We are grateful to Plaid for Women for continuing to highlight our articles. This year end article, we hope, will help folks prepare for 2017 and end 2016 intentionally. Click here to read further……..
Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, my family had a ‘first time’ family experience. Our life-long family friends, of over 60+ years, were celebrating a family wedding on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Auburn, Alabama; we have participated as an extension of this dear family and their special celebrations for literally 60 years. Thus, for the first […]
During this month of Thanksgiving, I thought it was only fitting to ask the poignant question: For what am I grateful? I wrote a similar post several years, ago; as I believe expressing gratitude is such an important aspect of life. It is so easy to take many of our gifts and blessings for granted. Thus, […]
All of us, throughout our lives and careers have worked for and with effective, strong leaders…..as well as those leaders who leave much to be desired. And no, to be clear, just because folks hold a titled position or ‘outrank us’ does NOT make them a ‘leader’. To quote Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric: […]
We all know change is inevitable and really the only constant in life. We also know that nothing tangible on this planet is permanent. Yet, most of us are challenged when facing change. What we know, and what is familiar, is becoming dismantled. In business, our professional roles at best may be ambiguous, or at […]
Thanks to the incredible organization Plaid for Women, it is very exciting to announce that the Fort Worth Business Press is featuring Kristin Kaufman’s article on rudeness….which has clearly ‘hit a nerve’ in our society. Read below…. http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/small_business/rudeness-an-epidemic/article_e26f03b2-89bd-11e6-aafe-9738d80ea978.html
Please join Kristin Kaufman on Wednesday, October 19th, at the Vanderbilt University Barnes&Noble store (2501 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee) from 7-8:30pm. Kristin will be sharing and reading from her 2nd book in the “Is This Seat Taken?” book series: “Is This Seat Taken? It’s Never Too Late to Find the Right Seat”. She will […]
So here is the gig: now more than ever, baby boomers are losing their jobs to those individuals who are younger, less expensive, and in some cases more relevant than they are. They are smart, experienced, and talented individuals who are finding themselves adrift after giving years of their professional life to a company or […]
Have you ever joined an organization – personally or professionally – and realized after a short time, that you just don’t ‘fit in’? Or have you ever joined a company – loved it and the culture – only to have the culture shift so much over time that is it hardly recognizable and it does […]
Plaid for Women has highlighted Kristin’s article on the ‘3 Tips to becoming a Magnetic Professional’. Short, meaty,and actionable.