Every morning I go into my office with my cup of caffeine and spend at least 20 minutes reviewing my five email accounts. My fingers don’t do much typing but instead keep clicking on the delete button. Delete… delete…delete… Some are advertisements, some are recipes, and others are household hints I will never use. In … Read more
If you were involved in a sport as a child, you probably had one or two coaches working with you. They did not physically move your arms and legs but they still assisted you in how to improve in your sport, even if it was throwing a ball, running around a track or swimming … Read more
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
This past weekend I watched the movie, “The Dilemma”, with Vince Vaughn and Kevin James. It is the story about a man who finds out his best friend’s wife is cheating on him and how he tries to handle it diplomatically. Needless to say the story gets more bizarre by the moment and so when … Read more