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  Mentorship is Not a “Nice to Have” – It’s a Career “Must”

  You work hard, and you’re an excellent team member, but you’re not being promoted as quickly as you would like. If this sounds like you, it could be that you’re missing a key component of moving up the ladder – mentorship.

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  To Develop Executive Presence, Learn These Key Skills

  “You lack Executive Presence.” Ouch. The feedback came after I’d interviewed for a stretch role. At the time, it felt vaguely like an insult and, if I’m being honest, unhelpful. What did it even mean? My first assumption was that I didn’t look the part. I’m from Texas and my accent can slip out sometimes. […]

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  Be Bold, Be Confident and Bravely Build Your Career

  An interview with Kelly O’Brien, an executive coach on the Global Career and Leadership Development team at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive MBA Program.  She is certified through the International Coach Federation and has over 12 years of experience supporting professionals through leadership and career growth. What is confidence? According to […]

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  How to Refocus, Shift Gears, and Grow, Nearly a Decade Into a Successful Finance Career

  After two years as a financial analyst in New York, Tatiana de Dalmas fulfilled a lifelong ambition and moved to France. There, still in finance, she rose from Analyst to Senior Associate, settling down in Paris and starting a family of her own. Her career progression was the product of her own relentlessness as much […]

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  Five Ways to Advance Your Career With Forté’s Fall Programs and Events

  It’s no secret the pandemic took a toll on women’s participation in the U.S. workforce. Increasingly demanding family and childcare obligations fueled by the pandemic forced many women to leave their jobs. The National Women’s Law Center reports 2.1 million women left the workforce between January 2020 and December 2020. As COVID swept across the […]

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  Facing a Quarter-Century Crisis? Strategize Your Way to a Better Career.

  If you faced a career setback, you’re feeling burned out at work, or you’re starting to wonder if you chose the wrong career, don’t panic. Feeling anxious about your life choices is totally normal. In fact, this is such a common experience for people in their mid-twenties to early thirties that there’s a name for it — the quarter-century crisis.

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