(CNN) Illustrator Candace Jean Andersen was doing some research for a children’s book on orcas when she stumbled into a mystery. In an old article, she discovered a photo of scientists at the 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia. And she noticed something: Amid the sea of male faces — 37 of…
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Do you have a dream that is SO big that you believe you will never get there? Maybe you’d have to move to a big city to accomplish this goal, and that thought is really scary when you are young and just starting out. What if I told you that you do not have to…
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Embrace Workplace Conflict Even if you love your job and the people you work with, there will be conflict from time to time. Conflict is not a bad thing, if it is over something work-related, and not directed as a personal attack. Vigorous debate over the best path forward will lead to excellent discussion, many…
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Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is: With all the push to get women interested in STEM careers at the grade school through high school level, we are now at a place in the United States, where women are graduating from college with STEM degrees at a…
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According to Suzanne Bates, author of the book, All the Leader You Can Be, “Executive presence is the ability of the leader to engage, align, inspire, and move people to act.” Sylvia Ann Hewlitt, the author of Executive Presence, defines it as: “A measure of image: whether you signal to others that you are star…
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Your Inner Voice Have you ever felt a moment of clarity, or heard some inner voice calling out to you, telling you to go in a particular direction in life? I know this happens many times and with varying levels of intensity across life. It could be related to love, family, creativity, or it could…
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If you are reading this blog, then I assume that you have plans and goals, or at least dreams that you desire to turn into real plans and goals. Have you had a moment where what you always wanted finally happened, and when it did… it was not quite what you expected it would be?…
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Feedback about how we are doing (in any situation) is useful and if it is given with thoughtfulness and with helpfulness in mind, it is a gift. Listening to feedback about yourself can be hard, but if you learn to not only listen, but respond gracefully to it, and reflect upon it properly, it can…
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Do you feel like you are not in control? Maybe you believe you do not have time to change some things and you feel like your family, job, school, or other responsibilities are out of your control. Maybe it is a teacher, professor, or a supervisor at work affecting you. You feel like they do…
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One of the main joys in life’s journey is the incredible people we meet along the way. If we are lucky enough to call some of those people friends, then we are truly blessed. I had coffee with my dear friend, Emily Bassett, this week. I met her during a deployment on the USS Abraham…
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Take a good look in the mirror, who are you and who do you really want to be? The road to success is going to take consistent effort and self-awareness. I do believe you can do this, but I never said it would be easy. You must be able to look at yourself and see…
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You DO have a crystal ball or a time machine and YES, you can see into the future with this magic tool. This tool is called, the “Pre-mortem technique.” It was developed by Gary Klein, and you can read about it in his book called, The Power of Intuition. Ok, so the name may not…
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Find Part one of this article by clicking here. During my second permanently assigned duty station in the Navy that, as I reflect, is where I made decisions that directly altered by path for the positive. I was stationed in San Diego, California and was 22-25 years old during this period. Even though I made…
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I would like to tell you more about where I came from and why I know I can help you become the best you that you can be. I could start with who I am today, which is a Program Manager, (or a Project Manager), leading a very large team with a Billion-dollar budget (phased…
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I’m a rather average woman, I believe. Meaning, there are many, many women very much like me. I have always had dreams and goals, and I have had the drive and grit to achieve most of them. I am still working on others. I plan to never quit dreaming! I hope all the girls, women,…
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All my life, I have been “looking for a place to shine,” and I think I have found it. Yes, this blog is part of that, but my place to “shine” is so much more. I have found that I can shine at work, at home, and generally, anyplace that I go. That is what…
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