RESOURCES from 4word
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
Are You a Go-Getter? Here’s Why You Should Become a Go-Giver
Sandy Lamb, owner and CEO of Altitude Business Coaching and 4word Advisory Board Member, offers her advice for choosing collaboration over competition. She also talks about why there isn't an age cutoff for learning to be an emotionally intelligent leader. Read More
The Vice President’s Advice to Women: “Continue with your ambition and don’t apologize for it.”
Read what the Vice President had to say to women regarding ambition and age, learn working moms' value, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Why Women Avoid Drawing Attention to Their Workplace Accomplishments
4word: Houston leader Marty Lundstrom talks about the moment she realized she (like many women in the workplace) shied away from putting a spotlight on her accomplishments, and shares two practices any workplace can implement to encourage self-confidence in their employees. Read More
Three Tips To Help Women in the Boardroom Lead with Success
Learn three tips for being an effective female boardroom leader, what a woman's highest calling is, and more in this week's Friday Faves! Read More
Why It’s So Hard to ‘Let Go and Let God’
4word: Houston leader Tana Deshayes explains why she thinks Christians struggle to let go of their difficulties and hand control over to God. Read More