by Valerie Gordon | Aug 17, 2021 | Career, Front and Center, Goals
If you could choose a superpower, which would you pick? The power to fly? A cloak of invisibility? The ability to be in two places at a single time so that when the kids are sick or daycare is closed you can be both at home with them and at work? I know what I’d...
by Valerie Gordon | Jul 23, 2020 | Advice, Career, Front and Center
It’s the most dreaded question of all! “Tell me about yourself.” Followed closely by the equally ambiguous, “So… what’s your story?” What do I say? What do they want to hear? I don’t even have a story! Yes, you do....
by Valerie | Oct 7, 2019 | Advice, Career
Who likes being put in a box? I don’t. Nobody puts Baby in a box! OK, the actual movie quote says “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” but I wouldn’t want to be in a box either. Boxed in is perhaps even worse than cornered in. At least you can watch...
by Valerie | Aug 5, 2019 | Advice, Career
You wouldn’t eat it, would you? It’s bad for you. Unhealthy. Unsatisfying. Toxic. So why do you keep feeding yourself garbage? I’m not talking about those Twinkies, Ring-Dings and HoHo’s you keep tucked away in the pantry for the kids’...
by Valerie | May 28, 2019 | Advice, Communication
Stories are among our most important relationship tools. They have the power to educate, entertain and inspire, connecting people from disparate backgrounds. Commander-in-She workshops provide the storytelling strategies to find and harness the power in your own story...
