Business

Every day, the news gets scarier and scarier. As I work from home and worry about how this will all impact the kids, I have found myself not sleeping well, and often talking to my husband about a lot of "what ifs." But in the midst of all the uncertainty, I've also seen a huge [...]

Guest post by Jessica Marventano So you just got invited out to a work lunch and are excited because you have been dying to try that new restaurant down the street. You cannot wait to try their signature dish! Wait – don’t make a rookie error. Make no mistake, a business lunch is NOT about [...]

Guest post by Jessica Marventano Many years ago I worked at a law firm where one of the partners never ever held the door open for anyone coming through after him. Never. Not even if your hands were full. He also wouldn’t even make the courtesy move toward the elevator “open door” button if he [...]

Guest Post by Jessica Marventano Most of us in the business world work for someone else – usually an organization. It can be large, like a corporation or a national non-profit. Or it can be small like a boutique law firm, communications firm, or some other service firm. Or it can be something cutting edge [...]

I've just been blogging for a couple of months now, so it really warmed my heart when I discovered that one of my fellow bloggers had not only noticed my blog but had nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award!

First days are scary. Whether it’s a first day of school when you’re young, a first day at your first job out of school, or the first time you walk into a party where you know no one. Or maybe it’s the first day you post a piece to your brand-new blog when you’re embarking on a new adventure in your ‘ahem’ forties.