• Joy’s Winding Path
    When I left corporate America for Bollywood, I made new friends who had also pivoted from corporate careers into the arts. Now, about 10-15 years into my professional life, I have a growing group of friends who are corporate and creative at the same time. They call their careers by different name...
  • Dene’s Winding Path
    I remind myself frequently of something a wise man once told me, “Dene, in life you don’t get what you want, you certainly don’t get what you deserve, in life all you get is what you tolerate!”
  • Allison’s Winding Path
    Doubt is so normal and an opportunity to examine where our fears are coming from as we face changes. There is so much power in naming and making the implicit, explicit.
  • Why (& How) To Get Professionals You Don't Know to Engage
    People talk about your openness towards meeting others and it begets lots more meetings–if people found their conversation useful. Using my best Forrest Gump voice, “meetings are like a box of chocolates” and I get enough toffee or caramel filled relative to rum raisin to make them worth doing. S...
  • Abbe's Winding Path
    "In reality the only way to learn something new is to have a beginner’s mind. As coaches like to say - “be willing to suck at it.” No one starts out learning French with a perfect French accent and extended vocabulary. It takes time to lay the foundation to master a language. With a beginner’s mi...
  • Top 10 Places To Live If You Work In NW DC
    Working in NW DC? Need a place to live? Here are the top 10 places to live if you work in NW DC.
  • Akash’s Winding Path
    I could not be the leader I needed to be if I was not taking care of myself first. Through amazing mentorship from my manager, supportive family and friends, therapy, and deep self-reflection, I was able to shift my own practices and mindsets in a way that made the work more sustainable for the l...
  • 2021 Nightingale Award Winner - Lt. Alainna Crotty, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NE-BC
    Six winners were honored during the 2021 Star Nurses celebration and were named Nightingale Award winners. We are proud to honor them. Congratulations to Lt. Alainna Crotty!
  • 2021 Nightingale Award Winner - Kenneth Daniel, BS, BSN, RN
    Six winners were honored during the 2021 Star Nurses celebration and were named Nightingale Award winners. We are proud to honor them. Congratulations to Kenneth Daniel!
  • 7 ways companies can lure top talent
    Companies need to put in effort into finding employees and promoting available positions. Here are seven tips for companies to attract the best talent.
  • The Benefits of Top Workplaces
    The Top Workplaces program identifies organizations that excel at organizational health and employee engagement. The Washington Post, in partnership with Energage, offers a free assessment through a simple, scientifically sound and anonymous employee feedback survey.
  • 5 Musts to Maximize Remote Working
    Working remotely is nothing new, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transition. Some have made the shift better than others. Click to see what managers should do to when staff is working remotely:
  • Custom Content by: Chemonics
    Diverse Hiring Practices and Opportunities Create a Strong Global Workforce  at Chemonics
    That importance of continual learning and innovation ties directly to Chemonics’ hiring values.
  • Stop Listening to These 7 Pieces of Outdated Career Advice
    As you search for a job, you’ll likely receive unsolicited but well-meaning advice. To stay on track, make sure you know which pearls of wisdom you should heed and which you should throw out the window.
  • The Competition Mindset Hurts Your Career
    You may hear athletes talk about how a great competitor pushed them to do more. However, the metrics for achievement through points scored or the lowering of a personal best in a race are more absolute than the complexity of ‘winning’ life. 
  • We Forget to Introduce Ourselves
    So many of us feel that challenges we face are unprecedented or impossible for others to understand. They are not of course, but they certainly feel that way. Read on to learn how to address career challenges!
  • Being Polite Can Be Key to Getting & Keeping a Job
    When you were growing up there were likely people around you who stressed the importance of a few simple words–please, thank you and I’m sorry. Read on to learn how to incorporate them in a work setting.
  • We all need a Career Rumspringa
    How we can show up better for the people we know to enable them to be more fulfilled by their work? Read on to see how we can offer the Rumspringa feel for others.  
  • Things Every Resume Should Include
    Don't let your resume stand in the way of landing your dream job. Know what information to include on your resume to improve your chances of scoring an interview.
  • The Eternal Quest for Work
    Do you aspire to another role with your employer, want to build your brand in the industry, launch your own venture or just get someplace better? Read on to learn more!