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The Easiest Way to Add Hours to Your Day
Almost everyone I know feels overwhelmed at times. You have to learn how to effectively manage a heavy workload without dropping any important balls or running yourself ragged. While each person is a bit different, over the years I've found five things have really made the difference for me to achieve and maintain peak performance. It's hard when you just start out, but over time, it's critical to learn the difference between what's truly urgent and what's truly important.
How to launch your career right, according to the dean of Kellogg School of Management
Careers unfold over a lifetime. Unexpected opportunities and obstacles arise—at work and at home—that affect how a career progresses, especially for women. The same job that may eventually lead one person into the c-suite may end in a stalled career for another. There are multiple paths and no guarantees. It’s all part of the journey. But we do know that certain choices, especially early in one’s career, can set people on trajectories that increase the likelihood of long-term career success.
Thriving in the mid-career years: 3 questions women must answer
After 40 years of progress, women are still relatively scarce in the C-suite, especially in the CEO role. Data shows that the mid-career years (from the early 30s to late 40s) are where much of the momentum loss occurs. Why? Because this is the time when commitments outside the office escalate at the same time that work commitments do. At work, fast-track professionals move from entry-level to middle management roles.
What Working in Moscow Taught Me About the Power of Persistence
The MPW Insiders Network is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: What’s the scariest work challenge you were faced with and how did you overcome it? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners.
You Should Consider the Worst That Could Happen When Making a Decision
The MPW Insiders Network is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for, “What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve ever been given?” is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. People often ask me how I had the guts to move to Singapore when I’d barely even heard of the place just weeks before moving there.
6 Things to Start Doing Now to Ensure 2017 is Your Best Year Ever at Work
In the past few months, I’ve interviewed dozens of female CEOs and C-suite executives, trying to understand what it was that helped them succeed in order to provide others the insights and inspiration they need to do the same. While the challenges and opportunities of the women I’ve interviewed were quite different, I’ve found some striking similarities in what it took for them to get to the top. Of course they are all smart and hard-working. That’s a given.
The Easiest Way to Add Hours to Your Day
The MPW Insiders Network is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: “How do you manage a heavy workload?” is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. Almost everyone I know feels overwhelmed at times. You have to learn how to effectively manage a heavy workload without dropping any important balls or running yourself ragged.
How to Be a Mentor
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: How can more women leaders instill confidence in the workplace? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. I don’t think confidence is the primary reason women don’t get ahead or that they lower their aspirations early on in their careers—at least not in business.
How to be an intrapreneur
Every great innovation begins with an idea. Every great achievement requires a champion. Scientists. Explorers. Adventurers. Entrepreneurs. For centuries, intrepid individuals have been tackling problems and seizing opportunities others either couldn’t or wouldn’t. And by doing so they have changed the way we live and work, time and again.
3 resume tips for recent grads
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for:What are three things you look for in a resume? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. Not surprisingly, I look for the same things in a resume that I want in an employee. Recruiting employees is always a multi-faceted process and meeting someone “live” is certainly an important part of any hiring decision.
8 reasons moms make better CEOs
As Mother’s Day approaches, it’s a good time to take a closer look at a question on the minds of many working women: Can we have it all — great careers, great marriages, great kids, great friends? I fully understand the question but not why we keep asking it. Look around.
Why I gave up everything to start a career in Singapore
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: Describe one make or break moment in your career–how did you navigate it? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. My career has likely had more “make or break” moments than the average person. During the past 30 years, I’ve worked for three different Fortune 500 companies (DuPont, Unilever, and Kraft).
How this CEO finds motivation at work every day
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: How do you stay motivated at work? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. The truth is I love my work. I pretty much always have. However, that’s only because I picked a career I am passionate about.
Why even the best employees need to experience failure
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: How should every successful woman deal with rejection? is written by Perry Yeatman, CEO of Perry Yeatman Global Partners. Like it or not, dealing with rejection is an important part of professional development. I have dealt with it and I don’t know a single successful woman who hasn’t – professionally, personally, or both.
The Ups and Downs of Charity at the Checkout Counter
Would you like to contribute $1 to education? $5 to eradicate cancer? $10 to support homeless pets? Questions like these are an increasingly common part of the retail experience for shoppers who get hit up for donations at cash registers across the land. And this season there seem to be more “checkout charity” campaigns than ever. Reuters recently asked me to comment on this phenomenon, asking if I thought these campaigns worked.
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