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Book Review: Rising Strong
In Rising Strong, Brené Brown examines what happens in the moment after we fail. How we process our emotions in that moment determines what happens next, whether we stay down or rise to the occasion.
Intersecting Mental Health and Reproductive Health
“Mental health and sexual health are two facets of a coin that cannot be emphasised well enough.”
Simplify Leadership With One Thought
Leadership is difficult. You can simplify it by focusing on one aspect at a time.
On Gratitude and the New Year
2022. A year that I anticipate will be full of big changes and even bigger surprises. But then again, I think that every year.
2021 Year in Review
As we look to 2022, I’d like to recount just some of what 50/50 Leadership accomplished in 2021.
Setting Your 2022 Financial Goals
When making New Year’s Resolutions, you can’t forget the importance of making financial goals. Here are some tips to help get you started.
Helpful Feedback or Harmful Criticism? Here’s the Difference.
…We always want to be a better version of who we were yesterday, and this goal is no different in the workplace. Feedback and criticism are two ways of achieving this, and one can often be misconstrued for the other. But what’s the difference, and which one should you employ in order to fulfill your duty as a leader?
Book Review: A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space
A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space, by Eliza VanCort, is a practical guide on how you can improve your physical presence, build better relationships, avoid toxic behavior, stop aggressors, and support each other to create a better world for all women.
Body Image and its Implications on Mental Health
Every individual creates a mental representation of themselves which may bear a relation to how they appear.
After-Hour Team Exclusions
Despite good intentions, after-hour team building events are exclusionary and should be avoided as much as possible.
Note of Appreciation for Pauline Field, Founder of 50/50 Leadership
It is my honor to be joining 50/50 Leadership as the Board Chair and Executive Director. Our founder, Pauline Field’s shoes are big and I hope I can learn to fill them over time, with lots of support from our fabulous team.
Founders Message - December 2021
The end of the year has a little more meaning for me this year than usual. After more than 17 years, I am stepping down from the Chair of 50/50 Leadership.
The Childcare Crisis
If we want 50% of leadership positions to be held by women, then we must improve our country’s childcare system.
Stress in Leadership
Stress is a silent killer, negatively affecting your mood, efficiency, and overall livelihood, even having an impact on those around you as well. It’s simultaneously counterproductive and seemingly inevitable, pulling you out to sea like a tidal wave. Suddenly, you find yourself drowning and not knowing what to do.
Interview Tips for Good Storytelling
Interviewing is an inevitable part of job searching and more people are searching than ever. One of the best ways you can stand out as a candidate is to be prepared for the behavioral-based interview.
How to Work Towards a Debt-Free Life
Financial strategies that you can implement to achieve a debt-free life.
Book Review: Positivity
Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson, explains how being positive can enhance your life and improve your leadership skills.
Complexity Requires Teamwork
A complex world requires leaders to rely on their team more than information and reports.
Introversion and Leadership
It’s common to associate leadership with specific traits: being outgoing, outspoken, and having the ability to make decisive decisions in an instant, all of which are typical characteristics of an extroverted leader. But let’s not discount the skills that introverted leaders bring to the table as well.