When mentoring a more experienced employee, help them understand how they can bring their wisdom and self-awareness together to leave a lasting legacy on the organization as well as benefit their own career, writes Alaina Love. "Mentoring an experienced employee means helping them move beyond the pursuit of title and power," Love writes.
Returnships enable employees to brush up on their skills after taking a career break, including women who left the workforce during the pandemic. These programs offer mentorship and upskilling opportunities and can be paid using a prorated salary, stipend or hourly rate.
Teach your team members to work more effectively to achieve goals, writes Mita Mallick, who says her strive for perfection got in the way. "Coaching team members to stop being perfect is one of the ways we can help retain our talent," says Mallick, head of inclusion, equity and impact at Carta.
Networking is a useful business and career tool, but some people may be hesitant after spending the last two pandemic-disrupted years avoiding it, writes Rachel Loock, career and leadership coach at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Before reaching out, consider what you want to accomplish, set networking goals and attend smaller conferences if you are not comfortable yet with larger events, Loock writes.
A report from Georgetown University has suggested business majors have a high rate of financial return for students, but those returns are not as high as those from health, computer and information sciences and engineering programs. The report also ranked various business schools, with the University of Pennsylvania's program standing out as the gold standard.
Although the job market is still strong, layoffs could rise amid economic uncertainty and the Federal Reserve's push to increase interest rates. If you lose your job, shore up finances through steps including determining resources at your disposal and potentially negotiating severance and other benefits with your employer.
Lhakpa Sherpa has moved mountains and overcome mountainous challenges to complete 10 summits of Mount Everest -- the most climbs of any other woman in the world. The 48-year-old single mother is not sponsored, uses outdated equipment during her climbs and works for an hourly wage at a Connecticut Whole Foods, which cuts into her training time. Despite these obstacles, plus persevering through bouts of housing insecurity, surviving domestic abuse and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sherpa completed her 10th summit last month. So, why does she do it? Simple. "I love this mountain," the Nepal native says.
