Contributed by Pari Hashemi, Financial Advisor, Financial Planning Associate, The McFadden Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC
Are women conditioned from an early age to not focus as much on money as men? Think of the daily chores a brother and sister in a household might traditionally be expected to take [...]

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Contributed by executive coach Ann Daly
There’s no way around it. Career advancement requires strategy: intentional, ongoing, long-term thinking and action. But today’s “on-demand” workplace conspires against full presence and total attention. It’s a challenge these days for anyone to look away from the current client crisis to focus on her own future.
But look away we [...]

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Contributed by Susan Stern, President, Stern + Associates
Few companies or organizations will never face a serious and immediate challenge at some point during their history. How effectively and quickly the organization deals with the threat and communicates with the media, customers, employees and other key publics often determines how its products, services and corporate [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
Your day-to-day job is not the same as your career. Your job is but a subset, and your career is made up of each successive job, as well as your accomplishments, publications, keynotes, branding and networks. Therefore, doing well, even spectacularly well, in your current role, is helpful [...]

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Contributed by Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D.
What are your relationship strengths and weaknesses?
The answer is not what you think; in fact, it comes down to exploring how one interacts with one’s co-workers. That is what I and my co-authors, Timothy Keiningham and Luke Williams of Ipsos Loyalty, discovered when we embarked on our study about relationship styles. [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
I had a client who had started a business that needed a cash infusion. At the same time, recognizing that cash flow was an issue, he started to explore going back in-house (he had been a successful banker before starting his own shop). He needed to position himself [...]

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By Esther Hanscom, Hanscom Consulting (New York City)
Last month, the New York Times published an article entitled “In Job Market Shift, Some Workers Left Behind.” Catherine Rampell reported that for the last two years, the weak economy has created an opportunity for employers to do what they would have done anyway: dismiss millions of people [...]

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Contributed by Kristin Arnold, Author and Professional Speaker
Giving a presentation is one of the most stressful responsibilities you have in the workplace, especially if you do not give speeches routinely. However, women who have broken the glass ceiling know how to engage and involve their audiences during every presentation. Sure, they get nervous [...]

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This week, The Glass Hammer is featuring two points of view on the issue of addressing a leave of absence on your resume. Our expert career coach makes one argument below – check back later this week for another.
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
This question came after a webinar I led last week: “How The [...]

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Contributed by Dr. Sylvia Lafair, Award Winning Author and Workplace Relationship Expert
Making the right decision is always a combination of head, heart, and gut; whether it’s choosing from a sumptuous dinner menu, hiring a skilled project manager, or agreeing to purchase a new office building.
Deciding is an art and craft that includes research and data. [...]

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