January 1, 2024
The Benefits of Certified Scrum Master Online Course for Women of Color
December 30, 2022
Your Pathway to Cybersecurity Career
- CompTIA FC0-U61: IT Fundamentals
- CompTIA A+ 220-1001 (Core 1) and CompTIA A+ 220-1002 (Core 2)
- CompTIA N10-007: CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA SY0-501: Security+
- CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+)
- CompTIA CAS-001: Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
February 26, 2022
It's a Good Time to be a Technical Writer
- Content Writers
- Documentation Specialists
- Information Developers
- Manual Writers
- Policy Writers
- Technical Illustrators
- Technical Trainers
- Web Content Writers
August 3, 2021
Black Women's Equal Pay Day
July 23, 2021
Don't Live Within Your Means
- Write your big dreams and read them daily
- Create a vision board with images that coincide with your dreams
- Review, envision, and mediate daily of you achieving your dreams
- Surround yourself with people who have what you desire
- Strive for purpose and not security
- Live by faith and not fear
July 15, 2021
Don't Shoot The Messenger
July 13, 2021
Microsoft Office Specialist 2019
- Microsoft Access 2019 - Beginners
- Microsoft Access 2019 – Advanced
- Microsoft Word 2019 - Complete Training
- Microsoft Excel 2019 - Beginners
- Microsoft Excel 2019 - Advanced
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 - Complete Training
- Microsoft Project 2019 - Beginners
- Microsoft Project 2019 – Advanced
- Microsoft Outlook 2019 - Complete Training
- Microsoft Teams - Complete Training (Bonus Course)
July 8, 2021
Management Essentials
- Giving Clear Work Priorities
- What Employees Need
- Reinforce Great Teamwork
- Valuing Employees
- Listening to Others’ Ideas and Opinions
- Problem Solving Expectations
- The Right Workload for Employees
- The Great Things Employees Do
- An Ethics and Integrity Discussion
- Perform a Performance Review
- Creating Challenging Work
- Receive Feedback From Your
- Creating a Great Work Situation
- Evaluating Performance in the Right Way
- Perform a Departure Review
June 24, 2021
Getting Unstuck
Post-DOS days, the technical instructor realized these questions apply to our everyday lives, and we believe these questions can help individuals get unstuck in their careers, relationships, or finances. If you feel stuck, click here and download our guide that can help you get unstuck.
July 31, 2019
Stop Thinking Like an Employee
- Trade your gifts, time, and talents for money
- Your boss, coworkers, and vendors are your customers
- Do more than what’s expected, and make things happen
- Be a problem-solver
- Use diplomacy to get along with people who don’t look, think, or act like you
- Work to make a difference
- Operate with integrity and flexibility
- Build or engage in a network
- Be a Power Broker to help others achieve their goals
- Stay focused on your goals; not your feelings
- Be accountable, and
- Build your brand from your work ethics.
April 4, 2019
Choose Yourself
March 13, 2019
Character Assassination
- The Controlled
- The Caring
- The Conniving
- The Careless
June 26, 2017
Stand Out from the Crowd!
July 21, 2016
You Can Have a Great Career
- Take Inventory of Your Strengths - What are your current strengths and how have you added value to your clients through your place of employment or business? If you can't answer these questions with clarity or certainty, a career assessment can help you develop a framework to discover your true passion, personal, or vocational traits.
- Develop a Contribution Plan - Once you’ve discovered your passion and strengths, create a plan to determine the contribution(s) and impact your passion and strength will make in the lives of others.
- Invest in Your Strengths – When you invest in yourself, your strengths will come into fruition and grow stronger as you elevate others. You can read books, periodicals, take an online course, enroll in a non-credit course, or join a networking group. Just don't tell yourself you don't have time or money to invest in your greatness.
June 8, 2015
Feelings vs. Facts
If you’ve experienced an offence at work, think before you respond or react. And if you want an apology or resolve from the offender, here are a few things to consider:
- Was the offence intentional? If so, can you prove it?
