RESOURCES from 4word
Bridging the Generation Gap:: Embracing Mentorship
Generation X. Baby boomers. The Greatest Generation. Millennials. The differences between our generations are subtle, yet simultaneously profound. With each new cultural shift, comes new perspectives of life, work, and faith, and one 4word woman wants to tap into those differences. Joy Eggerichs has spent several years developing… Read More
Why Women Need a Work Sponsor
With 4word’s next mentor match session about to launch, I’ve been thinking a lot about the critical role that mentoring and sponsorship have played in my life and career. I feel so blessed to have had the kinds of mentors that I have. It’s no mistake that we… Read More
The Holiday You’ve Never Heard Of, And Why I Love It.
There’s a holiday coming up, and ladies, whether you know it or not, it’s your holiday! This Saturday, March 8, is—drum roll please!—International Women’s Day. Never heard of it? You’re not alone; it’s definitely an under-celebrated holiday in the United States. That might be because when it started… Read More
Financial Planning in the New Year:: Part 1 with Mary Hunt
Happy New Year! As we enter 2014, we want to help you make this the best year yet. We know that finances play a huge role in your life, which is why we are sitting down with financial experts over the next few weeks to hear what they… Read More
Mentoring Outside the Box
As a professional Christian woman who started 4word to minister specifically to professional Christian women, the most likely scope of my mentorship is pretty clear. Over the past few years though, I’ve had the unique experience of mentoring someone whose life looks almost nothing like mine. Nevertheless, I… Read More
Putting Your Spiritual Gifts to Work
Meet Jackie Parker. She’s the president of the Newell Rubbermaid Foundation and Vice President of Corporate Philanthropy at Newell Rubbermaid. Jackie’s passion for helping people and improving communities have made a noticeable difference for those influenced by the Newell Rubbermaid Foundation, but it doesn’t stop there. Jackie also… Read More
Facing our Challenges as Working Women
Karen Howells has worked as a leadership development consultant for 25 years and executive coach for more than 15 years. In that time, she’s learned a lot about the struggles particular to working women, and she shares some of these with us today. -------------------- 4word: What… Read More
Learning to Work with New Technology
On Monday, Diane blogged about the need for more “seasoned” businesswomen to learn how to adopt new technologies for business purposes. Today, we’re introducing you to a woman who fills that need for her fellow staff members at Campus Crusade for Christ: Sus Schmitt. Sus serves as a Technology… Read More
Mentoring Can Be a Two-Way Street
Can you believe how quickly our technology gets labeled obsolete? I just replaced the Blackberry I got in 2010 when I joined Cassidy Turley with a new one last week. To me, a three-year hold was no big deal, but everyone else thought I was crazy not to… Read More
Wanting the Love of a Man
I think one of the hardest challenges of being single is the gnawing desire to just be loved by a man -- this feeling that we are just outright missing out on amazing love that could be ours if only we had this wonderful man to love us… Read More