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Jul 31, 2013

Facing Sexual Harassment at Work

Though professional women still have many obstacles in our way, we do have it easier now than the previous generation did. That is particularly true for women who worked in industries like oil and gas that were traditionally (and still predominantly are) the domain of men. For Tina… Read More

Jul 29, 2013

Gratitude At Work

Last week we talked about gratitude and faith, so this week I thought we’d address the role gratitude can and should (but probably doesn’t) play in your workplace. When is the last time you heard (or offered) sincere gratitude at work? Research suggests that people are less likely… Read More

Jul 24, 2013

Making Space in the Church for Working Women

So often, we hear working women around the country lament that they cannot find a niche in their churches. Many of us here at 4word have felt the same, but we are glad to watch this trend changing. This week’s interview features a woman who is helping facilitate… Read More

Jul 22, 2013

Audacious Gratitude

Are you daring enough to practice audacious gratitude? It can be challenging to be truly grateful for the thousands of blessings we experience in a day. We’re so accustomed to these gifts that it takes a concerted effort just to notice them.  Every day I put at the… Read More

Jul 17, 2013

Love and Loss: Living with Grief

Diane wrote on Monday that grief is something you live with, not something you get through. After suffering through her mother’s murder, this is a truth that Diane’s friend, Melissa Tamplin Harrison, knows well. Today, we’re featuring a beautiful, honest interview with Melissa on the subject of how… Read More

Jul 15, 2013

Living and Loving in the Midst of Grief

Last Sunday, a remarkable procession of 19 white hearses wound their way through Arizona towns and cities, traveling 125 miles from Phoenix to Prescott in order to lay to rest the bodies of 19 brave firefighters. Despite stifling 104-degree heat, thousands of people lined the route, standing in… Read More

Jul 10, 2013

Working with Your Spouse

Ever wondered what it would be like to be your husband’s boss? April Anthony doesn’t wonder – she knows. She and her husband Mark have worked together for the past seven years. We asked April for the inside scoop on how they maintain a healthy marriage despite their… Read More

Jul 8, 2013

Support for Working Women Starts With You

Are you supporting other women at work? We can all do more to help support each other.  And we SHOULD do more!  First, because it’s the right thing to do; and second, because women need sponsorship and support in the workplace.  A growing body of research shows that… Read More

Jul 3, 2013

The Importance of So-Called "Soft" Skills

Crysta Pikes and her mother, Fritzi, have been a team since she was a girl. Now that she’s grown up, they’re still a team at Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), where Fritzi works as President and CEO and Crysta now works as Manager of Marketing and Communications. Read along… Read More

Jul 1, 2013

You are Perfectly Made

I want you to take a minute today to meditate on the following biblical truths: You are God’s unique creation. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10). For you formed my… Read More

Jun 26, 2013

Bella Goren – Lessons from My Mother

Meet Bella Goren, mother of two daughters and CFO of American Airlines. Bella didn’t have the typical start to a career in business. When her family immigrated to America from the former Soviet Union, fourteen-year-old Bella didn’t speak English. She credits much of her success to both of… Read More

Jun 24, 2013

Doing Less, Because You Care

How often do you find yourself taking on extra work just because “It’ll be quicker if I do this myself?” Or even worse, because “no one else will do it right?” I’ve seen women (and men for that matter) around me who do this every day both in… Read More

Jun 19, 2013

A Fresh Start

Meet Susy Flory, the New York Times best selling author of Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. A couple of months ago, Susy and her husband Robert decided to sell their house in the… Read More

Jun 17, 2013

The Truth About Ambition

So, women have made some great advances in education and in the work place in recent decades, but we still lag behind men when it comes to compensation, promotion, and executive-level management. This is true despite the fact that our nation’s top colleges are graduating more women than… Read More