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Author: Paula

  • Is the Way You Use Social Media Hurting Your Career?

    Every time I read an article like the recent “How social media can hurt your career” on Careerbuilder, I am grateful that we didn’t have social media back when I was in college. Young, testing the waters, and with a lot of opinions to share, I wonder if I would have unknowingly committed a faux…

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  • Worthless Stock Options – And They Called This a Reward?

    I can remember my first year at my last company (let’s call it Fancy Fortune 100)) when bonus and raise time rolled around.   Management was so excited about the fact that they were handing out employee stock options as part of the compensation package.   Oh everyone rejoiced, you’ll make a lot of money…

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  • Comfortable in Your Own Skin Podcast with Julie Roads

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    Last month I had another of my podcast interviews and this time with Julie Roads of Writing Roads, LLC.     Julie is a professional marketing copywriter, speaker/workshopper and consultant with a specialty in web & blog writing and activating social media authentically to grow any business.   I first met Julie online, most likely…

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  • Is Anxiety Draining You and Preventing You from Tapping the Power of Curiosity?

    I have been reading an excellent book called “Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life” by Todd Kashdan, PhD. Today one chapter of my morning read really struck me. It was about how our reactions to anxiety can drain us and leave us ineffective both on the job and off. It got me…

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  • Is Fear in the Workplace Holding You Hostage?

    The paradox of these changing times is that on the one hand it is an ideal time to re-evaluate your career path whether you still have a job, got laid off, or started/own a business. On the flip side these anxieties are transforming the workplace and business climate in such a way that many people…

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  • Did Money Kill Jenny? Only This Woman Knows

    I couldn’t resist using this as the title of this post only because after musing upon it for a while while kayaking the other day I wondered if it was the pursuit of money, the subsequent corruption by power, and then losing it that caused Jenny to snap.   Our house is still voting that…

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  • What is Your Follow Up Strategy?

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    So, you’ve gone to a networking event, (or like me, just gotten home from BlogHer ’09), and now you have a pile of business cards and new contacts. What do you do next? It can sometimes be a little overwhelming but follow up is a critical element in making the most of new connections you…

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  • Podcast Interview with Stacy Francis – National Expert on Finance

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    This month I am totally thrilled to bring you my Comfortable in Your Own Skin Podcast series. I am always excited to share it with the Queercents community, but this month even moreso because the topic is money and finance. My guest is Stacy Francis of Francis Financial. I first met Stacy six years ago…

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  • There is No Work-Life Balance, Only Work-Life Choices

    Former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch left women shaking their heads at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference when he said: “There’s no such thing as work-life balance,” Mr. Welch told the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference in New Orleans on June 28. “There are work-life choices, and you make…

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  • United Airlines Breaks Guitars

    I have to say I love a story where a consumer is wronged by a company and then takes their complaints public in a creative, effective way. We’ve all had our share of frustrations with the airlines and my understanding is that musicians have it particularly difficult when airline staff force them to check their…

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