By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University A former colleague of mine, at another institution, once suffered from one of the worst cases of professional impostor syndrome I have ever seen. She’s incredibly smart, accomplished, […]
Most companies do performance reviews once a year to share feedback with employees. But really, who wants to wait months (or even a year!) for positive affirmation, or to be blindsided by constructive feedback? This article by Glenn Leibowitz outlines why we may want […]
Executive coach and author Joel Garfinkle shares the 5 Qualities of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders as well as tips for how you can start to incorporate these strategies into your style, in SmartBrief.
In this video, Wake Forest alumnus Matt Williams (’09, MA ’16) shares advice around recognizing and responding to bias in the workplace, particularly if you are a young professional navigating your first work experience post-college. Matt’s insights on microaggressions, implicit bias, and serving as […]
By Emma Sadowski (’14), Analyst at the Association of International Certified Personal Accountants (AICPA) in Raleigh, NC Ever make a pro/con list and end up just staring at the page, not any closer to a decision than before you started? It happens to me all […]
Be the Impostor. Written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, October 31, 2017. The impostor syndrome is real. It happens to all of us, whether we’re kids trying to fit into a new school group, young adults trying to make it into […]
By Amy Shackelford (’14), Founder/Lead Planner at Modern Rebel & Co. in New York City When I was fresh out of Wake Forest undergrad, I decided to move to Philadelphia, PA to work on a three-person team, in a non-salaried position for a start-up company. […]
How can you capitalize on your failures and setbacks to shape your career and life in a positive way? John Chambers, Executive Chairman at Cisco, reflects on how to learn lessons from our moments of disappointment in this article from LinkedIn Pulse.
We all struggle at times to find meaning at work, even those of us who might identify our work as a “calling.” Some days it’s hard to see the higher purpose. But there are some easy steps that you can take to re-energize yourself for […]
Stuck in a Rut? Create Meaning Out of Monotony, written by Lauren Beam for the Huffington Post, April 25, 2017 Most of us know what it feels like to be stuck in a career or job rut. The 8 to 5 grind feels exhausting […]
