The Sisterhood of Success was alive and well at the University of Mary Washington’s Women’s Leadership Colloquium this past fall.
Women's Leadership Colloquium @ UMW
A center for fostering the connectivity of professional women who share best business practices, real-life lessons and comic relief.
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26th Annual Women's Leadership Colloquium
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Keep That Fire Burning
We’ve all heard that burnout is a real workplace issue. It can negatively affect morale, engagement, productivity and ultimately the success of an individual, department or organization if the problem is pervasive. As an HR professional, it’s a concern I have had for the organizations in which I’ve worked, the individuals on the teams I […]
The Whole is Something Else
By Cara Parker, Strategic Planning and Leadership Development Consultant and Owner at C Parker Consulting, Inc. Kurt Koffka (1886-1941), the German Gestalt psychologist, often gets misquoted as saying, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” In reality, his famous quote is “the whole is something else than the sum of its parts.” His […]
Being Nice is Your Superpower!
By Martha Hutzel, Library Director, Central Rappahannock Regional Library I cannot claim that quote, but I do appreciate and love it. It’s powerful, and it matters. It’s from the Fran Hauser book, The Myth of the Nice Girl. The upcoming Women’s Leadership Colloquium @ UMW, on November 7, 2019, has the theme Be Your Own […]