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How to Succeed on Your First Day of Work
November 20, 2020 |The Wall Street Journal

Teach the Geek YouTube Interview
November 17, 2020 | Teach the Geek YouTube Channel

How to advance your career when you’re working at home
November 13, 2020 | CNN.com

How to set yourself up for success when starting a new job remotely
October 13, 2020 | CNBC.com

Coping with a Manager Who Struggles with Remote Work
September 30, 2020 | Dice

Five Uncomfortable Truths Black Colleagues Need You To Know (Video)
September 29, 2020 | Forbes.com

What happens when toxic office behavior moves online while working from home
September 24, 2020 | CNBC.com

10 Ways To Promote Racial Justice In The Workplace (Video)
August 10, 2020 | Forbes.com

How to Ace a Virtual Presentation (Video)
July 13, 2020 | Forbes.com

Managing Up for Project Success
May 18, 2020 | Velociteach Podcast

How To Manage a Micromanaging Boss When WFH
May 4, 2020 | CNN Business

6 Things To Do If Your Boss Is Bad at Managing a Remote Team
April 15, 2020 | Fast Company

Celebrating Women’s History Month With Spelman College President May Schmidt Campbell
March 11, 2020 | Forbes.com

Celebrating International Women’s Day With ‘Take Our Daughters To Work Day’ Cocreator
March 8, 2020 | Forbes.com

Celebrating Women’s History Month With Justice Leah Ward Sears
March 1, 2020 |Forbes.com

Michael Bloomberg Personified The Disconnected Leader In His First Democratic Debate
February 21, 2020 | Forbes.com

The Secrets of Successful Women: Veteran Broadcast Journalist Shaun Robinson
February 16, 2020 |Forbes.com

What To Do When You Can’t Stand Your Colleague
February 7, 2020 | Forbes.com

12 Simple Habits to Reduce Stress and Increase Joy At Work
February 6, 2020 |Forbes.com

4 Powerful Ways Mindfulness Encourages Peak Performance
February 2, 2020 | Forbes.com

Teams Suffer When Managers Can’t Handle Stressful Situations
January 23, 2020 | The Economist

Senators Can’t Use Their Phones During Trump’s Impeachment Trial – Could You Unplug For That Long?
January 18, 2020 |Forbes.com

Doing This At Least 10 Minutes A Day Could Transform Your Productivity
January 15, 2020 | Forbes.com

How Boeing Staff Neglected The Golden Rule of Email
January 11, 2020 |Forbes.com

The Secrets of Successful Women: CDC Foundation CEO, Dr. Judy Monroe
January 5, 2020 | Forbes.com

6 Ways To Boost Your Professional Network In The New Year
January 2, 2020 |Forbes.com

The Strangest Secret
December 29, 2019 | One Last Thought Podcast

Was The Democratic Debate A Window Into Minority Invisibility In The Boardroom?
December 21, 2019 | Forbes.com

Hate Networking? Here Are 5 Tips You Need To Know
December 17, 2019 |Forbes.com

7 Winning Tactics For Disconnecting From Work During the Holidays
December 10, 2019 | Forbes.com

5 Nuggets Of Advice For The Novice Professional Speaker
December 6, 2019 |Forbes.com

Tired of Speaking For Free? Here’s How To Get Paid To Speak
December 4, 2019 | Forbes.com

Ever Considered Professional Speaking? Here Are Some Pros and Cons
December 1, 2019 |Forbes.com

Why Andrew Yang’s Democratic Debate Closing Statement Was a Mic Drop Performance
November 24, 2019 | Forbes.com

Storytelling Best Practices To Increase Your Workplace Influence
November 16, 2019 |Forbes.com

Here’s How To Conquer Your Fear of Presenting
November 12, 2019 | Forbes.com

Use These 4 Tips to Elevate Your Next Presentation From Good To Great
November 7, 2019 |Forbes.com

