Are You Driving Your Career, Or Is The Pandemic?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I reflected on five things that help us take charge of our careers and always be in the driver’s seat, pandemic or not!
Leadership
We know that the gender diversity balance in STEM fields is still disproportionately tipped against us. However, in the era of feminism 4.0, it is upto us to change the narrative and forge the career we desire. Read the posts in this category to get the best advice on how to become the leader you were born to be!
Break Free of Fear. Be Bold. Own Your Career.
Have you been guilty of playing small or making excuses to keep yourself in your comfort zone? If the answer is not a “Hell, NO!”, you need to read on to learn how you can break free of the fear, truly be bold and own your career.
Why Showing Up is the Only New Year Resolution You Need
The new year is a wonderful time. It’s a time for reflection, celebration, and new promises. 60% of us make New Year resolutions, but most of us quit within the first two weeks. The ability to show up is foundational to any good habits you want to form. Learn more about why ‘showing up’ is the only new year resolution you need to make for 2020.
What I Learned From My First Six Months working on Pinkcareers
As the year ends, I want to share with you the many highs and lows that I went through during my first six months of blogging. I also want to thank each one of you who has supported me on my journey and read every post that I have published so far!
Small Habits Lead to Big Career Success
The habits we form in the early years of our career play a big part in shaping our leadership style and ensuring our long term career success. In this article, I want to share three small habits that have allowed me to become more confident in my leadership ability, increased my professional visibility, and helped me maintain a better work-life balance.
Embrace non-traditional mentoring to grow in career and life
Do you wish your organization paired you up in a mentoring program where you can seek career advice? Do you feel dependent on someone else (HR, your manager, senior leaders, etc) to find you a mentor? You don’t need to! Read on to learn seven ways to benefit from non-traditional mentoring, especially if you want to grow in areas beyond your current field of expertise.
WGLC 2019: 7 Valuable Leadership Lessons That Will Accelerate Your Career
Through this article, I want to share with you seven valuable leadership lessons I took away from this year’s Women’s Global Leadership Conference (WGLC 2019). These lessons reinforced that I need to own my career and that it is not just my organization’s, but my responsibility to take action and move the needle in favor of gender equality.
Experts talk: Top career advice from women engineers to help you succeed as a recent hire
Navigating the workplace as a young woman in engineering can be challenging. We asked 10 women engineers who have been rocking their career to share their best career advice for women who are just starting out in engineering. These ladies are at the top of their game, and so can you!
Want Your Team To Grow? Let Them Make Mistakes.
Great success does not come without failures. Experienced leaders allow their teams to fail and support them along the way. If your employees constantly fear failure, they will stay in their comfort zone and not think of innovative, out-of-the box ideas. Allow them to fail without fear of repercussion. They can only achieve great success by making mistakes.
Learn about how we can help our teams learn from their mistakes and achieve great success.
7 Mistakes You Must Avoid For Good Leadership
In my 8 years with the company, I have worked with 10 managers so far. In my last post on “14 Leadership Lessons My Managers Taught Me – Part 1”, I shared 7 positive practices that I learned from my previous managers. Not only did I learn about the strengths in their leadership styles, but also I took note of the mistakes that must be avoided to lead my team well. Today, I want to share with you 7 lessons I learned on what NOT to do to be a good leader.