Showing posts with label Women's Issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women's Issues. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2015

Can't have humans getting along now, can we?

January 19, 2015 Beauty Industry , Israel 0 Comments
Miss Lebanon In Hot Water After Selfie Miss Israel

AFP, Jan. 18, 2015, Yahoo News

"Since the first day of my arrival to participate to Miss Universe, I was very cautious to avoid being in any photo or communication with Miss Israel (that tried several times to have a photo with me)," Greige wrote in English on her page.

"I was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia and myself, suddenly Miss Israel jumped in, took a selfie, and put it on her social media."

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Women Professionals: What's Blocking Your Peak Career Performance? --Unknowingly hindering herself...

July 05, 2014 Career , Women's Issues 0 Comments
By Debra Woog, Jun. 30, 2014, Forbes.com

Often we think of peak career performance in terms of momentous events, like publishing research or closing a huge sale. These are commendable high points. Yet by keeping our focus solely on a few accomplishments, we can miss out on developing the key skills that will get us to them reliably. Without learning and practicing these skills, you’re limited to a finite number of peaks, and even these may feel a bit too “hard won” to celebrate.

What if peak career performance were not a small number of wins, but a series of brilliant moments that could extend indefinitely? What if, as smart talented women, we could set ourselves up to have regular, frequent “moments” where our skills, interests, and qualities intersect in work that is truly meaningful and valuable to us and to those we serve?

Consider Jocelyn. A gifted writer and strategist with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford, a Master’s from Harvard, and a long list of happy clients, Jocelyn put off making a major decision – one with the potential to advance her career.

Despite a long list of evidence that she’s good at what she does, Jocelyn felt anxious about whether the skills, interests and qualities she brings to the table were good and valuable enough. Recently rejected by committee for an award she applied for, Jocelyn worried that she was not worthy of achieving the next level of success in her chosen profession.

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