Here’s How To Avoid 5 Tragic Presentation Mistakes
November 3, 2019 | Forbes.com

This Is How Leaders Build Trust With Remote Teams
October 27, 2019 |Forbes.com

Try These 4 Techniques For Building Team Trust
October 23, 2019 | Forbes.com

5 Reasons Why Trust Matters on Teams
October 20, 2019 |Forbes.com

The Secrets of Successful Women: Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent
October 10, 2019 | Forbes.com

Workplace Inclusion: 3 Innovative Strategies for Moving from Talk to Action
October 1, 2019 | Forbes.com

4 Common Diversity and Inclusion Myths in the Workplace
September 22, 2019 | Forbes.com

The Secrets to Managing Your Boss (No Matter What Type of Boss You Have)
September 18, 2019 | FastCompany.com

The Dangers of Mistaking Diversity for Inclusion in the Workplace
September 15, 2019 | Forbes.com

How the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ Engage Employees and Retain Top Talent
September 4, 2019 | Forbes.com

Your Boss Hates You. Now What Do You Do?

September 3, 2019 |CNN.com

Peer Recognition: An Employee Engagement Secret Weapon

August 25, 2019 |Forbes.com

4 Employee Engagement Trends That Leaders Need to Know

August 18, 2019 |Forbes.com

Have trouble delegating? These 3 questions can help
August 9, 2019 | FastCompany

Secrets of Successful Women: Crystal Hanlon, President Northern Division, The Home Depot
July 28, 2019 |Forbes.com

How to Handle the Chaos of a Tornado Boss
July 22, 2019 |The Wall Street Journal

4 Project Management Trends on the Horizon….Are You Ready?
July 21, 2019 |Forbes.com

Project Management Isn’t Just for Project Managers: 4 Skills You Need to Know
July 14, 2019 |Forbes.com

The 7 Secret Talents of Organizational Superstars
July 6, 2019 | Forbes.com

5 Communications Best Practices of Great Leaders
July 1, 2019 | Forbes.com

3 Reasons Why Thoroughbred Leaders Make the Best Bosses
June 23, 2019 | Forbes.com

5 Dangerous Workplace Habits That Lower Productivity
June 13, 2019 | Forbes.com

The 3 Magic Questions Leaders Should Ask When Delegating
June 5, 2019 | Forbes.com

Avoiding Team Conflict Can Be a Grave Mistake: Four Strategies for Healthy Team Conflict
May 21, 2019 | Forbes.com

10 Pieces of Practical Career Advice for College Graduates
May 10, 2019 | Forbes.com

Wasting Too Much Time in Meetings? Try Hallway Huddles Instead
May 7, 2019 | Forbes.com

3 Reasons Why College Graduates Should Learn to Manage Up
April 30, 2019 | Forbes.com

How To Handle the Boss Who Doesn’t Know What They Want
April 2019 |Forbes.com

Career Pathways in L&D: How to Manage Up and Down as a New Training Manager
April 23, 2019 | Training Industry

The Strategic Project Manager
April 23, 2019 | PMIWDC

This is how to deal with the 3 types of bad bosses you might end up with
April 4, 2019 |Fast Company

4 Tips For Managing Up With The Micromanager Boss
April 2019 |Forbes.com

The 6 Managing Up Questions Your Boss Will Love
April 2019 |Forbes.com

Don’t Be The Office Jerk: Evaluating The Likeability Factor
April 2019 |Forbes.com

The Importance of Managing Up
April 1, 2019 |PM Tips

Have You Encountered One of These 4 Difficult Boss Types
March 22, 2019 |ATD

The One Team Building Activity That Every Team Should Conduct
March 2019 |Forbes.com

The Five Levels Of Organizational Influence: Where Are You?
March 2019 |Forbes.com

