Chances are we all have them. People we work with, for and interact with professionally who snap, belittle, demean or shoot microaggressions your way or the way of whomever they choose. It’s one thing to advise someone how to recover from a single blow to the ego dashed off in a meeti

Every workplace, organization and professional culture has stressful points. We are all under extreme pressure at some point to deliver outcomes, meet deadlines and stretch ourselves—regardless of what career tier we are on. The point is to work hard, right? But the risk to over-work

The old adage that curiosity kills the cat doesn’t address a resurge in thinking that curiosity fosters creativity and innovation and that being curious is a very good thing. It was Marie Curie who also said, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” A new State of

Freelance or contract workers are a growing portion of the economy. But working from home, connecting only remotely to your organization, team or management, may not be the blissful utopia everyone imagines. It’s not a big party in your PJs every day. On the beach. “Last year, the Bur

Of course you will admit when you’ve made a mistake at work. Or inadvertently hurt someone’s feelings. You will be accountable for your actions and own up to all you do and say, never minimizing harm or impact you may cause. But do you apologize too much? Are you over-apologizing? Fra

This summer you don’t have to plan an elaborate vacation abroad befitting an Instagram feed in order to reap the benefits of time off. A day off here and there away from the office will do; it’s also easy on your debit card. Instead of staycation, venture out for a daycation. Why? Bec

Courtney Love, Hilary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Marcia Clark, Tonya Harding and The Spice Girls taught women as much about how to be as how not to be. In her new book, 90s Bitch: Media, Culture and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality, author and journalist Allison Yarrow shows ho

In recent weeks the slurs and vulgar language issued by TV celebrities Samantha Bee, Roseanne Barr, Joy Reid and Joy Behar have not only caused fallout, firings and backlash, but they raise a larger point beyond celebrities and comedy about the level of language most appropriate in le

Props to the women. During National Small Business Week, running until May 5, we can applaud the women entrepreneurs who own nearly half of all small businesses in this country, or 9.9 million of the 24.7 million small businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is close to

Women in California –and around the country—face obstacles of bias, wage gaps and a lack of infrastructure when they are raising families, caring for aging family members and trying to advance in their careers. But there is a path to a fair future. These are the findings of the