Articles by Kay Fittes
NEW Relax at the office? It's easier than you think!
Relaxing at the workplace may seem like an oxymoron, but with CincyChic's 10 quick and easy stress busters, the words "relax" and "career" will no longer be at odds.
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Put Time on Your Side
Death is bad for one’s career! But step-by-step many of you are killing yourselves in your quest to balance work and home. How did we get in such a pickle?
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Unlearning the Lessons Mom Taught You
Ask a woman to rattle off several "Momisms". She’ll comply with pronouncements like: "Never leave the house without clean underwear on; you never know when you might be in an accident." "A lady doesn’t play in the mud." "This car doesn’t leave the driveway until your seat belt is buckled." The good news about these previous pearls of wisdom is they won’t derail your career. However, there are many more lessons we learned at our mother’s knee that can wreak havoc on our workplace behavior.
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Men, Women, and Power
Men and women frequently define power differently and with women leaving to start their own businesses in droves, it would behoove corporate America to understand how power is perceived.
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Women Reap What They Sow in Their Careers
When the National Association of Female Executives publishes the annual Top 30 Companies for Executive Women survey, it highlights information such as women friendly cultures, leadership programs for women and the percentage of women in the top ranks. Those characteristics are indications of good soil. How’s yours?
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When Success Knocks, Do You Self-Sabotage?
You’ve worked incredibly hard. You’ve stayed late at night, toiled weekends and sacrificed personal time to reach your career goals. Now the payoff is around the corner. You are being promoted. Initially you are thrilled, affirmed and excited. As the promotion gets closer, however, you begin to feel anxious. The anxiety builds… You have run head long into success anxiety.
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You Can Be Roadblock to Your Own Success
How would you react if I suggested you forget the "glass ceiling"? Depends. If you are a woman desperately trying to break through that barrier, you probably want to hunt me down and stone me. If you are consciously or even unconsciously one of the obstacles to women’s success, you might be saying "hooray". You should not really forget the glass ceiling. Continue the good fight for a place at the boardroom table. At the same time, ask yourself what you are doing to sabotage your own success.
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