Is There A Corporate Caste System?
March 2019 |Forbes.com

Why Yes Men Don’t Win in the End
March 2019 |CNN.com

How to Manage Your Manager
March 2019 |Monster.com

3 Times When You Really Shouldn’t Email
March 2019 |Forbes.com

Instead Of Emailing While Angry, Do This
March 2019 |Forbes.com

Mediocrity Is Underrated
March 2019 |Forbes.com

Project Management Office Hours Podcast
March 2019 |BusinessRadiox.com

Is Self-Promotion On Social Media Savvy or Arrogant?
February 2019 |Forbes.com

The Downside of Carrying the Most Weight at Work
January 2019 |The Wall Street Journal

How to Deal with a Workaholic Boss
October 2018 |CNN.com

Why You Shouldn’t Ghost at Work
August 2018 |US News & World Report

How to Stay Productive, Even During the Summer
July 2018 |Talent Culture

Live from PMI EMEA in Berlin
May 2018 |Facebook Live Interview

9 Tips for Managing Up at Work
May 2018 |BRIT + CO

Bridging Generational Divides with Technology
April 2018 |NH Business Review

Millennials in the Workforce
April 2018 |Projectified with PMI

What is Managing Up?
April 2018 |Ms. Career Girl

Bridging Generational Divides with Technology
April 2018 |NH Business Review

What To Do When Your Boss is a Terrible Manager
March 2018 |Quartz.com

How to Gain Power at Work When You Have None
March 2018 |The Wall Street Journal

What To Do When Your Boss is Always MIA
March 2018 |Quartz.com

What To Do When Your Boss is an Egomaniac
February 2018 |Quartz.com

Starting a Consulting Business? Avoid These Three Tragic Mistakes
January 2018 |WITI.com

Giving Bad News: Tips for Tactfully Delivering Difficult Messages
December 2017 |Business News Daily

The Trump Communication Lesson: Delivery is Everything
October 2017 |HuffPost

How to Identify and Handle a Demanding Boss
August 2017 |BBC.com

When Your Work Pal is the Office Laggard
July 2017 | The Wall Street Journal

5 Small Changes I Made to Gain 30 Minutes Every Morning
July 2017 | HuffPost

Career Advice Your First Boss Probably Won’t Give You
July 2017 | Millennial Magazine

Who’s Really Going to Tell the Boss They Have an Ugly Baby?
June 2017 | HuffPost

Professionalism Isn’t Dead! Keep Your Casual Workplace Classy
June 2017 | Business News Daily

5 Major Work Mistakes You Don’t Even Know You’re Making
May 2017 | Brit + Co

Why So Many Working Moms Secretly Dread Summer
May 2017 | HuffPost

8 Ways to Become a Better Leader
May 2017 | Business News Daily

Building a Culture of Candor
May 2017 | Municipal Sewer and Water

I’m Sorry…The Two Tragically Forgotten Words in Customer Service
April 2017 | HuffPost

Dear Millennials, Here’s Some Advice Your First Boss Probably Won’t Give You (But Should)
March 2017 | HuffPost

What I’m Teaching My 7 Year Old Now So She Will Thrive in Corporate America (and Life)
March 2017 | HuffPost

5 Key Customer Service Mistakes  You Need to Avoid
March 2017 | Business News Daily

The Thoroughbred Leader
March 2017 | Women in Technology International

The Secret to Employee Engagement – Engaging the Head and the Heart
February 2017 | Training Magazine

Are Moms the Original Project Managers?
February 2017 | The Glass Hammer

To Tweet or Not to Tweet….That is the Question
February 2017 | The Huffington Post

Why Most Resolutions Fail Within 30 Days
January 2017 | The Huffington Post

Are You Making One of These 5 Tragic Customer Service Mistakes?
January 2017 | CRMchange.com

The 4 Work Life Balance Personality Types
December 2016 |The Huffington Post

9 Career Boosting Habits You Should Adopt
December 2016 | Business News Daily

Tackling 4 Key Challenges of the Multigenerational Workforce
December 2016 | Business News Daily

Is Technology Killing Customer Service?
December 2016 | Customerthink.com

6 Leadership Lessons From An Historic Presidential Election
November 2016 | The Huffington Post

Is Your Company Making These Customer Service Mistakes?
November 2016 | Customerzone360.com

