Uplift Each Other
Women helping women is the best way for us to get ahead. Now the science backs this up. A new study tracked 700 MBA students as they...
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Look to Your Stars
Brene Brown is one of my key mentors. So is Tim Ferris and Gretchen Rubin. I mean, they don't know this. In fact, I've never actually...
What Would You Do for Free?
Lately, I've been having lots of conversations with near-40-year-old friends not knowing what they wanted to be when they grow up. In...
Here's My Bad Idea
The Skimm podcast with Alexa von Tobel, the founder of Learnvest is a must-listen. She literally sold her company the same week she...
Use Your Story
I work next to an incredible company, Equal Reality which does diversity and inclusion training in virtual reality. They show people...
The Biggest Bias at Work
Do you know what has been found to be the biggest bias in the workplace? Being a mom. A man becomes a dad and is viewed as being more ...
Create a Decision Matrix
I can be incredibly impulsive. Great for a fun Saturday adventure, potentially detrimental at work. Last week, my leadership coach and I...
A Lightweight Way to Keep in Touch
My team is distributed across the globe—in the Philippines, Dubai, Spain, and multiple US time zones. The past few weeks I've been...
Do a 5-Minute Favor
The 5-minute favor was coined by Adam Rifkin, who supposedly has more connections on LinkedIn to the most influential people in the world...
What Level Is This?
I got a great tip on grit from Aditi Shekar, founder of Zeta, software that helps couples manage their money together. (Check it out.)...
Don't Plow Through
The past few weeks have been intense, work-wise. My default is to enter super-execution mode. Do. Do. Do. However, I’m wiser than that....
Live Your Mission
When listening to Reid Hoffman’s recent interview of Ariana Huffington on his podcast, Masters of Scale, I was impressed. Her company,...
Do Your F*cking Job
Scott Belsky, Chief Product Officer at Adobe, revealed a helpful mantra on Tim Ferriss' latest podcast: Do your fucking job. Too often I...
A Five Dolphin Fire
Jay Newton-Small, the founder of MemoryWell, a digital storytelling platform for the aging, recently mentioned a simple prioritization...
I'm Just Not Sorry
The tendency for women to over-apologize starts when we are kids, so it's not surprising that it's a hard habit to break. We need...
Toot that Horn of Yours
I just started an incubator program, Halcyon. 427 companies applied, the program accepted eight. Orientation day, I took a quick look at...
Exhale Doubt. Inhale Tacos.
Today: our next installment of our Day in the Life of a Working Mom Instagram stories. We are joinged by Alli Young, the CEO and Founder...
Damnit, It's Straight Up Bias
One of the big goals of Uplift is to reduce bias against moms in the workforce. When women make up over half the workforce, why is only...
Two Great Pieces of Management Advice
This week, I noticed one of my team members was struggling. I know this woman is super sharp and hard-working, so I was surprised. My...
Speak Softly
My first visit to my kid's preschool struck me. It was quiet. Somehow a room full of toddlers was less noisy than my house with two kids....
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