In doing research for a book that will be out next year on women and confidence, I realized that, although intuition is often associated with women, we're not using it more than men in business. And intuition can be our business edge. It certainly was for a friend and colleague…
Entries by Helene Lerner
In the workplace, we are often so focused on trying to do our best—to improve even difficult situations—that sometimes we miss what’s blatantly obvious: We’d be better off leaving our current employment and going somewhere else. Many unhappily employed people clung to their existing jobs during the recent recession. They…
A couple of days ago, Bob* called me and I could hear the excitement in his voice. He had been unemployed for a year after finishing college and had just found his first job. That year had been a trying time for Bob, however, he kept networking, going to interviews…
When I work with senior managers on the topics of collaboration, teamwork and communication, there is almost always at least one “elephant in the room” they need to face. Executives are usually very smart, driven and highly skilled—as far as the technical aspects of their work go. They can talk…