Beware the Queen Bee
“When Maria Angela Capello and I wrapped up the first book we co-authored together, Mentoring and Sponsoring, Keys to Success, we knew there was a...
Training
The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion
“Let’s get out a pen and paper and take five minutes to write down what makes you remarkable,” I told my coaching program participants as...
Becoming a Petroleum Engineer
If you are interested in working in the oil and gas industry, you may want to consider becoming a petroleum engineer. This position involves figuring...
Making Virtual Meetings Inclusive
The case for inclusion is clear: Inclusive teams make better decisions 87 percent of the time and drive decision-making two times faster with half the...
Forming a Women’s Network After Retirement: It’s Never Too Late
As the lone woman in a male-dominated industry in the 1970s, I’d look with twinges of jealousy at men with their networking of lunches, golf,...
Networking for Winning
A few years into my first job, I felt ready for a promotion. I discussed it with my manager. He agreed that I was ready...
Building A Coaching Mindset
Lindsay Jaffee often found herself as the youngest, and one of few women, to serve in non-technical leadership roles at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. She began...
How to Ask for Help and Actually Get It
I recently coached a woman who was new at her company. She had remote onboarding, and in her six months of working with the company,...
Transferring Skills for a Sustainable Future
Engineer by Accident As a kid at school, I always enjoyed math and science, and at home I loved anything that involved problem solving and...
The Heat is On: How to Talk to Your Kids about Energy
What do you eat for breakfast to start your day? How many switches do you flip in your house? How many devices do you charge?...