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This month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Camille Logan, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician who co-owns a private practice, The KC Collective, in Raleigh, NC, as well as co-hosts a podcast, Enneagram for the Culture, where herself and another clinician discuss how the Blackness, therapy and Enneagram come together.
Read MoreWhen at the Bloom & Grow Live conference, Amber Housley asked us to share our superpowers, and it become increasingly clear that my greatest superpower is my squad... Here’s an inkling of what that means to me and those with whom I surround myself.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Amy Cipau, President and Founder of Lung Cancer Initiative. Amy’s experiences truly illuminated the need for this organization, but it was Amy’s courage, strategic mindset, proactiveness and great heart that made her successful. Learn how she pushes LCI to stay focused on mission, to keep a clear vision of constituents’ needs and to be good stewards of the organization’s resources.
Read MoreI was truly honored to be amongst the stellar speakers sharing inspiration and tangible takeaways with attendees, but the successes didn’t stop with my presentation’s impact. Lisa Hansen did such an amazing job of cultivating a remarkable experience, ensuring the right people were in the room hearing precisely what they needed to thrive.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Carnela Renee Hill, award-winning interior designer of CR Hill Design Group, speaker, author, chaplain of Be Restored Church, consultant / strategist founding C3 Impact Strategies, philanthropist and advocate. Carnela sees things that others often miss, like how to enhance a sense of belonging in various demographics or how to make a space more visually appealing.
Read MoreYesterday was my birthday, and I turned 45 years young… As a firm believer in continued learning, I’ve picked up a few lessons along the way, looking forward to the many more lessons to come. Here is where I am at 45, offering a few takeaways that might be helpful to you, too. For example, productivity is about efficiently working to effectively achieve desired results for all life elements instead of simply getting more done, and it’s vital to check in on your strong friend, your busy friend, your happy friend or your ‘seems to handle everything really well’ friend.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Janice Smith, owner, storyteller and chief dog lover of Big Dog Little Bed video productions. Being passionate about communication, Janice leads her team in partnering with women-run businesses to scale their great ideas using video.
Read MoreEach year, members in the Greater Raleigh Chapter for the National Association of Women Business Owners come together with corporate partners, community partners, spouses, family members and supporters to celebrate successes from the year ending as well as set a foundation for the year ahead. Last night’s gala was particularly special as I was honored with the Susan Hager Legacy Award… Oh, what a night!
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Amy Paulson, who many label as a photographer but quickly explains that she is actually a story-teller. She helps you be truly seen as the wonderful gift that you are, empowering each client to create fabulous memories while enabling authenticity through her care and generosity.
Read MoreAs we embark on this season of adventure and travel, it might be even more challenging to embrace work-life integration, but having the right toolbox for re-entry as you traverse the world can help. When you’re struggling with productivity in post-holiday re-entry, consider these steps to help.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Susie Silver, an experienced and effective DEI consultant, strategist, facilitator and content creator who always shares her wealth of knowledge in a way that is easy to digest and breaks down barriers while creating a safe space for vulnerability. She redefines organizational cultures so team members can feel welcomed, valued, respected and heard.
Read MoreI was honored to be a participant on the KNOW Summit’s panel about work-life integration, where attendees were fully engaged, had plenty of a-ha moments and truly enjoyed what we shared. Read on for some of the takeaways about which attendees were raving.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Wendy Coulter, who empowers clients with insightful, big ideas, intuitive innovation and inspired creative solutions as the Founder and CEO of Hummingbird Creative Group, a brand strategy agency founded in 1995.
Read MoreThe African proverb that “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together” is an accurate reflection of how engaging a diverse group committed to a shared vision can fuel greater results. Thus, the recent leadership award presented to Emily Parks by Lung Cancer Initiative was an illustration of her passion for partnerships working toward greater success for all.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Maggie Kane, who is an inspiration to everyone with whom she could possibly come into contact as the Founder and Executive Director of A Place at the Table, Raleigh’s first pay-what-you-can nonprofit cafe where food insecurity is faced head-on by bringing all members of our community together to eat in dignity with one another.
Read MoreWith the ACC men’s basketball tournament tipping off today, I reflect back to almost exactly 3 years ago when Mom and I were sitting in the Greensboro Coliseum, watching the evening games, and all the productivity power plays that we’ve mastered over these tumultuous years.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Julie Bestry, who is a Certified Professional Organizer and president of Best Results Organizing, helping residential, home office and professional clients save time and money, reduce stress as well as increase productivity via one-on-one organizing services, workshops, webinars, books and her Paper Doll blog.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of harmful myths out there about friendships, like that they’re easy breezy, you’ll never fight with your bestie and all friendships are lifelong… or you did something wrong when the friendship ends. If you feel like there’s just something “lacking” in your friendships, know that you’re not alone and consider how The Friendship Deck might be a tool in your personal growth.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Annie Franceschi, who is a former Disney storyteller that transitioned to bestselling author, six-figure founder and branding expert, helping coaches and consultants clearly and confidently grow their greatest businesses without burning out on marketing.
Read MoreWhᥲt gᥙιdᥱs ყoᥙ toᥕᥲrd ყoᥙr dᥱᥱρᥱst dᥱsιrᥱs? Whᥲt ιᥒsριrᥱs ყoᥙ? Whᥲt groᥙᥒds ყoᥙ ιᥒ ყoᥙr trᥙᥱst sᥱᥣf? In leaning into my many layers, I find a word of the year helps boost productivity and bring the year into focus. Here are the details regarding my word of the year for 2023.
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