Dr. Angela Duckworth is a student of grit. What causes it, what it means in the hard climb to success, how it serves the military cadet, the spelling bee champion, the long-time employee of a high-attrition company, the woman…
If you have found personal meaning in what you do, Catherine Tweedie argues, you are well on your way to finding that coveted state of work-life balance. You have also discovered an important tool of Centered Leadership, a…
“Many women think if they go to school, get a good job, everything will be okay. That’s not true,” says PBS wealth coach Deborah Owens. “Societal norms encourage women into a lifestyle that will probably end in poverty,”…
This past January, Alison Levine spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Her topic was Lessons in Risk Taking. The adventurer-philanthropist knows the subject well. Born with a heart condition that required three surgeries and prevented…
In his book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, our morning keynote speaker explores the difference choice (and the absence of it) can make in the formation of who we are. The…
Stress and fatigue are problems that increasingly plague American women. And too often, we are not taken seriously. Increased economic hardship—added to balancing work and family, caring for aging parents, and coping with the daily…