Mentoring/Careers

Connecting with Power Mentoring Models

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Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Gwen Moran, a writer for Entrepreneur Magazine and we discussed how to connect with mentoring models and develop relationships with them. In…

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Make More Money by Being a Mentor

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Everybody knows that getting a mentor can help you in your career but what about having a protégé- how can that help you? And yes, we can all use some…

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Mentorfly: A new approach to developing a network of mentors

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How many of us are on LinkedIn but NOT looking for a job… so what are you supposed to do with all those connections anyway? While it is fun to…

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How to Get a Mentor in 3 Steps in 3 Weeks: Step 2: Reflect on Who to Reach Out To

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A 15-minute Tedx talk is a viciously short amount of time to detail how to actually connect with a mentor so I am doing a series of blog posts to…

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How to Get a Mentor in 3 Steps in 3 Weeks: First, Know Thyself

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Recently, I gave a Tedx talk at Loyola Marymount University about how to get a mentor. The hardest part about doing that talk was distilling 20 years of research and…

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TedTalk at Loyola Marymount University: How to Get a Mentor Speech

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Ta da! My Tedx talk is posted on YouTube! Watching myself on video is freaky. The experience is a lot like reading one of those Where’s Waldo? books. Do you…

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Advice for Graduates and Professionals: “This Too Shall Pass”

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What advice can you give to graduates that fits on a chalkboard that past commencement speaker luminaries like Steve Jobs, Sheryl Sandburg and an array of past U.S. Presidents have…

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My Five Favorite Blogs and Subscriptions for Spring-Summer 2013

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How do you keep up with the news? How do you stimulate your creativity, add an extra kick to your presentations and stay relevant for your career?  It’s a challenge. …

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What is it REALLY Like to do a Tedx Talk?: 3 Lessons I Learned

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For me, doing a Tedx talk was the professional equivalent of what I imagine having a brief crazy affair with a hot young thang is like! Consider the similarities. Doing…

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