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Mom, My Original Hero

Mom, My Original Hero

For Women's History Month, 2023, I would like to take a minute to recognize and thank the women who have been a part of my history. In my earliest years, rarely did women hold positions of power. I attended a Catholic school, the Nuns were our teachers and the Priests...

Matchmaking Companies and Candidates

Matchmaking Companies and Candidates

One of the most amazing things about FIERCE is the synergy between our individual members and their organizations.  The result is a powerful network for finding new opportunities and new candidates.  We are working on making this recruitment and job search cycle...

Adaptations > Maladaptations

Adaptations > Maladaptations

Adaptations > Maladaptations Recent Harvard Business School research reveals five Maladaptations most women have adopted to rise in corporate America. Harvard chose to call these behaviors “Maladaptations” because they see them as harmful adaptations rather than...

6 Ways to End The Year on a Positive Note

6 Ways to End The Year on a Positive Note

You made it! It is that time of the year, holiday time, finishing out the year strong and planning for the next year—and for some it can feel like a lot! In order to ensure that you end the year on a positive note ready to start off the new year with a bang here are 6 Ways...

Holiday Charity List 2022

Holiday Charity List 2022

We know you’re busy.  So we are going to make donating easy and FIERCE this holiday season.  Check out the list below for Global, National and Austin, TX based groups that have many unmet needs and would be grateful for your support.  Please share this list...

Bold Action Spur Women’s Careers & the Bottom Line

Bold Action Spur Women’s Careers & the Bottom Line

Have you ever been job-hunting or researching potential clients, checked out a company’s leadership page, and seen a wall of dudes smiling back at you? I have. My initial reaction: that is not a company I want to work for or do business with. In some ways, it’s hard to...

Prepare, Smash and Tell

Prepare, Smash and Tell

Here we are in Q4 of 2022.  Another year has flown by.  Are you where you want to be?  Yes! Awesome and congratulations queen!  No, then this blog is for you. I recently participated in a panel focused on how to move into sales leadership roles.  I put together the P.S.T...

Women, Life, Freedom

Women, Life, Freedom

She was 22 years old.  They accused her of having a lock of hair visible from underneath her hijab.  They killed her.  The state and their morality police killed her.  Jina (Masha) Amini was brutally beaten and murdered on September 16, 2022. Since this...

1st Annual FIERCE Fall Must-Haves

1st Annual FIERCE Fall Must-Haves

Welcome to Fall and all its glory.  Football, pumpkin stuff, back-to-school and the return of temperatures where we can again enjoy RED WINE!  We know you’re busy, so we curated the following list to ensure you SLAY the season.  Fresh Face Award Winner –...

Smash The Rearview Mirror

Smash The Rearview Mirror

Said the wrong thing?  Wish you hadn’t hit send on that email?  Lost a job?  Missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime?  Guess what, you’re still here.  You owe it to yourself to keep moving forward.  How? Smash that rearview mirror. ...

Quiet Quitting – FIERCE Yes/No?

Quiet Quitting – FIERCE Yes/No?

First of all, what TF is quiet quitting?  According to multiple sources, quiet quitting is all of the following; setting boundaries, reducing “extra” effort beyond your specific role or hours of work, a response to “hustle culture” and overall a reaction to burn-out....

Get Your Paper

Get Your Paper

Women and girls have taken care of others, unpaid, throughout all of history.  Oxfam International estimates the value of that work to be $11 trillion US dollars annually with $1.5 trillion earned in the US.  If you spread the $1.5 trillion over the one-hundred...