New Month, New Opportunities! March is a month of growth and transition. I can feel the spring in the air! It’s said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. The days are getting longer. The weather is getting warmer. Beautiful things are beginning to bloom (and kick my seasonal […]
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Bessie Bordenave is Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Ridgely’s Run Community Center, President of the Harriet Tubman Foundation, and chair of the Harriet Tubman Advisory Council. Ms. Bordenave is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who was born and raised in the town of Guilford in Howard County, MD. She was a
Our identity can be tied up in our title, salary, or corner office. Many of us spend more time at work with our colleagues than our waking hours at home with our families – especially those who have long commutes or multiple jobs. What’s more, we often try but fail to leave work at work
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Lisette Engel has had a passion for justice since youth. She is Montgomery County, MD native who strongly believes in the power of community engagement and allowing people to be engaged in policies and programming that impact them directly. While enrolled in a college course during her high school years, Lisette’s class was tasked with
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Want to Be Emotionally Resilient? Science Says Do This Anyone can do it and it doesn’t cost a thing. Inc. | By Minda Zetlin Do you worry a lot? Sometimes over things you absolutely can’t control, so that worrying about them serves no practical purpose? Do you think you worry too much? Do you worry
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Question 1: How authentic or vulnerable can you be with your team? [The Formal Description] For 10 years, Crittenton Services emerging leader training programming has worked to hone girls’ leadership, advocacy, and communication skills. As the scope and capacity of this work has grown, we created a cornerstone experience, an intensive weekend-long conference called the Leadership
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There is so much that I want to say about the amazing life, leadership, and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His words and actions are applicable to discussions about individual self-worth, family, branding, integrity, education, career advancement, leadership, opportunity, purpose, mindset, faith, service, and the list goes on. Dr. King was able
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“Confidence and competence lead to credibility.” – Nicki Sanders, MSW Career Acceleration Strategy: Never Stop Learning (video) Five benefits of professional development: Take charge of your career. Expand your employment opportunities. Improve your performance. Remain relevant or up to date in your profession. Stimulate and exercise your brain. Confidence, competence, and credibility accelerate your path
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An asset is a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality. Your professional skills, talents, knowledge, connections, experiences, degrees and certifications, and opportunities. Assess your assets if you want to Get Promoted. An assessment of your professional assets will help align your career with your values, increase your confidence, identify potential shortcomings, develop goals and
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I’m a native Washingtonian, an introvert with extrovert tendencies, a first-generation college student, a lover of cupcakes and pancakes, a (former)roller coaster rider, a non-fiction book reader, and a huge fan of New Edition and old school 80’s hip hop. My ultimate life goal is to trade in suburban life for country living. Yes, I
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