by Joanie Connell | Mar 1, 2014 | Leadership, Parenting for the Workplace
By Joanie Connell One evening several years back, my husband, daughter and I were sitting around the kitchen table after dinner. My husband got up and went into the pantry and shut the door behind him. I heard a bunch of rustling noises, like plastic bags being...
by Joanie Connell | Feb 20, 2014 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Values, Women Leaders
by Joanie Connell I was carpooling recently with three business colleagues, all male. One of them noticed someone in the car ahead cutting us off. He blurted out, “It’s a woman!” All of us looked a little surprised. One of the other men in the car said, “At least he...
by Joanie Connell | Feb 18, 2014 | Blog, Careers, Leadership, REAL Life Skills, Resilient
by Joanie Connell What does it take to succeed? Isn’t that the burning question? Of course, it depends on what your definition of success is to begin with. Is it money, fame, power, happiness, self actualization? The first step in success is to know yourself—what is...
by Joanie Connell | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Resilient
By Joanie Connell A parent came to me not so long ago with a story about her 9-year-old daughter being bullied by “mean girls.” There was a small pack of them. They went around together and laughed at kids. One thing they did was to try to trick girls into feeling...