Personal Development and Career Success for Today's Latina
The Value of Mentorship One of the best career moves you can make is to seek out and find a mentor. One of the biggest career mistakes you can make is not to ask him or her tough questions. Even if you have known your mentor for many years or just a few months, the [...]
In Malcolm Gladwell’s best seller Blink, we learned that only 14.5% of men in the US are six feet tall and above—but 58% of all Fortune 500 CEOs are tall. Is it a coincidence? Not at all. Physical appearance is one of three subtle and not so subtle factors that are associated with Executive Presence. [...]
Charisma—it’s that one unique quality we can struggle to define in the leaders we admire and celebrities we like. But if you are looking for a way to make 2013 your breakout year for your career, then take note: Charisma can be learned by understanding what it is and developing key communication skills that are [...]
7 Sources of Professional Power This is part 3, in a four part series. In my last two articles (Part I and Part II ), I have focused on four of the seven sources of professional power: relationships, information, expertise and a person’s position or role within an organization. These have been identified in a study [...]
Most of us associate being powerful with holding a certain position in an organization—if you are the boss or the highest ranking team member, then you can claim your power because of your role. Many companies are hierarchical—a person’s title alone can make them powerful. Another way to think of the power of position is [...]
In the past few months there has been significant commentary about the new found power of the Latino community throughout the nation. The election made it clear that Latinos as a whole have substantial power to use in shaping the political landscape of our nation. Add this to our $1.2 Trillion in spending power and it is [...]
During the recent New Latina teleconference “Personal Branding for Latinas: Your Image Your Opportunity”, I spoke briefly in response to a question from host Angelica Perez about bringing our cultural identity and personal brand to work in how we dress. Most women can relate to the challenge of asking, “what should I wear today”. For [...]
You have just put in an 80 hour week. The report is done. You are about to send it out to your boss, but before you can send the email or before you can place it on her desk, your colleague just beat you to it. What started out as a team effort has become [...]
If your office gets into a morning round of discussions on the latest convention coverage or presidential debate, do you participate? During an election year, there are a wide range of topics that can become polarizing faster than you imagine. This year the big issues of the day are the treatment of undocumented immigrants, job [...]
It is probably one of the most painful experiences we can have in our careers—working side by side with someone who goes out of their way to undermine us. They can be passive aggressive—never returning calls, ignoring our emails or they can out right attack our credibility, our work or performance on a project. When [...]
