My daughter, who is a preschool teacher in Brooklyn, called me last night. With the recent debate surrounding the opening of schools, it’s only natural that I’m concerned about her safety and the safety of the children she teaches. While I’m not an educator, I have immense respect for the field, and I’m concerned about […]
I surprised my husband by staying up a bit past my bedtime to watch Ali Velshi being an ally to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Respect has always been important to me, and after living five decades you learn to, in the words of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “Fight for the things you care about”. Ideas from Ali’s piece […]
This blog is long overdue because I have been pulled in so many exciting directions with my Leadership Greater Washington workshops and events, plus the training and coaching I have been doing through Reitkopp Recruiting. Without fail, my most useful blogs have involved the mechanics or tools that help individuals with their career advancement. A pitch is simple, straightforward, and […]
Ryan called to tell me she was launching her new podcast AmateurToPro and wanted to know if I was game to be interviewed. She said she wanted to share my story about becoming an entrepreneur, my non profit board work, juggling work and life, and still finding time to be creative and write a novel. […]
September is my favorite time of year and each year when it rolls around, I always forgot it’s also the most stressful one for me followed only by June and not even considering the “holiday season”. What do these two months have in common? Well that’s when the academic calendar starts and finishes. No, I’m not a teacher, […]
The Office of Career Strategy and Professional Development at Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Education created an online EPIC Career Strategy crash course for their graduate students. Caleb C. McKinney, Ph.D. asked me to prepare this video as a tool for the students to explain my use of FAB Statements as they prepare for interviews. I […]
Earlier in the summer we were out walking in a suburban Crown Point, IN neighborhood. We were home visiting family for the the most American holiday of all, the 4th of July. I slowed down to watch a neighbor mowing his lawn. A pretty normal sight, right?! He was moving much slower than I did when I mowed, granted […]
Interviewing is a performance and to do it well you must practice. In the arts it’s called “woodshedding”. It’s imperative to spend time out in the “woodshed” preparing for your performance. I know right now you are saying, “An interview is not a performance!” I’m going to say, “But, it is.” I’ve prepared all sorts of people for […]
So you landed the dream job, what’s next? Did you know the first 6-12 months are the most important in any new job or relationship for that matter. Everything is new, people are the most open, and no bad habits have been established, yet. Many companies have a formal review system and new employees have a probationary period […]
I attended a talk last week by Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson who recently published a book called, “The Self-Driven Child,” The science and sense of giving your kids more control over their lives. The authors, a clinical neuropsychologist and a motivational coach/test taking company CEO, both agreed that there are ways to reduce, anxiety, depression, […]