Being professionally ghosted is an awful feeling.
This is the kind of ghosting when you are courted for a business opportunity, a client matter or a potential job and then things go completely silent.
When it happened to me, I was left wondering what went wrong. Did I do something wrong?
Why would an opportunity
Janessa Shaikun has overseen marketing efforts at Baltimore law firm Franklin & Prokopik since March 2015. She currently serves as the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development
Janessa is a longtime Legal Marketing Association volunteer, and has held several leadership roles.
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I try to live by the “hell yeah” concept from a blog post by Derek Silvers I read many years ago. I let it guide me in all of my career and business decisions, the speaking engagements I commit to and even in dating.
I find that when I don’t listen to this concept, I
Kindness. I learned this week when I wrote a social media post that garnered some negative comments that we need more of it in the world today and every day.
A wise friend of mine always says that I should assume good intent with everyone with whom I come into contact.
I try to do
Do you know what I’ve learned from every bad boss and colleague I’ve had?
And every mean girl who has bullied me?
I’ve learned who I want to be.
I’ve learned to not make the same mistakes they did.
I’ve learned how to be a better person, better leader, a better colleague and better mentor.
If you’ve gained weight over the pandemic (like me) and just don’t feel great about yourself, read this post.
Many of us are returning to the office or socializing for the first time in two years and may be feeling anxious about our physical changes.
Quarantine weight gain is not something to be ashamed of.
I know there are people who root for me to fail.
My wise friend Tim Corcoran once said to me that the more successful you become the more haters you will have. And that means you’ve made it.
I guess that’s a positive way to think about the fact that many of us have haters,
If you don’t create it, someone else will.
If you don’t post it, someone else will.
If you don’t dream it, someone else will.
If you don’t do it today, someone else will.
If you don’t believe in it, someone else will.
So why not you? Or me.
Our ability to succeed hinges upon believing
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard no in my career and in my personal life.
Maybe I was the final candidate for a job that I didn’t get, or someone broke up with me or I didn’t get selected for a speaking slot or a potential client decided to work with another
In what could be the most misguided retention strategy in this highly competitive legal hiring market, some law firms are offering associates cash bonuses if they allow their employer to manage their LinkedIn accounts or if they close their LinkedIn accounts.
I almost spit out my coffee when I heard this. And I’ve heard some