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How to Give Feedback at Work

How to Give Feedback at Work

I received a great question last night that I missed answering on our live Q&A call so I wanted to address it on the blog this morning instead. I decided to give you an excerpt of my book, The Professional Woman's Guide to Managing Men,  for the answer. Dear...

5 Secrets to Working With Men

5 Secrets to Working With Men

If you are about to start working with men or you already are and just want to have more success, you may be nervous about where to start. You might be worried about coming across as too strong, aggressive, or bitchy. You might not be confident in yourself because you...

3 Reasons Your Cultural Background Might Be Holding You Back

3 Reasons Your Cultural Background Might Be Holding You Back

Helping young Latinas become leaders and achieve their full potential is the reason BeVisible exists and why I wake up every day. But it’s not an easy job. Ever since I came to the United States from Chile, I’ve been trying to honor my cultural background while at the...

Do You Have to Dress Down to Move Up at Work?

Do You Have to Dress Down to Move Up at Work?

Does a woman have to dress down to move up in her career? Recently, one of my younger clients who works in a male-dominated field, emailed me with the following question: "I wonder if you would post about a specific topic for executive women. I have worn the dresses...

One Woman Encounters (not so) Equal Pay [Video]

One Woman Encounters (not so) Equal Pay [Video]

Last year I joined the Equal Pay Day luncheon and I learned a lot from it. Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to earn the same amount their male counterparts earned the previous year. To summarize, women have to work...

Emma Watson’s New Book Club – We Are Joining…Are You?

Emma Watson’s New Book Club – We Are Joining…Are You?

You may know Emma Watson from Harry Potter. But, most recently you may know her from this speech and being appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helping to launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate gender equality. Now she's at...

Subtle Sexism: 48 Things Women Hear That Men Don’t

Subtle Sexism: 48 Things Women Hear That Men Don’t

In a new video from Huffington Post, 48 real women reveal things that they hear in a lifetime that men just don't, otherwise known as subtle sexism. We are told how we should conduct ourselves from childhood, how to behave correctly as young women in high school and...

Doors Opened For Women in the Military

Good news for ambitious women in the military. Combat roles are now open for all women starting January 2016. Women can now drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat announced Defense Secretary Ash Carter on December 3rd, 2015.  "This means that...

Have You Witnessed Workplace Bullying?

Have You Witnessed Workplace Bullying?

This is workplace bullying gone too far. According to an article by ABC News, a man named Kevin Morrissey was deeply bullied by his boss and suffered from depression.  Kevin had repeated meetings with people in human resources, the office of the university ombudsman...