Twelve weeks later, I can say this with certainty: my business is advancing, and I am different too. I officially completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Baltimore, and I will not pretend it was easy. There were long days and demanding assignments, and a four-hour commute that tested me more than once. I kept showing up anyway, because somewhere along the way I found a definition of resilience that reframed everything for me. Resilience, I learned, is n

"The work is never done, but the work is never more important than your well-being." - Michelle Majette Most of us will read this and nod. Few of us actually live it. The pattern remains. Capable women leaders managing teams while managing invisible loads (i.e., wage gaps, caregiving, health, systemic barriers, such as sexism) that male colleagues navigate differently. Women optimize. Women perform. Women rest only when forced. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's research shows what's

August is National Eye-Exam Month, a crucial reminder for organizations to prioritize eye wellness for their employees. Regular eye exams are vital for maintaining eye health and detecting potential issues early. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “A comprehensive dilated eye exam by an eye doctor can find eye diseases in the early stages. This is when treatment to prevent vision loss is most effective. During the exam, your eyes and vision will be tested. Your eye

Your team already holds most of the answers. They just need a facilitator who can draw it out and connect it back to the collaborative vision of the organization or team. - Johnika Nixon I have attended a lot of professional development. I have sat in a lot of trainings, keynote speeches, and meetings. Do Teams meetings count? Workshops where the speaker was phenomenal: engaging, funny, clearly brilliant (or clever), and a majority of the time I left feeling inspired and ener

The 2026 numbers are in, and they are sobering. Only 39% of employees report high well-being, an 11-point drop from 2024. For the third year in a row, financial well-being ranks dead last among the five dimensions of well-being. And middle managers are burning out at more than three times the rate of the people they lead. For the HR practitioner, the business owner, the corporate leader, this looks like disengagement, turnover, and a culture that quietly erodes while your hea

It is impossible to talk about changing organizations and their cultures without talking about changing ourselves and healing our wounds. - Gabriela Alcalde If you're tired, research confirms it's not personal failure. It's systemic. In a landmark study on women's fatigue, researchers found that 80% of women ranked persistent exhaustion among their top 10 health concerns. What did women attribute this to? Not depression or anxiety, though both emerged later. Women cited what