“I want every little girl who is told she is bossy to be told she has leadership skills.” – Sheryl Sandberg Nice – pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory Remember the children’s tale that asked, “What are little girls made of”? Do you remember that the answers is, “sugar and spice and everything nice”? What is everything nice?
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Here in the United States, we are officially a full year into the Coronavirus pandemic. Sadly, over 500,000 Americans have lost their lives to this virus. Unfortunately, there are still people who believe that COVID-19 is fake, others who have just decided that the virus is real but not a threat to them, and still
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National Employee Appreciation Day on the first Friday in March each year focuses attention on employees in all industries. We celebrate on today March 5, 2021. Every great CEO and manager understands that their employees are their greatest asset. Employers across the country in business and organizations plan employee recognition and celebrations to honor the
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Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting helps high-performing women of color in human services leadership go from overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated to energized, well paid, and helps businesses recruit, hire, train, and retain great employees. Welcome to March Ladies! March is Women’s History Month Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s (often overlooked) contributions to history,
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Shara Hammond is a Leadership Development and Inclusion Manager who began her leadership career in a nontraditional manner. Shara entered her undergraduate degree program at Boston College with the blessings and lessons from her family that allowed her to excel in an environment where she was in the minority. Shara was unsure what career path
Black history is American history. I remember the days of encyclopedias and the card catalog. I remember the days when most online research was conducted in a public library or university library. Today, we have 24-hour access to personal computers at our fingertips – in our hands and on our arms. We are living and
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Success has been defined in the dictionary as ‘a favorable or desired outcome,’ ‘the accomplishment of an aim or purpose’, ‘the attainment of popularity or profit’ and ‘a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity’. Does your definition of success include popularity, profit, and prosperity? Success can include more than money and
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This past weekend, the 45th President of the United States of America was once acquitted by Republican Senators in his second impeachment trial – even after clear evidence of treason, a coup, and inciting an insurrection that could have resulted in the murder of his Vice President Mike Pence. On Monday, the country celebrated President’s
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Our career theme for February is self-love. Self-love incorporates making yourself a priority, treating yourself well, and eliminating people, places, and things that are not good for your overall health. Yesterday, concluded my 14-Day ‘Self-Love Includes Career Advancement Challenge’ on #Instagram. From February 1-14, 2021, I shared daily tips to enhance career preparation and increase
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Self-love is accepting yourself, treating yourself with kindness and respect, cultivating your growth and nurturing your well-being. Work is such a large part of our lives and identities that self-love must include work/life balance and career development. I believe that self-love also includes the words/names we use to describe and define ourselves. Today I
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