I was just published in the Huffington Post on this timely and scary dilemma corporations are facing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beth-carter/workforce-burnout-a_b_2923818.html

This weekend will mark the 21st anniversary of my first company, Carter Consultants Ltd., an executive search and research firm.  For that website, I write an article quarterly that is promoted on that front page that mostly deals with recruiting issues. When I launched Beth Carter Enterprises, my coaching and speaking company, in June 2011, … Read more

  Now that the holidays are over, workloads seem to be increasing exponentially.  I am hearing the phrase “I am swamped” from all my friends regardless of the industry they are in.  After  a relaxing few weeks in slow mode, they are now all stressed out and if even one little thing happens that they … Read more

  The word “resolution” means “a resolve or determination” which takes on a bit of a negative connotation.  I tried to break the word down to “re” and “solution” but the first word that came to my mind was “resist”.  Even words like “reinvent”, “reinvigorate”, “reinvest”, “results”, “revise”, and “re-examine” next to the word “solution” … Read more

  At this time of year, the question amongst older children is “Do you believe in Santa Claus?”  I dreaded the first time that was raised by my eldest child and once he was told there wasn’t one, he replied “I guess then there isn’t any leprechauns either!”  He really “tried” to believe for that … Read more

A friend of mine posted on Facebook the quote listed above and I thought the timing was perfect.  As we write our holiday letters and start to think about New Year’s Resolutions, we tend to reflect on the past year – the ups and the downs.  For some, they may regret decisions they made or … Read more

Last Saturday, my mother, a friend, and I each had to attend a ceremony for three people who had passed away.  My mother’s friend had been battling several forms of cancer for a long time.  My friend’s coworker’s husband passed away after suffering a stroke while shoveling snow in the Connecticut snowstorm.  My high school … Read more