http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog RSS Feed for the NextGenWomen blog Copyright 2012, Selena Rezvani CGFeedMaker 1.0.17 on CMS Made Simple selenarezvani@gmail.com erin@jackoutofthebox.com ( ) RSS Feed for the NextGenWomen blog http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog http://www.selenarezvani.com/uploads/CGFeedMaker/selena_blog.jpg http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/190/If-You-re-Not-Seizing-Stretch-Assignments-at-Work-You-re-Doing-It-Wrong/ These bonus opportunities have the power to boost your leadership cred and wholly transform your career. Here’s how to successfully take advantage of them without burning out. Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/190/If-You-re-Not-Seizing-Stretch-Assignments-at-Work-You-re-Doing-It-Wrong/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/189/I-Am-Fed-Up-With-All-Male-Panels-Here-s-How-We-Change-Them/ Studies show that “manels” are still the norm at conferences. It’s time women got equal billing. Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:20:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/189/I-Am-Fed-Up-With-All-Male-Panels-Here-s-How-We-Change-Them/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/188/Selena-weighs-in-on-office-housework-with-HBR/ Selena Rezvani featured in Harvard Business Review: "Women of Color Get Asked to Do More "Office Housework." Here's How They Can Say No." by Ruchika Tulshyan   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:57:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/188/Selena-weighs-in-on-office-housework-with-HBR/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/182/5-Trends-Driving-Workplace-Diversity-In-2015/ Often criticized in the past as well-intentioned but stagnant, corporate diversity departments at major organizations have never been so visible. With Google yesterday pledging a substantial sum to Code2040 , a nonprofit fostering diversity in Technology, and several key players in... Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:38:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/182/5-Trends-Driving-Workplace-Diversity-In-2015/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/183/How-to-Build-Credibility-as-a-Young-Entrepreneur/ Any entrepreneur will tell you that startup life is not for the easily daunted. Rejection, product failures, and isolation are just a few of the tests that many entrepreneurs are put through on a routine basis. Add youth and inexperience... Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/183/How-to-Build-Credibility-as-a-Young-Entrepreneur/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/184/Four-Ways-to-Stop-Saying-Um-and-Other-Filler-Words/ For most professionals, the use of words like “Uh,” “Um” and “So…” can easily get out of control if we’re not conscious of them. These innocent-seeming filler words aren’t an issue when they’re said once or twice in a meeting... Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:53:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/184/Four-Ways-to-Stop-Saying-Um-and-Other-Filler-Words/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/186/Body-Language-Rules-To-Help-You-Command-A-Room/ If there’s one force that can either sabotage or propel your message, it’s your body. With it, we can signal that we own the stage or that we bring irreplaceable value and importance to a meeting. Conversely, we can communicate... Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:16:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/186/Body-Language-Rules-To-Help-You-Command-A-Room/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/185/How-To-Go-After-Awards-And-Recognition-And-Win/ Just last week, a Director at a well-regarded business school explained to me that she couldn’t get female business students to apply for the annual business plan competition.   Despite her encouragement and rallying, she just couldn’t convince more women to... Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/185/How-To-Go-After-Awards-And-Recognition-And-Win/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/181/How-to-Have-A-Thicker-Skin-for-Negative-Feedback/ Everyone agrees that it’s a smart practice to ask for feedback.  Don’t walk through life with blinders on. Show them that you’re proactive. Assume that you always have room to grow . Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:40:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/181/How-to-Have-A-Thicker-Skin-for-Negative-Feedback/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/172/The-5-Best-Times-To-Negotiate-On-The-Job/ When we negotiate and fail, the effects can set us back both personally and professionally. Perhaps our case was strong. Maybe we rehearsed our key messages beforehand. Perhaps we even had influential allies on board. Still, a bigger question looms. Was the... Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/172/The-5-Best-Times-To-Negotiate-On-The-Job/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/173/How-To-Decide-If-An-Employer-s-Culture-Is-Right-For-You/ It’s long been demonstrated that companies that create great work cultures see big benefits from doing so . They experience lower turnover and better financial performance than their peers, see improved track records on safety and customer satisfaction, and are... Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/173/How-To-Decide-If-An-Employer-s-Culture-Is-Right-For-You/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/174/How-To-Take-Control-Of-Your-Reputation-At-Work/ The most important career capital you have isn’t your technical skills or academic pedigree. It’s not your high-flying title. It’s not even your relationships… It’s your reputation. In every job, people will wonder if you have what it takes to get things done... Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/174/How-To-Take-Control-Of-Your-Reputation-At-Work/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/162/Why-Being-a-Pleaser-is-Holding-You-Back/ Have you ever been tempted to ignore your agenda in order to keep harmony? Maybe you behaved cooperatively to avoid unwanted attention or being the dissenter on a matter.  Perhaps you dodged using your voice because the potential damage to a... Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/162/Why-Being-a-Pleaser-is-Holding-You-Back/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/170/How-To-Assert-Yourself-When-You-re-Dismissed/ Have you ever sat in a meeting and felt ignored or utterly unimportant?  Perhaps you offered up an idea that someone else seized upon . Maybe you inserted yourself into the conversation but no one gave you their eye contact... Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/170/How-To-Assert-Yourself-When-You-re-Dismissed/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/168/5-Reasons-Women-Should-Consider-MBAs/ What’s so wrong with an MBA?  Over the recent years, article after article has explained why the degree is a waste of money and time. The thinking goes, networking with your friends and reading a few books is an easy... Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/168/5-Reasons-Women-Should-Consider-MBAs/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/169/4-Ways-To-Help-Emerging-Women-Self-Promote/ Three months into my speaking career, I was elated to secure a speaking gig at a top conference for professional women. I would be addressing my largest audience to date (350 people) and presenting on a topic I’m especially passionate about:... Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/169/4-Ways-To-Help-Emerging-Women-Self-Promote/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/161/Five-Alternatives-To-Saying-I-Don-t-Know/ Nothing can fluster even the most unflappable professional like being asked a question to which they don’t know the answer. Appearing incompetent or uninformed is one thing, but what makes this scenario even worse is when you’re asked the ‘impossible question’... Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/161/Five-Alternatives-To-Saying-I-Don-t-Know/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/166/How-to-Make-Your-Mark-When-You-Enter-A-Team/ For most of us, working on projects and deliverables by ourselves is becoming increasingly scarce. We are constantly joining existing teams, forming new ones or otherwise meeting in groups. In fact, studies of managers and knowledge workers reveal that they spend between... Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/166/How-to-Make-Your-Mark-When-You-Enter-A-Team/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/153/5-Questions-To-Help-You-Define-Your-Leadership-Brand/ If you ask someone to describe a person with a compelling leadership brand, they will often struggle initially to explain exactly why that person is so effective. Maybe this is because everything that we do, say, and embody at work... Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/153/5-Questions-To-Help-You-Define-Your-Leadership-Brand/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/160/Why-Complaining-Is-Killing-Your-Reputation-At-Work/ In one of my first jobs out of school, at a tender 25 years old, I found myself at a firm with no career ladder and a particularly demoralizing, tyrannical boss. Every morning that I walked from my house to... Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/160/Why-Complaining-Is-Killing-Your-Reputation-At-Work/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/159/Five-Ways-to-Become-More-Decisive/ Have you ever watched a co-worker over-contemplate and protract a basic decision?  It doesn’t inspire confidence, does it?  If anything, appearing indecisive tends to make us doubt a person.  We may assume our peer is trying to play it safe... Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/159/Five-Ways-to-Become-More-Decisive/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/156/How-to-Get-Over-Your-Pre-Presentation-Jitters/ It’s no wonder that for many people, the fear of public speaking registers as more terrifying than the fear of death . Just think about where are minds go when we’re about to give a key presentation and all eyes are... Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/156/How-to-Get-Over-Your-Pre-Presentation-Jitters/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/157/5-Questions-to-Ask-Before-Going-Into-Business-With-A-Friend/ Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor, co-presidents and co-founders of Juicy Couture became famous for their celebrated casual clothing line, which they went on to sell in 2013 for a whopping $195 million . Sure, their story of success has had... Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:51:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/157/5-Questions-to-Ask-Before-Going-Into-Business-With-A-Friend/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/149/4-Must-Do-s-in-Networking-Situations/ If you think about it, a great networking event can be career-changing. When this kind of magic happens, you connect with people that “up” your skills, you form lasting alliances—you may even engage those with the power to expand your... Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/149/4-Must-Do-s-in-Networking-Situations/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/155/Why-Success-Can-Be-Uncomfortable-And-What-To-Do-About-It/ Have you ever avoided sharing good news—let’s say a big accomplishment—with a colleague or friend for fear of turning them off?    Just the other day I asked this question of a room of 150 ambitious, 20-something women.  When... Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/155/Why-Success-Can-Be-Uncomfortable-And-What-To-Do-About-It/