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Guest opinion: Empathetic listening is our highest-return soft skill

By Emily Abbas | Senior vice president, chief marketing and communications officer, Bankers Trust

Let’s start with the good news and then back into the bad news. As women, we have a natural advantage in one …

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Guest opinion: Achieving a balanced lifestyle without joining the burnout club

By Natalie Mahoney | Public affairs coordinator, PolicyWorks

“Rise and grind” is a fairly common phrase for people to use when they want to start their responsibilities early and feel productive throughout the course of the day. …

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The Elbert Files: Economic tsunami

Economist James Paulsen calls it “Recession by Proclamation.”

Rather than waiting for two consecutive quarters of economic retraction – the usual definition of a recession – experts jumped in last month and declared a COVID-19 …

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Opinion: The coronavirus: Will women fare worse than men?

Like most Americans working remotely during the pandemic, I’ve been comparing notes with colleagues and friends on how we’re keeping everything together. Particularly, there is a theme to the conversation. After discussing how hard it …

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Guest opinion: Don’t stop asking questions, even when people are looking to you for answers

By Wendy Current | Vice president, training and development officer at Ames National Corp.

When I submitted my proposal for this article several months ago, I planned to write about the importance of seeking “diversity of thought” …

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Guest opinion: 5 ways to be intentional during career transitions

By Dorene MacVey | Founder, iThrive31
As a coach, I spend a lot of time working with individuals who are going through career transitions – desiring something different but not knowing what that looks like. This can be difficult…
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McLellan: Look for the helpers

I have always loved the story that Mr. Rogers is credited with:

“When I was a boy, and I would see scary things on the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the …

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The Elbert Files: Shaping the future

Experience teaches that major developments tend to occur as sudden bursts of activity separated by much longer periods of relative dormancy. 

This is true in genetics, where archaeologists have learned that millenniums can pass without …

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Guest opinion: Growing in confidence

I have recently been working on increasing my confidence, both at work and in everyday life. It is something I know I need to improve, and others have encouraged me to do. It’s tough to…
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Guest opinion: Growing up bossy

How many times have you heard a parent tell their son to stop being bossy?

Think about how many times you’ve heard little girls called bossy. A lot? Too many.

 


For many women, myself …