Posting on Instagram, I accidentally typed #ilivemyjob instead of #ilovemyjob. Right now, both are true. I work for a company that is acquiring another company, doubling us in size, including number of employees, revenue, locations, clients, everything. It’s exciting, awesome, and stressful. I am proud. I am stressed. I am learning so. damn. much. It’s the coolest…
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Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Mama here!! We didn’t get nearly enough time together—we didn’t make it for…
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In launches today, and like any other plugged-in, ambitious twentysomething, I pre-ordered it and can’t wait to rip into the book that should be sitting in my mailbox right now. I find women’s workplace dynamics so interesting, and while that’s not the focus on Sandberg’s book per se, it’s certainly a part of…
Leather is all over in business—in bags, belts, shoes. But how about going whole hog (cow) on the luxe material for the office? Here’s how to do it—nothing tight, nothing short!
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! First Woody Creek Tavern experience was a most excellent one, culminating in the entire town of Aspen at Regal … Learning to dirt bike!…
I recently participated in a conference call with BlogHer, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, and Starbucks Global Chief Marketing Officer Annie Young-Scrivner about their new Create Jobs for USA initiative that launched yesterday. You buy this (very cute) wristband for $5 and it’s all donated to a fund at the Opportunity Finance Network for capital grants to local…
1. If you’re in a position to hire people, always hire people who are smarter than you. 2. Set goals that seem unachievable, otherwise you’ll never truly realize what’s possible. 3. Overcommunicate everything you do. 4. Being naïve and audacious is a recipe for success. 5. Need help? Just ask. Even seasoned professionals you may…
I am definitely a student of the internet–I love reading the latest research, trends, musings, etc on the web, social media, the future, the past, and all that goes along with the changing way people interact. Scott Perry puts out the New Music Tipsheet, an incredible resource I started reading back in 2007 when this…
Saturday night, I attended Aspen Ideas Festival panel The Promise of Play/Women & Girls: You Go, Girl! How Title IX Galvanized Play for Women Key players: Beth A. Brooke, Ernst & Young global vice chair of strategy, communications and regulatory affairs, ranked among Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, former Purdue basketball player…