It’s All About the Customer Service
October 2016 | Entrepreneur.com

Navigating the New Workplace
September 2016 | Forbes.com

WIGO Radio Interview – Lunchtime Fun with Dr. Kam and the Crew
September 2016 | WIGO AM 1570

How to Deal When You’re Being Ghosted – At Work
September 2016 | Glamour

Can My Problem Employee Be Saved?
August 2016 | Women in Technology International

Coming Back From an Email Faux Pas
July 2016 | The Wall Street Journal

Working on Vacation? Here’s How to Do It Without Angering Your Family
July 2016 | Miami Herald

The Secret to Employee Engagement 
July 2016 | Entrepreneur.com

Career Advice Your First Boss Probably Won’t Give You
July 2016 | Millennial Magazine

Discussing Undiscussables…The New Leadership Frontier
July 2016 | Women in Technology International

Managing Up: Surviving and Thriving the Difficult Boss
June 2016 | Women in Technology International

My Working Mom Secret…I Love My Business Trips!
May 2016 | WorkingMother.com

Project Management Skills Every Leader Should Have
May 2016 | Women In Technology International

Do You Have a Time Wasting Personality
April 2016 | Quickbase

Are You Leading a Team…or Combing Spaghetti?
April 2016 | Women In Technology International

Navigating Between Work and Family: 5 Tips That Can Help
April 2016 | Carolinedowdhiggins.com

How to Be a Team Player as a Per Diem Nurse
March 2016 | Fast Company

How to Handle the Four Most Common Types of Bad Bosses
October 2015 | Fast Company

Mompreneurship – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!
September 2015 | Entrepreneur

Newsflash: Superwoman Doesn’t Exist
August 2015 | Working Mother

Vacation’s Over. Now What? How to Handle the Back -to- Work Blues
August 15, 2015 | Glamour Magazine

The Seven Deadly Sin of Newbie Entrepreneurs
July 27, 2015 | Emory University Alumni Association Newsletter

500+ Women on Work/Life Balance
July 6, 2015 |  Mother Magazine

Can I Skip My Office’s Day at the Beach
June 10, 2015 | Time

On call 24-7? How to take your life back
April 17, 2015 |  Fortune

Professionalism Matters | SEGMENT 2 | #77
February 15, 2015 | Working Mother Radio

It Takes a Village
January 28, 2015 | Entrepreneur

Drawing Boundaries | SEGMENT 3 | #73
January 18, 2015 | Working Mother Radio

Boss Buy-in | SEGMENT 4 | #73
January 18, 2015 | Working Mother Radio

How to Draw Work Life Boundaries
January 2015 | Working Mother

How to Handle the Anxiety of Trying to Unplug from Work While on Vacation
December 25, 2014 | Her Agenda

Why Smart People Send Stupid Emails That Can Ruin Their Careers
December 15, 2014 | Money

How to Handle a Co-Worker Who’s a Chronic Complainer
December 8, 2014 | Money

What to Do When You Are the Subject of Office Gossip
October 7, 2014 | The Wall Street Journal

What To Do When The Boss’s Daughter Is Tough To Work With
September 8, 2014 | Money Magazine

How to Make Your Conference Calls Run Flawlessly
July 24, 2014 | Entrepreneur

How to Tackle Communication Problems in a Multigenerational Workplace
July 23, 2014 | IT Business Edge

The 5 Myths About Entrepreneurship
June 25, 2014 | Entrepreneur

How to Tackle Communication Problems in a Multigenerational Workplace
June 23, 2014 | IT Business Edge

How to Take Criticism Well
June 18, 2014 | The Wall Street Journal

Tackling the Challenges of the Multigenerational Workforce
June 17, 2014 | Business News Daily

Are We Witnessing the Death of Professionalism?
June 4, 2014 | Training Magazine

Getting People to Say Yes When Everyone Isn’t on Board
June 2, 2014 | Entrepreneur

