Women can’t have it all. Women can have it all. So which is it? Well, it depends on what all means to you. Over the past few months I’ve often felt pressure to have it all. But I’ve realized that it’s okay to level set my expectations and have it all in a few key…
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Two lunches and a chance meeting in the Home Depot parking lot recently have me thinking about how I spend my time. And how I answer when someone asks, “How are you?” Surprisingly, they’re both related. First, the lunches. Anyone who has worked with me for any length of time knows that most days I…
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If you’re anything like me, you have a long to-do list (or many to-do lists). Of course, I have all the things I need to get done at work and then there are the things I need to get done with the family, the house, and the pets. Just thinking about all the things on…
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I’ve always been a pretty (okay, very) type A person. So, when I began my chosen field of public relations more than 15 years ago, working with expediency, purpose and with an eye for deadlines came relatively naturally for me. But as I transitioned from working at a high-tech PR agency into working in the…
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Beginning in mid-2016 and continuing for close to two years, I had the opportunity to lead the India chapter of JDA’s Women’s Interest Network (WIN). It was an experience that has made a deep impact on my life! We got off to a slow start, I believe primarily because of misperceptions about the group’s purpose…
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Carl Sandburg, the poet, once said that “time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” In my column a couple weeks ago, I wrote “you are as good…
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We live in a hyper-connected world and the pace in the corporate environment is lightning fast. The desire to make every deadline, attend every meeting, join each conference call may result in our being over-stretched and less productive. Although we may have access to all types of communications devices, we aren’t always using them effectively.…
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She single-handedly unwinds the house, packs up her family and moves them 2,000 miles away; puts her two boys into new schools—one starting high school and another in elementary. A mother and a mother-in-law soon arrive for an extended period, and as it happens with aging parents, the health woes that come with time require…
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Rayann Anderson, senior solutions advisor, has been at JDA for more than 20 years, after starting her career in retail at a drug store retail chain in her native Canada. She talks to us today about why she’s stayed in the same role for the past two decades, what she’s learned from her mentor and…
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Roya Javadpour, Global Services Director in JDA’s consulting organization has a passion for teaching, stemming from a childhood backed by parents who believed in the power of knowledge and education. Her dad was a successful high school teacher and professor and instilled early on, that nothing is impossible if you put your heart behind it.…
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