- What was your emotional state when the offence occurred?
- Are you viewing the current offence through the lens of your past?
- What impact does the offence have on you and the company as a whole if it’s not addressed and resolved?
December 2, 2014
Invest in yourself
"If my company wants me to stay, they should pay for my training."
"As soon as I get my MBA, I’m out of here!"
"I only enroll in workshops or classes that are free."
If your company pays for training, who’s investing in your professional development, you or your company? If your company pays, what do they get in return? If you pay, what’s the ROI (Return on Investment) for your growth and development?
Imagine hiring a contracting company that specializes in home renovations showing up at your doorstep without the skills, tools, or resources to perform the job. Would you pay for the training and resources the contracting company needs to complete the job? Or, would you hire another contracting company equipped with resources and expertise to meet your requirements and deadline to renovate?
Corporations are discovering better ways to yield returns on their resources and investments. And unfortunately, this doesn’t include ‘human’ capital because too many corporations have witnessed and experienced their education and training investments walk out the door.
If your career has come to a screeching halt, evaluate where you invest most of your time and money. If you plan to excel in your current or future place of employment, you have to transition to self-directed and life-long learners. The library is replete with ‘free’ resources for professional or career development and some organizations are replete with ‘fee-based’ resources. The resource you choose would be based on what you’re trying to achieve and why?
Education has been recognized as an integral path to economic empowerment and wealth. Not designer bags, shoes, or acrylic nails. If you’ve been blessed with these things great! But, if you invest more in these things than yourself, evaluate how these things have positioned you to create the foundation to your financial independence and stability?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated, “We buy what we want and beg for what we need”. Education is a needed commodity to evolve and thrive in today’s society and your growth will be measured by what you endow to yourself.
November 10, 2014
Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID)
A group of AVID middle school students completed their assignments fifteen minutes early and wanted to watch YouTube videos which were unrelated to AVID. When asked to turn off their videos, a student responded with: "My mom watches YouTube videos all the time at work, so why can't we watch them at school?"
What legacy are we leaving our children in reference to work, finances, or service? Students need role models to coincide with their lessons to advance academically, socially, or economically. And their parents should be their first point of reference.
The industrialized workforce is depleting and individuals that choose to watch YouTube videos instead of seeking opportunities to serve will be challenged to advance via individual determination.
March 12, 2014
Hate your job, what are you doing about it?
Staying at a job you hate may seem logical with the high percentage of unemployed and underemployed people. But if you choose to stay, why hate it? Why waste your time and your employer's? It’s challenging to have a servant attitude through hatred. If you’re not willing to serve, you’re not willing to work at your best capacity.
Work isn’t solely about us! It’s about service. If we’re filled with hatred about our work, does it mean we’re too full of ourselves? Sure, people can be difficult and challenging, but their actions should not contribute to our hatred. Every day we show up for work, we should know our purpose and the contribution we will make on our employer's bottom line and their clients.
Don’t allow finances and fear hold you hostage to a job you hate. You have the power to transform your job into a career you enjoy and love. If you're ready, you can start here.
September 5, 2013
Self-Servants Not Wanted
June 12, 2013
Take the Secret out of Doing Business
- Who are your clients and how do they find you?
- What’s your strategy to deliver your product and/or service to prospective clients to meet their needs, solve their problems, or enhance their lives?
- Who are your ideal business clients?
- How well do you know your prospective and current clients?
- What’s your strategy to keep your clients happy and transform them to raving fans?
- What resources will you need to support your strategy?
- What’s your strategy to handle disgruntled clients and build their trust?
- What’s your strategy to continue moving your business forward when funds are low?
- What method(s) will you use to stay connected to your clients for repeat business or referrals?
- How will you demonstrate your appreciation for your client’s business?
- What strategies or tools will you use to measure your client's satisfaction?
Stop seeking secrets; just create and build your strategies. You’ll be amazed of the results you will reap and you will not need to keep this a secret.