Avoid These 3 Pitfalls When Opening a Consulting Business
May 9, 2014 | Entrepreneur

When It Comes to Work, Can You Care Too Much? The Pros and Cons of an Organization-Lover or a Free Agent
April 29, 2014 | The Wall Street Journal

The Pricing Conundrum: Figuring Out the Right Strategy For You
April 9, 2014 | Entrepreneur

A Luxury for Corporate America, a Necessity for Entrepreneurs
March 26, 2014 | Entrepreneur

How to Embrace ‘The Lazy Entrepreneur’ Philosophy (And Still Be Successful)
March 21, 2014 | Entrepreneur

7 Sins of Newbie Entrepreneurs
March 19, 2014 | Fox Business

Answer These 3 Questions Before Jumping Into Entrepreneurship
March 12, 2014 | Entrepreneur

7 Sins of Newbie Entrepreneurs
March 7, 2014 | Entrepreneur

Dana Brownlee Discribes her ‘95% Unplugged Vacation Model
January 13, 2014 | Ridiculously Efficient

Stop Wasting Time:How to Prioritize Your To-Do List
December 30, 2013 | Business News Daily

Are you one of the best — or worst — leaders?
December 13, 2013 | CNBC

To Unplug or Not to Unplug During Family Vacation (that is the question)
December 9, 2013 | Working Mother

Communication Lessons from a Three Year Old
December 4, 2013 | WITI Strategist Newsletter

5 Ways to Stop Being a Control Freak
October 18, 2013 | Business News Daily

Learning to Let Go: How to Delegate Effectively
October 15, 2013 | TechRepublic

To Unplug (Completely) or Not During Family Vacation? …That is the Question
October 9, 2013 | The Glass Hammer

Find Time for the Important Stuff
October 2013 | Redbook Magazine

3 Ways to Get Along With Multigenerational Coworkers
September 26, 2013| Payscale

Is “All” the Goal, or Is “Plenty” Enough?
September 2013 | Working Mother

Bosses Say ‘Pick Up the Phone’
August 27,2013 | The Wall Street Journal

The NEW Time Management Model
July/August 2013 | CalSAE Executive Magazine

How Do You Get Team Members to Come Prepared for the Meeting?
July 19, 2013 | ProjectManage.com

Conversation Crutches
July 15, 2013 | Training magazine

Communication Lessons from a 3-Year-Old
July 2013 | Working Mother

The Multigenerational Workforce Communication Conundrum
June 28, 2013 | Training Magazine

Are You Leading a Team … or Combing Spaghetti?
June 11, 2013 | ProjectManage.com

How Do You Facilitate a Large Group Effectively?
May 30, 2013 | ProjectManage.com

How Do You Help the Group Reach Consensus When They Simply Don’t Agree?
May 22, 2013 | ProjectManage.com

Managing Up: Surviving (and Thriving) the Difficult Boss
May 17, 2013 | ProjectManage.com

Just Look Me in the Eye Already | Sue Shellenbarger
May 28, 2013 | The Wall Street Journal

Teach Employees to Communicate Effectively
April 10, 2013 | Diversity Executive Magazine

Why Multitasking Blocks Your Best Ideas
April 4, 2013 | The Juggle, The Wall Street Journal (Blog)

6 Types of Change Resisters That Are Holding Back Progress
March 29, 2013 | The Fast Track

The Mommy Contract
March 28, 2013 | Working Mother

Six Common Errors New Project Managers Make Often–and How to Fix Them.
March 2013 | PM Network

Former Technologist Discovers the Secret Behind the Precious Gift of Time
February 20, 2013 | IT Business Edge

How To Communicate In The New Multigenerational Office
February 14, 2013 | Forbes

Career Strategies Column | Sue Shellenbarger
May 22, 2012 | The Wall Street Journal

Meet the Meeting Killers
May 15, 2012 | The Wall Street Journal

Structure is Key to Keeping Teams on Track
January 26, 2012 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution