by Valerie | Apr 27, 2020 | Front and Center, Next Chapter, Storytelling
Our lives are like stories, playing out one chapter at a time. Our experiences frame our narrative — our belief system about ourselves and the role we play in the world. We then experience future experiences through that existing narrative lens, which serves as...
by Valerie Gordon | Jan 28, 2020 | Next Chapter
When Motorlease Corporation CEO Beth Kandrysawtz was looking to add to her operations team, she needed someone who could meet priorities and remain calm under pressure while responding positively and promptly to clients. “I want to make sure each employee is in the...
by Valerie | Jul 30, 2019 | Career, Next Chapter, Work-Life Balance
When Kathy Hazel was considering a return to the corporate world, she had all the requisite skills to pick up where she left off eight years earlier. What she lacked was the confidence to know she could do it. “I always wanted to be able to deliver on my...
by Valerie | Feb 11, 2019 | Next Chapter
When Elena Deutsch was a young girl, her father would hold mock trials at the kitchen table. A long-time criminal defense attorney in New York City, he gave her an early love of the legal world and the will to succeed. And yet, she didn’t go on to law school....
by Valerie | Dec 11, 2018 | Next Chapter
Sometimes it takes an eye-opening experience to fully awaken what we need most. For Sharon Forstner, that moment came when she fell asleep at the wheel and barely missed driving into a concrete barrier. She had spent a career caring for others. It was time to start...
by Valerie | Oct 8, 2018 | Next Chapter
Whenever there has been a need, Jen Miller has stepped up to meet it. When she was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, the field hockey team she had been recruited for was dropped by the school. So she switched sports, filling a void at goalie on the...
