Email is one of the primary communication channels at work. If you aren't responsive to emails, you can damage your work relationships. If you're consistently missing due dates or work requests, you get a reputation for being disorganized and it's just unprofessional.

In this episode, Kristy and Danielle talk with Todd Cherches about the importance of visual thinking and communication and explore the tools, tips, and techniques that help turn your vision into reality.

This is an editorial about the multiple truths of working from home and why the path forward is for both employees and employers to think differently about this topic.

Once you hit corporate mid-level and above, there is are two truths about career paths that are important to understand. First, career steps are not predictable, straight up climbs. A mentor of mine used to always say "It's not a ladder, it's a jungle gym". Second, by the time the open role is on a job posting board, it’s too late.

If you are a follower of Marie Kondo, you know her mission is to help people live a life that sparks joy. For me, I find sheer joy when I get to the gmail inbox zero screen.

As I write this there are 3,092 emails in my work email inbox and 349 of them are unread. This is intentional and I'm not stressed about it in the least. The number of emails I respond to or file and delete has no correlation with my goals and achievements. Inbox zero is a vanity metric that produces a great rush of personal satisfaction, but no real business results.

In this episode Danielle & Kristy talk with Lesley Everett, a personal branding expert, on why having a personal brand is important and how to improve your visibility.

It's time to check in on those new years resolutions. How is it going? If you're already petering out, you may need some external accountability. One of my favorite authors, Gretchen Rubin, established a personality framework to better understand what motivates people to take action.

Mondays get a bad wrap, but Mondays are by far my most productive day of the week and that makes me so happy. Shawn Achor describes happiness as "The joy you feel when moving toward your potential." This definition resonates so much and Mondays are the day I'm making the most progress toward my potential and therefore experiencing a happiness high.