Here’s a fun fantasy open thread for today: If you could start your own business, what would it be, and why? Would you want to own a local bookstore, for example — or build a huge startup that you sold after a super intense few years?
Do You Keep a Failure Résumé?
Do you keep a failure résumé? What are three big things you might put ON a failure résumé, if you did keep one?
Ways to Celebrate Professional Wins
There have been some really interesting threads and reader questions lately about celebrating professional wins (including whether you can you throw a party for yourself) — so let’s discuss. What are YOUR favorite ways to celebrate professional wins?
How Have Female Bosses Affected Your Career?
Here’s a career question for you all: How have female bosses affected your career? Do you notice differences in the way mentorship and sponsorship look when it’s coming from a female boss? I recently attended an event where an older woman shared with the group how she had inadvertently held back a woman’s career when … Read More about How Have Female Bosses Affected Your Career?
How to Get Up REALLY Early for Me Time
2019 Update: We still stand by this advice on how to get up REALLY early — but you may also want to check out our most recent discussion on how to wake up more easily when it’s dark out. There was an interesting article in Forbes the other week about how power women wake up … Read More about How to Get Up REALLY Early for Me Time
Scroll Forward In Your Palm Pilots…
2019 Update: This article was originally published on Nov. 25, 2013. If you originally commented, please copy your original comment and paste it and an update on our new post pondering five-year career goals and generally updating this older post. Where do you think you’ll be in five years? TEN years? How do you think … Read More about Scroll Forward In Your Palm Pilots…
How to Deal with Not Making Partner: Reader Advice
We compiled reader advice to other attorneys on how to deal with not making partner, and asked for more comments.
Resolutions for 2017 – What Are Yours?
A great roundup of posts to help you look more polished, appreciate more and stress less, organize, grow your career, socialize more, save more, pay down debt, learn about personal finance, eat better, and move more!
Executive Presence for Women Leaders
How would you define “executive presence,” particularly for women? Have you worked to build your executive presence? What are your best executive presence tips? Here are some qualities of women with executive presence that Corporette readers have mentioned during conversations that have taken place in the comments: having a “cool, calm, and commanding” presence being a skilled public … Read More about Executive Presence for Women Leaders
Wear Makeup, Increase Your Salary?
“How a Little Lipstick Could Add Thousands To Your Paycheck” — that’s the title of a recent Fortune article reporting on a new study. Anyone else feeling a little stabby? We thought we’d take a closer look at the research and discuss it here. Some questions to consider at the outset: Do you agree that “good grooming” affects your … Read More about Wear Makeup, Increase Your Salary?
Job Hopping: Yea or Nay?
Ladies, let’s talk about job hopping: Do you view it as the only way to get ahead? Do you worry about being viewed negatively if you’ve had too many jobs in too short a time? What do you think is the minimum time to stay in one job? In the recent past, job hopping … Read More about Job Hopping: Yea or Nay?
Morning Routines for Successful People
There’s a lot of talk about the best morning routines for succesful people, so let’s discuss — what do you do to set your day up for success?
