“Risk is good – not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap”—Evel Knievel For those of you that don’t remember or are that were born after 1980, Evel Knievel was a daredevil who jumped motorcycles ramp to ramp over things like buses, Mac trucks, rattlesnakes and failed at an attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. He […]
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More Proof that a #Mammogram Can Save a Life
It’s been six years. Six years since the mammogram. Six years since the call. Six years since I heard those dreaded words–the ones no one wants to hear. The words no one expects. You. Have. Cancer. “We caught it early. It’s very small, your prognosis is good, you are lucky. This will probably be more of an inconvenience than anything […]
Read moreCommunication Tools are Critical for Business Success
One relationship ended up defining the next phase of my life! I am here to tell you creating,maintaining and sustaining professional relationships through all forms of communication available today is critical for business success. Many of us do not adequately take advantage of the myriad of avenues open to us to develop meaningful and sustainable relationships. It is less about […]
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Mom Corps Dallas is excited to announce our move to a new blog home … SpotOnTalent.com. Help us settle in and tell us what you’d like to see and read. Our new blog will allow Cindy Strand Yared, the president of Mom Corps Dallas, and her awesome team, to spread their wings and speak from the heart about today’s challenging job market and how […]
Read moreHaving Your Cake & Eating it at Home
We are grateful to Awele Ighedosa, one of our fabulous candidates, for her guest post today! Having worked in HR as a Benefits Specialist for several years, a regular 9-5 job was all I knew and expected of myself in order to remain employed and keep my skills relevant. After becoming a mom however, I struggled with the demands of […]
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An Ode to Many this 9/11 – We Haven’t Forgotten
In honor of the 12th anniversary of September 11th, Mom Corps Dallas remembers those who died during the terrorist attacks. We are thinking of their loved ones and friends as well as those injured and the heroes who came to the rescue of many on this day. September 11, 2001, affected us all and continues to do so. I had just dropped […]
Read moreIs Your Team Keeping Pace with Technology?
In a recent team development workshop, a client asked about the habit of responsiveness and whether we had seen a trend of the responsiveness habit increasing due to the demands of today’s society and business pace. It was a great question and we have some data on responsiveness for teams and individuals, but I had never thought to link the two until […]
Read more4 Lessons for Re-entering the Workforce
Hot topics right now include men and women re-entering the workforce. What does that mean? Let me tell you first hand. I was faced with two kids entering college in the not too far future with expenses that had increased 110% more rapidly than what was initially anticipated! I have a college degree, worked my way to management in my […]
Read moreBetty Draper vs. Sheryl Sandberg: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
In the TV show Mad Men, Betty Draper epitomized the ideal of American womanhood in the go-go era of the 1960s. She was Grace Kelly gorgeous and Bryn Mawr-educated with a drop dead handsome husband who was minting money as a successful Madison Avenue ad agency partner. She presided over a stately Colonial manse with a spectacular wardrobe and a housekeeper […]
Read moreU.S. Work/Life Balance vs. Rest of the World
When I first graduated from university in England, I started at an entry level position with a 10 person company. The pay was average (£10,500 back in 1990 if I remember correctly), and I had an average vacation allowance of five weeks. Yes, you read correctly – FIVE weeks. Right off the bat. No earning 10.75 hours a month. No […]
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