RESOURCES from 4word
To Get Out of Debt, Stop Presuming the Future
Mary Hunt, founder of Debt-Proof Living and the author of "The Smart Woman’s Guide to Planning for Retirement," shares what the single most important financial planning "thing" to do this year is, and you've probably already guessed what it is: get out of debt. Read More
Understand Your Workplace Privilege and How It Affects Your Colleagues
Read about the effect your workplace privilege may be having on your team, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
How to Guide Others Towards a Future of Success and Faith
Our women-of-faith organization invites you to become a mentor and join our community of women “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16 4word invites you to Become A Mentor to a rising leader and… Read More
Encouraging Women to Embrace Their Finances
In a guest article, Ronald Blue Trust advisors, Carol and Emily, share their experiences and insights on the importance of women being involved in personal finance. Read More
Olympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes on How to Find Fulfillment
Hear Olympic gymnast, Dominique Dawes, talk about finding greater purpose and defining success, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Feeling Lost? Here is How to Find Your Community
Our Community Groups Program is focused on women in the workplace. “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:20 If you are like many Christian women in the workplace, you feel isolated and overwhelmed. A 4word Community Group provides… Read More
‘It took a pandemic to slow me down.’ – How to Embrace a Major Life Change
Allison Jernigan, owner of Ruby Rock Marketing and former Vice President of Business Development for Cinemark Theatres, opens up about how the pandemic gave her the push to make a major life change with her career and learn to face the discomfort of change. Read More
How to Slow Down at Work and Be Even More Successful
Read why slowing down at work can actually help you be more successful, how to thrive where you are, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Max Lucado Encourages You to Give Your Fears Of Growth to the Father
Max Lucado returns to the 4word blog to encourage us to follow Jesus' example of facing fear and acknowledge what we're feeling so we can bring our exact needs before our Heavenly Father. Read More
The Blessing (and Curse) of ‘Work-From-Home’ For Women
Read why "work-from-home" work arrangements are a mixed bag for women, how to avoid comparison traps, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Reframe a ‘Setback’ Into A ‘Stepping Forward’ With Advice From An Executive Coach
Executive coach Jill Perrin dives into the professional shift almost all women are facing in the post-pandemic workplace, and encourages all of us to go through the process of adjusting our mindsets about the current workforce into a "stepping forward" instead of seeing everything COVID upended as a "setback." Read More
You Can Shatter Your Own Glass Ceiling
Learn seven ways you can shatter glass ceilings on your own, why we stay in unhappy friendships, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Don’t Let a Detour Derail Your Dreams—How to Grow From Setbacks
Deborah Bradshaw, author, TEDx Speaker, and Master Certified Life Coach, gives her advice to women in the workplace who feel like their dreams won't ever get back on track, and reminds all of us that setbacks are still a part of God's plan. Read More
Six Ways Organizations Can Keep Their Female Leaders Empowered
Learn which six actions organizations can take to support their already empowered female leaders, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Are You Experiencing Workplace Abuse? Read an HR Expert’s Insight On How to End The Abuse
Dawn Kaiser, author, HR expert, and Global Joy Refueler, offers her insight into how to correctly identify workplace abuse, the right way to confront it, and what those in leadership positions should do to protect company culture against fostering abusive behavior. Read More
Four Ways Leaders Are Getting Workplace Wellbeing Wrong
Read about four ways leaders could be more mindful of workplace wellbeing, how to heal past wounds, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
How to Process Your Brain’s Default Reactions to Feedback
Diane Paddison lists three mental triggers you may encounter when receiving feedback and how you can use those triggers to retrain how your brain reacts to feedback. Read More
May Brought a Historic High Number of Women Public Board Appointments
Learn just how many women were added to American boardrooms in May, what COVID did to friendships, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
A Father’s Advice to His Working Daughter: ‘Don’t balance—blend.’
Gene Glaeser and Amber Maenius, a father/daughter duo, share how they both came to realization that trying to find balance is a lofty goal that should be replaced with a new practice of finding ways to blend. Read More
Have You Been Misusing These 5 Bible Verses?
See if you are guilty of misusing one of these five Bible verses, why the term "Supermom" needs to go, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More