of the Powerwall moves them into the energy storage business.  The battery is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that mounts on the wall.  There will be a 7 kWh and 10 kWh option for residencies.  There are plans…

Females shouldn’t always be expected to be demure wallflowers at the workplace. In many cases it seems that females are not encouraged to compete in the workplace.  In fact it feels more like we are outright discouraged from competing for positions.  In this article I will describe how I became career-competitive and how you can too! As I shared before there were two catalysts that made my…

3 Myths Relating to STEM Careers

With today’s requirement for technology, professions in STEM (a phrase that together stands for the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math) are presently more in demand than before. Thanks to this high demand, occupations in STEM are frequently well compensated, and most present exceptional perks. University grads are aware of these trends, and occupations in STEM have definitely…