This week, I’ll be facilitating a discussion among a group of professional women on the topic of How to say ‘No’ with confidence, not guilt. As it often goes with my speaking engagements, my topics and titles are created after listening to the needs of the meeting planners and their clients. Kisha Zullo, who runs the [read more]
What a week! It’s has been filled with celebration and challenge, success and fear, introspection and self-expression. In the past seven days, I’ve watched several clients and peers soar to new heights. From the outside looking in, it appears so easy and effortless. But I know that the reality is that it takes a great deal of courage and effort to develop [read more]
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 10, 2015. I don’t know about you, but I am at a loss as to what to give my mother and my mother-in-law on this special day. Between special diets, allergies, boring and expected gifts, and overpriced flowers, I am running out of ways to honor these special women [read more]
I had the opportunity to spend the weekend in beautiful Woodstock, Vermont. While there, I visited the Billings Farm and Museum and enjoyed demonstrations of sheep sheering, wool carding, and sheep herding with border collies. Sitting in the bleachers, eating sea salt caramel ice cream made by a local Vermont dairy, I watched these amazing dogs [read more]
How often can you say that you were moved to tears of joy watching an acceptance speech? That’s what I felt when I saw my good friend, Judy Rosenthal, give her acceptance speech at last week’s NCCJ Annual Human Relations Award Banquet in Hartford, Connecticut. Judy was one of four honorees being recognized for their [read more]
I am excited to announce the release of a new one-day communication training program in collaboration with my strategic partner, Leesa Wallace, The Performance Architect. The course is called: Sharpening Your Point for Better Discussions At a Glance: This one-day training program is designed for how people today give presentations or lead discussions or meetings – seated, [read more]
I just returned from a business trip to Memphis, TN. I had lived in Memphis when I was in my late 20’s and working for Maybelline Cosmetics (now headquartered in NYC). It was nice to be able to visit with old friends in the evenings and over the weekend. One such friend is a soon-to-be 90 [read more]
April 15th is an exciting day …if you work for the IRS. Imagine receiving all of those checks in the mail! Of course, you also have to shell out refunds to happy citizens who overpaid you during the year. But still, it’s a big payday for the US Government! Last night, my husband and I celebrated the [read more]
A wonderful thing happened to me on LinkedIn recently. I experienced “social media kismet” – that wonderful feeling of connecting with unique and remarkable people that you didn’t know before social media. It reminds me just how very small our world is, yet it has so many amazing people in it. One such special person is Laura Thomas, [read more]
I’m celebrating my 10th year in business this week. It’s hard to fathom how much I have learned and grown in the first decade of my entrepreneurial journey. I’m still striving towards financial success befitting of the above photograph. It’s good to think big… I remember the hope and enthusiasm that I felt when I filed my papers [read more]
